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Sweco buys Ball & Berry to ramp up building control offer

Construction Enquirer

Multi-disciplinary consultant Sweco UK has boosted its building control business with the acquisition of Ball & Berry. The deal raises the group’s building control inspector headcount by a third to just under 100.

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Ricardo Costa : Add a custom section to web.config

Construction Dive

The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. Conditional Post-build event in Visual Studio 2008. Sharepoint 2007. December 2007 (2). November 2007 (5). October 2007 (7). September 2007 (1). August 2007 (1). June 2007 (2). May 2007 (3).

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Making and Housing History: Completion of the Grand Egyptian Museum Draws Nearer

Civil + Structural Engineer

In the early months of 2002, the results of an architectural design competition were announced–in which over 1,500 architects submitted designs for the structure–and the design of the building was given to the winner Heneghan Peng Architects and Buro Happold and Arup.

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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

Job Order Contracting

Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? The Effects of Building Information Modeling on Construction Site Productivity. Building a learning organization.

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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems

Job Order Contracting

Lack of continuous competent leadership Focus upon command and control versus enabling local expertise and decision-making. Development of a new methodology to optimize building life cycle cost, environmental impacts, and occupant satisfaction. The development of life-cycle costing for buildings. Management Problems.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Planes and Wall Closure

Revit OpEd

Control Wall’s Material Return. A door or window family has the ability to control the return of materials (i.e. The exterior and interior materials can be controlled separately. A single door family is controlling the various conditions shown below. Builds and Updates. ► 2007. (77). Newer Post.

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Collaborative LEAN Construction Software

Job Order Contracting

The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features. The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features.