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Building Controls Building Optimization Information 
Civil + Structural Engineer
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
It’s not enough to simply have a digital twin—the real value lies in how we use the information they provide. Let’s explore how advanced information management platforms are revolutionizing digital twins. They’re complex information ecosystems that capture the unique challenges of built environments.
The Pro Builder
MARCH 13, 2024
The Passive House Network Publishes Guidance for 2024 qpurcell Wed, 03/13/2024 - 10:40 The Passive House Network has published a new resource that clarifies the expectations and roles of the certifier in certifying buildings to Passive House building standards. What is a Passive House?
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Building Radar
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Implementing key strategies for maintaining financial control in construction projects ensures that projects stay on track financially. Financial planning is not just about tracking expenses; it’s about making informed decisions that drive profitability.
Building Radar
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
They play a vital part in the success of large-scale developments, from commercial buildings to residential complexes. The construction sector is evolving, with tools like Building Radar helping companies streamline project management. This ensures that projects are completed efficiently, reducing costs and enhancing profitability.
iField Smart
JANUARY 8, 2025
Why Cost Management Matters Cost management is not just about saving money; its about finding the balance between cost, quality and functionality and optimalism. Cost Optimization Through Emerging Construction Technologies Emerging technologies in the construction industry is changing how projects are managed and optimized for cost.
Civil + Structural Engineer
MAY 1, 2023
The benefits of offsite construction, which comprises the manufacturing, planning, design, fabrication, and assembly of building elements offsite are expansive. The panel of experts below, representing the construction, engineering, and building systems industries, explore and explain the many benefits of this alternative construction method.
BDC Network
OCTOBER 9, 2024
How healthcare operations inform design 0 qpurcell Wed, 10/09/2024 - 12:31 Healthcare Facilities Amanda Fisher, Communications Specialist, shares how BWBR's personalized approach and specialized experience can make a meaningful impact to healthcare facilities.
The Pro Builder
APRIL 22, 2023
Off-site or industrialized construction methods potentially offer multiple advantages beyond a quieter jobsite and provide a path to build single-family homes much faster with a good framing crew. The bulk of the cost savings from Agorus’ method come from fewer days to build and the cost of labor required.
CCR Magazine
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Energy efficiency experts emphasize that AI-driven tools can help hospitals optimize their energy use and reduce it by up to 20%. Hospitals stand out from other commercial buildings. For example, they must maintain precise climate control to ensure patient safety. In the U.S., Complex owners saved about 80k as a result.
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Construction Specifier
JANUARY 26, 2025
Photo courtesy Intertek As building codes and standards evolve, the demand for airtight, environmentally friendly building enclosures increases among building owners, insurers, and design professionals. Air barriers are essential for maintaining the integrity and performance of building enclosures.
CCR Magazine
APRIL 2, 2025
Setting new benchmarks in safety and resilience, pioneering engineering, sophisticated materials, and painstaking design produce buildings that withstand the worst challenges of nature. Creative ideas and cooperative practices merging mostly form modern, safe buildings with long-lasting effects.
Civil + Structural Engineer
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Each vegetation encroachment area requires specialized crews and equipment capable of working near live power lines, often involving planned de-energization, arborists, and traffic control. This predictive capability optimizes resource allocation, potentially reducing outages by up to 15% through efficient scheduling.
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Wrench
APRIL 20, 2023
To begin with, any kind of centralized system is the best way to manage and share data in general, and today’s EDMS are actually ‘intelligent’ digital platforms with centralized data storage as well as in-built workflows that control the way documents are created, updated, and shared.
BDC Network
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint 1 kcichowicz Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:59 Facility condition assessments provide powerful insight into your buildings and offer an ideal vehicle to advance resiliency and decarbonization goals. Smart control systems enable more precise and efficient energy management.
iField Smart
JANUARY 21, 2025
These can lead to bottlenecks, misinterpretations, lack of information flow, and delayed responses. This information is scattered across multiple formats and devices. This leads to difficulties within information access that impedes decision-making and causes delays. How does AI help with quality control?
CCR Magazine
MARCH 14, 2025
A leader with strong management expertise ensures that teams are aligned, budgets are controlled, and risks are mitigated. Budget Control Projects often derail due to poor financial planning. Skilled managers keep tight controls on spending, ensuring no surprises hit down the line. Time Efficiency Delays can cost millions.
Civil + Structural Engineer
DECEMBER 14, 2023
ProjectWise® and iTwin® Facilitate Data-centric Workflows, Optimizing Decision-making to Deliver More Intelligent Sustainable Infrastructure WSP Australia is committed to fostering a holistic digital approach to project delivery across all infrastructure sectors to meet evolving industry demands.
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Job Order Contracting
MARCH 7, 2025
Granular Local Market Cost Data is Essential for Cost Visibility & Management (Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, & New Builds) Using current, verifiable, and detailed local cost dat a instead of national averages with adjustment factors ensures: Cost transparency All labor, material, and equipment costs are broken down and verifiable.
CCR Magazine
DECEMBER 11, 2024
These systems provide data on pollutant levels, temperature, and humidity, enabling site managers to make informed decisions about air management. Mobile apps and dashboards make this information easily accessible, ensuring that the purification process is both proactive and adaptive. A report by the U.S.
Civil + Structural Engineer
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Incorporating metrics related to key milestones, deliverables, and productivity targets can help coordinate and optimize labor, equipment, and material resources both within and across all projects of an organization. It provides a view that businesses need to efficiently plan, schedule, and control programs and individual projects.
CCR Magazine
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Johnson Controls , the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today launched a highly anticipated update to the company’s industry-leading Building Automation System (BAS), Metasys, which serves the needs of commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, regardless of industry. Metasys 14.0
Civil + Structural Engineer
JUNE 5, 2024
We are focused on building on this momentum and using every avenue to decarbonize the water sector, accelerate water stewardship, and advance water and sanitation access for all.” We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Civil + Structural Engineer
MAY 2, 2023
Trimble solutions are helping connect and modernize all aspects of the design, build, operate and maintenance phases of construction projects worldwide. Visit the AEM website for more information about the event. Trimble is one of 24 participating AEM member companies that will showcase its innovations at the three-day event.
CCR Magazine
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
A true ‘set it and forget it’ thermostat and a new underlayment roll size are the latest ways LATICRETE is reaffirming its commitment to offering building products that drive value for everyone involved – contractors, installers, and homeowners,” said Dustin Prevete, LATICRETE group product manager. and 150-sq.-ft.
Civil + Structural Engineer
JANUARY 8, 2024
– Ware Malcomb , an award-winning international design firm, today announced that construction is complete on 20430 & 20440 Century Boulevard, two office buildings converted to a cGMP-ready white box facility and state-of-the-art lab facility respectively, located in Rock Creek’s four-building Precision Labs campus in Germantown, MD.
Civil + Structural Engineer
OCTOBER 2, 2023
It’s not all about building a better vehicle, or the technology that is used inside the vehicle. And it’s definitely not about building bigger or more roads and bridges. Taking a control tower approach It may be beneficial to think of this approach as a car-specific version of an air traffic control tower.
iField Smart
APRIL 14, 2024
Revolutionizing Construction Projects: The Power of Drawing Management Software Construction drawing management software is essential for Architects, Construction Managers, and Contractors to organize, track, and share plans across multiple building phases. The Challenges of Traditional Construction Drawing Management.
CCR Magazine
APRIL 2, 2025
Rather than focusing solely on how products are displayed, companies now consider how space can be optimized to influence how customers move through a store, interact with displays, and make purchasing decisions. Later, they might receive personalized offers or product information on their mobile app.
CCR Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Asset monitoring solutions have become a game-changing tool, empowering construction firms to oversee and control their assets with precision. These solutions provide up-to-the-minute information on the whereabouts of assets, their utilization levels, and maintenance requirements, thereby boosting effectiveness.
Construction Marketing
MAY 17, 2023
These tools enable construction professionals to rethink every aspect of project planning, execution, and collaboration, whether it be through the use of project management software, virtual reality (VR), or building information modeling (BIM). QR codes have emerged as a valuable asset in promoting safe practices.
CCR Magazine
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
As they build, it’s crucial for you to pay utmost attention to the plumbing layout and use appropriate materials. You can make an informed decision by checking out Dan’s reviews at Product Review , helping you pick the right plumbing service for your commercial construction project. Absolutely! Error Prevention Measures?
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UK Construction Blog
MARCH 3, 2025
The post The Role of Strata Managers in Post-Construction Building Maintenance appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Once a construction project is completed, the real challenge beginsmaintaining the building to ensure its longevity, safety, and optimal functionality for all residents or users.
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CCR Magazine
JANUARY 21, 2025
In construction, it means leveraging tools such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), artificial intelligence, drones, and IoT-enabled devices to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. Both governments and clients are demanding greener practices, energy-efficient buildings, and sustainable materials.
Civil + Structural Engineer
JUNE 10, 2024
Fabric building companies offer several services to help ensure successful facility projects. By Eric Donnay, Legacy Building Solutions Decades ago, acquiring a tension fabric structure didn’t require much of a process. It was simple, it was cheap, and it was fast— but it did not always yield an optimal result for the facility.
CCR Magazine
JANUARY 13, 2025
Whether you are a homeowner planning a renovation , a developer looking to break ground on a commercial project, or simply an interested party in the real estate market, understanding the construction costs in NYC is crucial for making informed decisions. These unforeseen challenges often lead to cost overruns.
GCP Applied Technologies
JUNE 9, 2020
As architects design new high-rise buildings taller and with more complexity, producers are challenged to deliver ready-mix concrete that can be pumped, placed, and finished effectively for these structures. Having a concrete admixture partner helps with these making informed decisions that improve ROI and accelerate the project timeline.
iField Smart
JULY 11, 2024
Additionally, the cumbersome storage and retrieval of physical drawings hinder effective information sharing among stakeholders. Data Analytics: Advanced software can analyze as-built data to identify trends, optimize building performance, and inform future projects.
iField Smart
JULY 16, 2024
Construction Drawing Software: A Digital Revolution in Building Design and Management The construction industry has always been a complex dance of design, engineering, logistics , and collaboration. Siloed Information: Drawings were often confined to specific teams or locations, hindering real-time collaboration and decision-making.
CCR Magazine
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
the innovative world leader in building envelope solutions, including wall cladding systems, air barriers, coatings, and restoration systems, announces the launch of StoVentec Fiber Cement Rainscreen System , a complete ventilated rainscreen cladding system that blends sustainability, design freedom, and performance. Follow Sto Corp.
iField Smart
MAY 14, 2024
Whether it’s leveraging advanced analytics, embracing cloud-based collaboration, or optimizing BIM workflows, these top 5 software solutions empower construction firms to streamline processes, enhance communication, and deliver projects on time and within budget in 2024 and beyond.
The Pro Builder
JANUARY 10, 2024
Mechanical Ventilation in Homes Works—If You Use It ibush Wed, 01/10/2024 - 17:51 Building America field studies show a disconnect between intended and actual use of mechanical ventilation systems in newer homes Juliet Grable Homes are getting tighter, which is a good thing since half of all residential energy use goes to heating and cooling.
Civil + Structural Engineer
OCTOBER 15, 2024
WESTMINSTER, Colo., — Trimble ® (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced today the winners of its 2024 Tekla ® Global Building Information Modeling (BIM) Awards. The jury especially valued the data-driven nature of the project and the fact that a new city block was built on top of a fully-functional metro station and in between two buildings.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 25, 2021
Lack of continuous competent leadership Focus upon command and control versus enabling local expertise and decision-making. Development of a new methodology to optimize building life cycle cost, environmental impacts, and occupant satisfaction. Life cycle costing—theory, information acquisition and application.
Jonas Construction
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
The key lies in optimizing the job costing process for accurate and real-time visibility into project expenses. This allows contractors to make informed decisions, allocate resources more efficiently, and maintain strong cost control. In construction, no two projects are the same, and costs can vary significantly.
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