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Empowering Project Management Professionals Through Technology—Part 2 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The Associated General Contractors of America noted in a May 2018 report that construction employment is at its highest level in a decade , with more than 250,000 jobs added over the past year. According to the Commercial Construction Index, compiled for the first quarter of 2018 by the USG Corporation and the U.S.

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Technology Increases Productivity by a Quarter on UK Rail Projects

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With the paper-based processes, we had no traceability, mobility or transparency – and it wasn’t sustainable.” They were equipped with five iPads to use on-site and from January 2018 and the project moved to an entirely digital way of working using BIM 360. If I went on-site and someone asked me, ‘Where’s that water main?’

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Construction of the first manufacturing buildings at the new Baxter campus is expected to be completed in 2015, with full commercial production commencing in 2018. Airbus announced in July that it will invest $600 million in an aircraft assembly facility at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile. billion cracker unit will produce 1.4M

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