Infrastructure Act funding will benefit U.S. megaprojects and their users, several in New York City, but one small job by its standards has had a big impact—and similar ones across the country deserve more investment attention.
An oft-overlooked source of productivity data is your project's daily log.
Despite progress being made in construction's digital transformation, roadblocks still persist.
Technology can enable decarbonization if industry leaders embrace it and the goals of COP26.
Contractors will need to better plan and keep track of project information to utilize the stream of revenue made available by the infrastructure bill.
The painful development, and the glories as well, of American construction.
In COVID-19's early stages, construction firms counted on field crews to become virologists virtually overnight to keep jobsites open. If companies can change overnight to stamp out the virus, why can’t they do the same for racism and other forms of bias?
NASA, U.S. Space Force compare space "superhighway" concept to U.S. Interstate System as they plan major investments to develop the infrastructure system.
As was the case with BIM nearly 20 years ago, digital twins are now reshaping the built world in terms of how infrastructure is designed, constructed, and operated.
Why fitting in at the office isn't the easiest thing for immigrants.
Digital twins are often touted because of their use for owners and facilities managers, but what about a digital twin for contractors that documents the ever-changing work site?
Field data collection was a time-consuming and prone-to-human-error chore until one engineer came up with a technology solution.
Transportation contractors should rally behind the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Carpenter apprentice Lisa Guzman, and others, say U.S. must enact funding legislation amendment to insure career success for those long underrepresented in skilled-trades—before workforce gaps grow larger.
"As I watched COVID-19 cases quickly jump from 1 to 10 to 10,000, I went into triage mode, acting fast to keep our people safe and still deliver for our clients," says CEO of Shawmut Design and Construction.
Boston Dynamics' Brian Ringley offers a perspective on the industry's digital future, including the potential convergence of BIM, digital twins and robotics.
Digital tools can be a harmonizing force for enhancing collaboration, and for capturing tribal knowledge and efficiencies across the business
Cloud services saved many projects during the pandemic, but designers, contractors and owners need to change their work processes to unleash the full power of them.
Construction industry is fragmented, and that’s why the industry produced standards to organize and track hundreds of thousands of items that come together for a building. We may, finally, be at a point where data moving across construction phases is finally here.
The pandemic has pushed project teams to be creative, but technology solutions enabling remote work have a future beyond work-from-home.