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Public Comment Period Open for the 2024 National Green Building Standard Update

The Pro Builder

Originally launched in 2007 by the International Code Council and the National Association of Home Builders, the NGBS was the first point-based rating system approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for green residential construction and development.

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Cintec in North America Announces their Cintec Anchoring System was used in helping Repair the Helmsley Building 230 Park Avenue, NYC

Civil + Structural Engineer

It was acquired (2007) for One Billion One Hundred and Fifty Million USD. The Property This “recognized iconic asset” to the New York City Skyline is located in midtown Manhattan and was built as a Beaux-arts style building in 1929. The Problem : By 2009, the building had begun to show its age.

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Comsa Digitizes Renovation of Century-old Bridge  in Cabrianes, Barcelona

Civil + Structural Engineer

With a multidisciplinary team dedicated entirely to the development and implementation of BIM, Comsa set out to model the existing site and structure and, based on that model, generate an integrated project model for the bridge extension and accesses. Amy Heffner is a director of product marketing at Bentley Systems.

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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

This ambitious project–owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT)–is intended to create a direct connection between Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and 6th of October City via a two-line rapid transit system. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

Modules are in development for utilities, fuels, water retention structures (e.g., released 1996: Tri-Service Master Plan for all Engineering Management Systems (EMS) modules (Air Force to fund PAVER enhancements, Army to fund RAILER enhancements, and Navy to fund [future] BUILDER enhancements) 2000: BUILDER 2.0 Howieson, V.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Performance-centric reward system. Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and team. Shared boundaries. Global oversight with localized decision-making. Quantitative metrics and continuous monitoring. Initial and ongoing training for all participants and stakeholders. Focus upon mutually beneficial outcomes.

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Augmenta & ENG Introduce AI Design Modeling for Construction

CCR Magazine

By leveraging ENG’s vast industry experience and global client base, we will continue to refine and scale our AI solutions across mechanical, electrical, plumbing and structural (MEP/S) domains, on our path towards full building design automation.” Founded by pioneers of Generative Design at Autodesk, Augmenta is based in Toronto, Canada.