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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. Other advancements like FaceTime, allow face-to-face video chats via iPhones or iPads. The results are likely to be even better.

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ConExpo ConAgg 2011: Social Media a Twitter in Construction

Carol Hagen

Have you seen the “I Make America” booth GL 3221 #conexpoaggexpo via @JanTuchman | Video [link] #aec. The iPad giveaways are in full bloom at #conexpoconagg [link] Other good prizes [link]. After #conexpoconagg tonight you might want to check out “Best of Vegas 2010″ [link] (2011 venues out March 27).

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How a general contractor thrives when everything in the world goes wrong

Construction Marketing Ideas

Myers says Clark Construction began embracing technology and became one of the earlier investors in BIM software, which helped the organization break free of the barriers of conventional fixed-price bid work to providing extensive pre-consultation and construction guidance with developers and institutions.

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Project Title: Sasol North America Inc. In addition to the processing plant, which will yield 96,000 barrels/day of premium fuels, Sasol North America also plans to build a $4.5-billion 1 exporter of energy in America.” Americas Operations Center. history with its Lake Charles, LA petrochemical complex. Sasol Ltd.,

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In March, IBM announced a new 800-job technology center in downtown Baton Rouge that will provide software development and software maintenance services to clients in the U.S. with services that address the increasing demand for flexible software to keep up with Big Data, cloud and mobile requirements they are facing.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

T he rankings ecosystem is getting crowded and, like everything else in 21st Century America, it appears to be dancing to the tune of reality TV. Ten years ago, they were the first to use iPads to train workers,” Rogers noted. By Business Facilities Staff. From the July/August 2019 Issue. TX, VA LEAD CYBER CONTENDERS.