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The revolution of tension fabric buildings in facility design

Construction Specifier

In order for everything to come together as planned, everybody needs to be on the same page with regard to design, materials procurement, and construction timelines, among many other considerations. For many, the term “fabric building” carries negative connotations of being a cheap or temporary option.

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2022 Top 400 Sourcebook: Fluor is EPC Contractor for Offshore La. Gas Export Plant's Two Phases

ENR Construction

is executing engineering, procurement and fabrication management for two phases of New Fortress Energy Inc.’s Fluor Corp. s first offshore natural gas export plant in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Grand Isle, La.

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Fluor JV wins $14B LNG Canada natural gas facility contract

Construction Dive

will provide engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction services for the new LNG export facility in British Columbia, which could employ as many as 4,500 workers at peak construction. Fluor and Japan's JGC Corp.

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Best Value Construction Delivery Methods – Alliance Contracting, LEAN Construction, Integrated Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

LEAN construction can refer to a “philosophy” (examples: Last Planner, Kaizen, 5s, six sigma…), or a LEAN project delivery methods or LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery method (integrated project delivery, LEAN job order contracting…). via Four BT, LLC, www.4bt.us

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Advance Steel in Autodesk AEC Collection

BIM & Beam

Structural engineers, detailers and fabricators struggle with siloed teams, disconnected workflows, and varying software platforms that do not integrate seamlessly. This requires manual processes to bridge gaps which can lead to expensive errors and fabrication waste. Accurate BOM procures only needed quantity.

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Interested In Prefabrication? Here’s 5 Tips To Get It Right From The Start

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Avoiding early blockers Despite these advantages, many companies run into challenges adopting prefab – often during the procurement process. But in the early days, you’re likely to be working with some fabricators for the first time. A fifth of main contractors and subcontractors say this is putting them off adopting prefab altogether.

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Construction Blog Highlights

Construction Dive

This week's blog highlights from across the industry look at: Design-Build efficacyFuturistic building technologies around the cornerImproving construction safety against top four OSHA accident categories3D models for construction projectsCommercial construction contractors - 3 tips to building a successful businessConsiderations for procurement and (..)