Construction Law

APRIL 2, 2024

Editor’s comment Government go-slow on infrastructure investment shows no signs of abating Editor Nick Barrett asks with a general election looming, if there is any prospect of a reversal in years of underinvestment in the UK’s infrastructure. Guest editor Retentions – time to say goodbye?

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Construction Junkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

More than half of the respondents were involved in building construction, 25% in highway and transportation, and 23% in both federal construction projects and utility infrastructure. Just over 2000 firms responded to the survey, which was completed between August 4 and 26 of 2020. and $500MM, and 6% perform over $500MM.

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The Korte Company

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Just like any good Design-Build project, the end-user experience should be the first priority for every decision you make. . It requires painstaking attention to detail from people like Ken Pankow, Anderson Healthcare’s chief of facilities management and administrative director of facilities and safety.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 17, 2022

There’s currently a major opportunity for railway construction projects in the United States, thanks to increasing infrastructure funding and support from citizens. . Some of the elevated tracks would also be situated in earthquake-prone areas and thus need to be built and reinforced to comply with highly rigorous safety standards.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Almost every building is designed without knowledge of what is manufacturable, is custom engineered, and uses manual and disconnected processes. We’ll explore all corners of the built environment, from commercial to healthcare and industrial to infrastructure, to see each industry’s approach to IC. design and build field hospitals ?to

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ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers. I was recently asked to participate in a debate on scheduling specifications at Stanford University. Contractors routinely ignore scheduling specifications and their own CPM schedules.

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GCP Applied Technologies

APRIL 3, 2018

Underground stations require a dry environment to ensure continued operations, safety, and aesthetic appeal. The Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco was months behind schedule due to a below grade waterproofing method that was taking a long time to cure in the damp four block-long excavation 30 feet below the water table.

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GCP Applied Technologies

APRIL 3, 2018

Underground stations require a dry environment to ensure continued operations, safety, and aesthetic appeal. The Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco was months behind schedule due to a below grade waterproofing method that was taking a long time to cure in the damp four block-long excavation 30 feet below the water table.

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HardHatChat

APRIL 24, 2023

That certainly makes it difficult to schedule your opening. Because the previous owner didn’t keep up with a regularly scheduled facility maintenance program, none of the building’s rooftop HVAC units were in a condition to be reused, so they had to be replaced. That was certainly the case with our Englewood office.

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Construction Junkie

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The research paper includes data from a wide variety of construction projects, including buildings, heavy industrial, infrastructure, and light industrial, 179 projects in total. Pre-Construction Design Freeze After agreements are made, there must be a point in which no more changes can be made and the work can start without worry.

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Chianelli Estimating

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Modern infrastructure projects, for example, can have objectives that number in the dozens, even hundreds, with numerous stakeholders emphasizing different, sometimes competing, aspects of a project. This is often done through a series of construction project stages, each with its own specific budgetary, design and construction requirements.

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ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Industry Protests Increased Use of Single-Step Design-Build by Army Corps. Safety and health. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams.

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Industrial Design FAQ News 65

Building Information Management

MARCH 17, 2016

A well understood scope of work (SOW), including preliminary and detailed line item construction cost estimates, and a rock solid schedule are virtually IMPOSSIBLE without Collaboration, Transparency, and other LEAN construction best management practices. Thus it should not be surprising that only 2.5%

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 15, 2022

Professionals in the construction, design, manufacturing, media, and engineering fields attend Autodesk University each year to connect, trade knowledge, and explore the technologies shaping these converging industries and the world. How are you using technology to improve the health and safety of construction workers.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 30, 2023

Salla recently answered a few questions on the benefits of industrialized construction and how it’s fundamentally changing the approach to planning, designing, and building. How is industrialized construction shifting how the industry plans, designs, and builds? Let’s dive in!

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 30, 2023

Salla recently answered a few questions on the benefits of industrialized construction and how it’s fundamentally changing the approach to planning, designing, and building. How is industrialized construction shifting how the industry plans, designs, and builds? Let’s dive in!

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CivilJungle

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Transportation Engineering is a branch of civil engineering which deals with the planning , designing , operation, and maintenance of an efficient and safe transportation system. The main role of civil engineers is to maintain the current existing roads and infrastructure for it is efficient and safe traffic activity.

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The opportunities and constraints inherent to a site and the response to a program/design brief are analysed and documented in an overall site planning document that should accompany a development application. Good site planning therefore starts with a comprehensive analysis of the site, within the immediate and regional context.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 17, 2022

Aecon is a Canadian leader in the development and construction of infrastructure. I studied computer-aided product design and engineering in the United Kingdom. I then joined Skanska UK on the infrastructure side of the business leading the BIM document control and construction data management team.

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ENR Construction

JULY 18, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. The Top International Design Firms. Description: International Design Firms take stock in the market. Safety and health. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Environment.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. CW: Report Claims Caltrans Ignored Bridge Safety Issues. Description: CB&I offers $3 billion to buy Shaw; newspaper claims Caltrans ignored safety issues on Bay Bridge. Safety and health. Transportation. Environment. Water & Dams.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 14, 2022

” No matter where you are, the infrastructure around you likely has an impact on your daily life. For those working in infrastructure, there are always projects to address, like designing signals and traction power or performing maintenance. . Then, I got curious about the construction side. Isabel Harlan, Sr.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 12, 2021

With the passing of a major Infrastructure Deal , official construction spending estimates may change. The deal is expected to generate about two million jobs per year, for the next ten years, with an emphasis on America’s physical infrastructure. They were on a short, 15-month schedule. Of that $1.55 trillion, $1.2

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This session discusses the technologies and frameworks that could help infrastructure construction reach net zero by the year 2050. During this session, you’ll learn more about research developed by Autodesk in collaboration with the Australian Constructors Association, Infrastructure Sustainability Council, and Consult Australia.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

No matter where you’re at in your construction career, or what business goals you’re out to achieve, get ready for a set of construction classes designed to leave you with a long list of actionable takeaways. We recommend registering for AU 2021 to receive this year’s official schedule as soon as it’s released.

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ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Voids Design Contract After Ethics Review. Safety and health. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 15, 2023

From design and VDC professionals to business and project managers, these construction leaders aren't just building structures and facilities—they're shaping our world. This consisted of a team of 45 cross-functional leaders and end users, including project management, quality, safety, VDC, prefabrication, supply chain management, etc.

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ENR Construction

JULY 20, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Architect To Design Major China Project. Trahan Architects has been selected by the Henan Hongguang Industry Group to design an $880-million mixed-use project in Zhengzhou, the capital and largest city of Chinas Henan province. Transportation.

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CivilJungle

MAY 28, 2021

Construction is the methodology of developing a building or infrastructure. Frequently, property owner plays a role as the laborer, payer & design team leader. All building construction projects possess few common elements – design, financial & legal purposes. Design Process. Scheduling. Acquire Land.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Organizations that do not implement and continuously import upon a program-based approach, under which all projects a planned, procured, and executed, suffer from unclear objectives , shifting requirements , unrealistic schedule s, and reactive planning , Poor planning and poor change management impede individual project successes.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 12, 2022

By integrating this otherwise “lost” data into multi-team workflows (if not your own), you can finish projects on schedule , under budget, with higher quality, and have peace of mind that that progress is auditable across the entire project lifecycle. Design planning with scan-to-BIM workflows. Design planning with immersive VR.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 5, 2022

AI Object Detection and Safety Analytics deliver actionable data to augment RFIs and reports in Autodesk Build or BIM 360. BriefBuilder is a requirements management solution that captures, structures, and tracks all project design requirements to ensure that the project’s end-result complies with them.

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ENR Construction

JULY 30, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Alistair Gibb, professor of complex project management at Loughborough University in England, talked about safety at the London Olympics at a Construction Industry Institute meeting in Baltimore. SUBSCRIBE TODAY & receive immediate web access.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 17, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Safety and health. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. ENR Midwest.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 13, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Description: Omni-Means Engineers and Planners decided to target the intersection design so popular in Europe as a business development move in the U.S. Safety and health. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 1, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Description: Design and construction of first 1,400-MW reactor in Abu Dhabi wins regulatory approval. Safety and health. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Environment. Water & Dams.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 13, 2012

Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. Survey Schedule. Description: Design-build is key to 11th Street bridges project, which will eliminate a long-standing problem motorists face in using local streets to change freeways. Safety and health. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial.

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