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Woolpert Contracted by USGS to Collect Aerial Lidar Data Across Eastern Arkansas for 3DEP

Civil + Structural Engineer

These data will be used to advance statewide priorities, including agriculture, flood-risk management, urban and regional planning, natural resources conservation, and critical mineral assessment. Woolpert Project Manager Megan Blaskovich said that the size and complexity of the area of interest required extensive planning.

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Quality Fabrication and Engineering: Changing the game

Roads Online

Rich River Asphalt General Manager Darren Wilson explains how the machines have revolutionised the company’s offerings. As Rich River Asphalt General Manager Darren Wilson recalls, after a thorough search, Quality Fabrication & Engineering’s offerings caught the company’s eye. “We

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Construction Productivity is a Process Problem, Not People: Here’s How Autonomy Helps

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In 2017, McKinsey & Company released a 10-year analysis from 2005 to 2015 that found that construction-labor productivity in the United States hadn’t kept pace with other industries. As the statistician and management consultant W. Since then, the construction industry has grappled with a poor reputation regarding productivity.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

The project leveraged four alternative delivery methods including: landside and airside construction management at-risk, a design-build-operate-maintain baggage team, design-bid-build award contracts and multiple design-build concession/tenant packages. Construction Management Co.:

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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. dams and levees), and shorefront assets.

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Job Order Contracting – 2015

Building Information Management

JOC is about performance, reliability, dependability and quality. Other advantages include: Partnering and performance incentives result in high-quality construction and service and enhanced quality control. Quality JOC contractors have reduced and even eliminated punch lists. Sample JOC Process: Figure Below.

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Construction Cost Management 101

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Your ultimate guide to construction cost management, and how to improve it. Tracking costs and monitoring risk while keeping a job on budget can be one of the biggest hurdles to any building project. This can affect everything from the bidding process to change order management, your team’s efficiency, and ultimately, your bottom line.