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To the rescue: NJ community receives coastal restoration project

Civil + Structural Engineer

In the fall of 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast of the United States, including the State of New Jersey. One of these projects is the Union Beach New Jersey Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. Project Location Map for the Union Beach, New Jersey Coastal Storm Risk Management Project.

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Manage Changes, Don’t Let Them Manage You

Autodesk Construction Cloud

However, it is also common for architecture and engineering, as well as general contracting firms, to struggle with precise and timely communication of changes. An uncommunicated change in the design phase can cause several weeks’ delay resulting in thousands of dollars wasted. Change management with the Change Analysis tool.

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Seawall will raise quality of life for shore communities

Civil + Structural Engineer

During the intense winds and flooding of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Joseph McAllister, an electrician, was driving around South Beach, Staten Island, New York trying to help his neighbors stranded in the dark. “I South Shore Staten Island Coastal Storm Risk Management Project Area Map. They are pleased that the U.S. Credit: USACE.

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Community RISES to Occasion

Civil + Structural Engineer

To reduce the risk of flooding, the Army Corps, since the 1970s has been replenishing this lost sand by dredging sand from the ocean and pumping it onto the beach to increase the height and width of the beach berm. The area has been battered by many storms including a recent Christmas storm in 2022 and historic Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

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How Digitalization Is Reshaping the Construction Industry

BDC Network

In 2012, the company declared bankruptcy, bringing an end to a monumental chapter in photography’s history. Automation is Enhancing Material Readiness Digitalization is empowering the migration from document-centric to data-centric material readiness management within the construction supply chain.

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

Zero credible cost visibility and inability to enable cost management… another instance of Government attempt to compete with the private sector and lack of capable and continuous accountable leadership. DoD hasn’t achieved a clean audit since independent audits were initiated in 2017.

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IPD Collaborative Construction in Ottawa County

Granger Construction

This delivery method requires the firms designing and building the new facility to put their profits at risk should the construction project exceed agreed-upon pricing, rather than putting the County at risk for unplanned expenses. Granger Construction was selected to lead Ottawa County’s project based on proven IPD expertise.