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Going Driverless: an Update on the Cairo Monorail System

Civil + Structural Engineer

Construction on the project began in September of 2020. Additionally, more than 43 trains have already been delivered and are awaiting final assembly and commissioning. This included using smart project controls and management for monitoring and reporting. When completed, the Cairo Monorail system will consist of two lines.

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A Visit to the Cairo Monorail

Civil + Structural Engineer

Photo Credit: Megan Payne The Cairo Monorail project began in 2020, and is a two-line monorail rapid transit system owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT). In an area famous for sand blowing with the wind, a monorail system represents an innovative solution that eliminates the problem of sand building up along the line.

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$80.5M Queens Borough Hall Garage: NYC’s First Design-Build

CCR Magazine

The Queens Borough Hall Municipal Garage and Community Space won the Design-Build Institute of America’s 2024 National Award of Merit. The garage is New York City’s first ever municipal project contracted as a design-build construction undertaking, under the recently authorized NYC design-build legislation.

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Building Industry decline in productivity – What can be done?

OmTrak

Productivity Decline in the Building Industry – What can be done? COVID lockdowns and restrictions have in turn reduced productivity across many industry sectors and there has been a marked Productivity Decline in the Building Industry. How can productivity in the building industry improve? percent in manufacturing.

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Building Industry decline in productivity – What can be done?

OmTrak

Productivity Decline in the Building Industry – What can be done? COVID lockdowns and restrictions have in turn reduced productivity across many industry sectors and there has been a marked Productivity Decline in the Building Industry. How can productivity in the building industry improve? percent in manufacturing.

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Find About the Latest News on Uk Construction Faces ‘Difficult Period’, How Gigantic Australian Cranes Could Change Uk Construction, Opening of Hercules Construction Academy, and Beginning Birmingham Curzon Street Hs2 Station Construction

UK Construction Blog

” Meanwhile, Australian huge cranes have the potential to bring in a new era for the building industry in the United Kingdom. The year to November saw 4,370 company failures, up from 4,086 in 2021/22 and 2,481 in 2020/21. Due to rising material and labor expenses, insolvencies rose 7% from 2021/22 and 76% in 2020/21.

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New Release: View and Extract Asset Info Directly from the Model 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With projects regularly growing past scope of work in the field, teams can’t afford to risk any loss of productivity when it comes time to equipment installation and commissioning. Unfortunately, all that rich, model information isn’t seamlessly transferred to the teams working on the project during the building phase. .

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