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The Evolution of Bridge Construction: Safer, Faster, Smarter

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Dan Straub, Civil Segment Manager at PERI USA Why Innovative Formwork Systems Are Key to Enhancing Bridge Construction Your daily commute likely takes you over heavily traveled bridges both large and small, whether you are in your own car or using public transportation. Passed into law in 2021, the $1.2-trillion

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mike White, Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Overseeing large and complex construction projects requires quite a bit of skill and experience. Aside from industry and project knowledge, you need solid leadership and management skills to navigate unique challenges and ensure successful outcomes. And so it's no wonder that he thoroughly enjoys—and thrives—in his career.

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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

Unfortunately, the process is largely done inappropriately and without cost transparency or visibility, and rarely is verifiable. Most Independent Government Cost Estimates are Not Well Documented. This has lead to the vast major of construction cost estimates (80% or more) being inaccurate. FAR 36.203. .

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Trending Construction Disputes: Best Practices for Mitigation

CCR Magazine

How to manage capital projects more efficiently | McKinsey. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org) ], the demand for construction services combined with fewer participants in the industry (contractors and individuals), created a higher likelihood of delays resulting from contractor, professional management and skilled labor shortages.

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3D Printing in Construction: Growth, Benefits, and Challenges

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With 3D printers now capable of printing building walls and processing cement, the technology could help reshape construction as we know it. Prior to the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) , 3D printing was even used by architectural firms to build scale models. In 2016 , a 3D-printed mansion was completed in China.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

The characteristics of strategic collaboration and efficient construction project delivery are discussed below. Common data environment (glossary of terms and definitions, locally researched detailed unit price cost data). Mandatory early and ongoing collaboration for each project. Lower project related cost growth.

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Anvil Agrinomics and the change cannabis game

CCR Magazine

Jim Megerson believes every building should be designed, built and operated sustainably. Today, AnvilAg's efforts to balance design, construction cost, operations and maintenance to achieve the best return on the owner’s HVACD investment continues to make strides. We focus exclusively on controlled environments for agriculture.