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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

BD+C

4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. More than 40,000 airports worldwide facilitate the annual global travel of billions of passengers.

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Digital Builder Ep 27: 3 Key Takeaways on the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA)

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) was recently signed into law in the United States and it’s poised to have a significant impact on the construction industry. This is the biggest investment [in infrastructure] we’ve seen in our lifetimes, and definitely within my parents’ lifetimes since Eisenhower.

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Job Order Contracting - Untitled Article

Job Order Contracting

America’s Federal Buildings and Physical Infrastructure. I first started working with public facilities and physical infrastructure capital planning and management decades ago. The cost comes in the form of auto repairs, lost productivity, and other factors caused by poor physical infrastructure. Key FY 2017 Statistics.

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19 industry groups team to promote resilient planning and building materials

BD+C

Leaders of America’s design and construction industry – along with building owners and operators - for the first time have agreed to promote resilience in contemporary planning, building materials, design, construction and operational techniques as the solution to making the nation’s aging infrastructure more safe and secure.

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Digital Builder Ep 60: How Innovation and Technology Intersect

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This is especially true in transportation centers like airports, cruise ports, and terminals, where clear navigation and user-centric design are paramount. She also meets with the aviation department and attends security briefings. It would be fascinating to simulate an optimized city infrastructure." "We

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Playing with fire – the high risk of forcing uncontrolled BIM to vital infrastructural and other important assets

DebunkTheBIM

A half-a-globe holiday trip on a cheap has its certain characteristics, meaning a lot of airlines and airports have been involved. Watching airline security for hours did something to me. Strange that, Even the make-believeish part of it, that is visible for the average Joe, like me is not that exciting – one could say.

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Project briefcases, part 2

GCP Applied Technologies

Incheon International Airport. Las Vegas Airport. Incheon International Airport utilizes MONOKOTE® and ICE & WATER SHIELD®. Located on Yeongjong island, about 50 km from Seoul, South Korea, the Incheon International Airport is 60 times the size of a football field and boasts the second tallest control tower in the world.