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Fire Hazard Added to List of Problems at SF’s Millennium Tower

ENR Construction

San Francisco building inspectors have scheduled a March 6 division hearing to address the apparent fire safety risk at Millennium Tower, the city's tilting and sinking high-rise.

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State of the Construction Industry: April Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

In construction, safety will likely be one of the biggest uses for this technology. The takeaway: Jobsite safety in construction may very well involve—and even require—wearables in the not-too-distant future. AI has the potential to help with challenges like schedule overruns and safety concerns.

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Real Estate's New Normal: Virtual Selling Tools

Pro Builder

The result of stay-at-home orders and safety precautions has now become a new normal for real estate. The reversal is particularly noticeable in the two Bay Area metros of San Francisco and San Jose. Comparatively, advertisements for open houses decreased 42% compared to pre-pandemic 2019 levels. Read More. .

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Upcoming Webinars & Construction Events in May 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It includes sessions about building teams, running lean, addressing mental health for improved safety, how to tackle workforce challenges, and much more. Groundbreaking Women in Construction 2022 (GWIC) (San Francisco, CA). It takes place at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square this year. Get more details.

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Waterproofing mass transit systems

GCP Applied Technologies

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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Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

ENR Construction

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. Water & Dams. 07/23/2012.

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Waterproofing mass transit systems

GCP Applied Technologies

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.