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The Critical Role of Utility Vegetation Management: Integrating AI and Digital Twins for Enhanced Safety and Reliability

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Looq AI Addressing the Challenges of Utility Vegetation Management Managing vegetation around America’s electric transmission and distribution infrastructure is crucial for ensuring uninterrupted power delivery. This funding underscores the importance of cutting-edge technology in enhancing vegetation management.

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The Evolution of Digital Twins in AECO: Beyond Modeling to Intelligent Information Management

Civil + Structural Engineer

Let’s explore how advanced information management platforms are revolutionizing digital twins. Unlike twins in manufacturing or aerospace, AECO twins account for changing occupancy patterns and evolving urban contexts. It’s not enough to simply have a digital twin—the real value lies in how we use the information they provide.

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A Case (Study) for Off-Site Construction in Home Building

The Pro Builder

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.

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The Future of Scheduling

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Garrett Harley, Product Marketing Director, Oracle Construction & Engineering As the world pivots into a new, AI-powered future, many industries are changing rapidly to accommodate new tools and new capabilities. It is inclusive of all team members, and unites the critical path (in the CPM schedule) with field task and risk management.

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WSP Australia Leverages Digital Twin Solutions, Driving Innovation in Enterprise Engineering to Meet Evolving Industry Demands

Civil + Structural Engineer

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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A new risk landscape is reshaping owner-contractor relationships

Civil + Structural Engineer

Others have pinpointed spiraling labor costs, inflation, and interest rate rises as major risks on the horizon. Traditional design-bid-build models where the burden of risk was principally shouldered by contractors are gradually giving way to more collaborative models where risks and responsibilities are more evenly shared.

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Tackling high-rise concrete construction challenges

GCP Applied Technologies

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. What are your current mix proportions and performance and associated costs? Optimizing concrete mix designs.