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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

Construction Specifier

From floors failing before substantial completion to skyrocketing change orders for never-ending densifier applications to the billions lost through delayed schedules, legal disputes, and contingency hemorrhaging, enough is enough. The industry urgently needs a specification framework that is measurable, verifiable, and defensible.

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How unpiloted systems are changing the landscape for civil and structural engineers

Civil + Structural Engineer

While professionals in any field often stick to the methods that have worked in the past, drones and unpiloted systems showed potential from their introduction, even if they were slow to catch on initially. While relying on traditional approaches might sometimes be effective, civil and structural engineers can innovate and rethink their work.

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Zweig Group’s 2024 Rising Stars In the AEC Industry

Civil + Structural Engineer

The 2024 Class of Rising Stars have already made their mark on the AEC industry through exceptional technical capability, leadership, effective teaching and research, and public service. Through this work, this year’s class of Rising Stars have directly benefited the design profession, their employers, project owners, and society.

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Public Sector Construction and FM Grade F for Cost Management – A Bizarre and Unaccountable Lack of Accurate Information

Job Order Contracting

The reason Public Sector Construction and FM Grade F for Cost Management is simple… the lack of owner leadership and competency. The public sector could easily save 30%-40% of its budgets in this area with the basic implementation of robust, integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery methods.

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Address Cement-Related Carbon During Design to Achieve Net Zero

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Kristin Dispenza, Advancing Organizational Excellence Cement has historically been so far upstream in a building’s supply chain that designers, engineers, and building owners ignored the details of its production. The net zero approach is inherently performance-based. It’s a more holistic approach.”

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Profile – Project Director Joanne Kulbacki

Granger Construction

March 8, 2024 | Project Director Joanne Kulbacki began working in the construction industry in 1999 and joined Granger Construction in 2012 as a Project Manager. During her career, Joanne has had a tremendous impact on the people she works with and the industry as a whole.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability create credible construction cost estimate for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance (FSRM), and new build projects. T The following figure, for example, was produced in 1972.