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State of the Construction Industry: June Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

For many regions, summer is the season of road construction. This year, the AGC is using targeted web and mobile ads to educate motorists about the dangers, hoping to increasing safety for both workers and drivers. Elon Musk’s Boring Company Gets Go Ahead to Build a High-Speed Train to Chicago’s Airport.

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Job Order Contracting – The Legal Side

Building Information Management

A highway, road, street, bridge, utility, water supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated with civil engineering construction; or 2. This policy does not apply to: 1.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

Airports K-12 Schools Hospital Design Trends Office Buildings Designers Architects Biophilic Design Biophilic design supports the health and wellbeing of individuals by connecting people to nature. The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Atlanta, Ga.

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LEAN Asset Life-cycle Management – Achieve Optimal Construction Outcomes

Job Order Contracting

Efficient life-cycle management of physical infrastructure (facilities, roads, dams, bridges, airports, mass transit, … ) has proved equally elusive. Life-safety, environmental, economic mismanagement are the norm versus the exception. Again, solutions have been available for decades, yet are practiced by a select few.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

Business Facilities

And those pro-business factors are evident in Brunswick County with low operating costs, exceptional transportation and utility infrastructure, a strong commitment to education and workforce development and the commitment to work in partnership with business. Midwest Airports. billion pounds of cargo landing at the airport.

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Job Order Contracting - Untitled Article

Job Order Contracting

At the time, the federal sector portfolio (as well as education, state/county/local government), etc. I first started working with public facilities and physical infrastructure capital planning and management decades ago. was crumbling under the weight of deferred maintenance and poor management. The truth is likely that both are to blame.

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Construction Trends

Building Information Management

EDUCATIONAL. TRANSPORTATION / HIGHWAY / ROADS. The FAA is upgrading airports in step with need, and money is actually going to be spent on rail. Roads and bridges continue to crumble. We, for some reason, continue to build. COMMERCIAL. Not much expected be happening here. HEALTH CARE. COMMUNICATION.