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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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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FAILURE FACTORS

Job Order Contracting

Recognizing these causal factors and implementing available solutions can substantially reduce the number of failed projects, and more efficiently achieve other project objectives. Project Management: Cost, Time, and Quality, Two Best Guesses and a Phenomenon, Its Time to Accept Other Success Criteria.

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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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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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Construction Cost Estimating Trends – 2014 and Beyond

Building Information Management

Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.

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

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For more than a decade, 3D printing has been used in several ambitious initiatives and projects in construction, including: In 2004 , a USC professor attempted to 3D print a wall in what’s widely accepted as the technology’s first entry into construction. In 2014 , a full canal house built using 3D printing was completed in Amsterdam.

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Construction Cost Estimating Trends – 2014 and Beyond

Building Information Management

Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.