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Spat between union and Connecticut DOT drags FIGG into another bridge controversy

Construction Dive

A bill calls for state DOT engineers rather than consultants like FIGG to inspect infrastructure projects while a union in support of it questions the FIU bridge designer's role in the Arrigoni Bridge project as an example.

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GAO: State DOTs Often Use Engineering Firms on Federal Highway Projects

ENR Construction

The congressionally requested report showed that half of the state DOTs spent at least 60% of their total engineering and design-related costs for such highway projects on outside engineering consultants.

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Hanson Professional Services is ENR TX/LA Design Firm of the Year

ENR Construction

With five offices now dotting the Texas map, Hanson Professional Services Inc. provides engineering, planning and allied consulting services for clients in the aviation, government, infrastructure, industry, power and railway sectors.

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SWCA Chosen 2023 Colorado Design Firm of the Year

ENR Construction

As renewable energy projects dot the region, SWCA Environmental Consultants sustainably integrates infrastructure into pristine environments.

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Proceed Wisely, Ninja Contractor, Because Suing Your DOT May Have Limitations

Best Practices Construction Law

For you Ninja contractors, it’s a good thing to fully understand your potential recovery before you spend countless months and thousands of dollars pursuing a claim against your state DOT for breach of contract, misrepresentation or other cause of action. Recently, in Victor Virgin Construction Co. Department of Transportation , 75 A.3d

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Do Owners, Designers, Contractors, and Others Need to Embrace New Mindsets?

Construction Dive

Department of Transportation (DOT), the Construction Managers Association of America (CMAA) asserted that in order for America to meet its future infrastructure needs, “both the owner community and the designers, contractors, and consultants who serve them will have to embrace new mindsets.”

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Revit OpEd: BIM Coordinator for Civil 3D and Revit

Revit OpEd

Autodesk Labs posted an application that was developed by Autodesk Consulting. Note that it uses a file formatted as ACCSXML (Autodesk Consulting Coordinate System eXtensible Markup Language). Revit Consultant - Revit Training, Revit Implementation and Navisworks I started using Revit at work in 2002. Thursday, May 10, 2012.

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