Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Sustainability: Designing tools that consume less power while maintaining or improving performance, and how these developments benefit the environment. With over 16 years of diverse experience spanning engineering, R&D, channel marketing, and product management, Sara brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her role.

Sustainability 229

Sustainability Maryland Massachusetts Concrete 229

The Constructor

OCTOBER 30, 2022

It requires an engineer to consider loads, stresses, and forces at every step in the process. An engineer must also consider the structure’s environment and how it will interact with other structures nearby. In this article, you will find what things an engineer keeps […].

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Engineering Design Environment 162

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Last year 28% of those in Boston were from architecture or engineering firms, 15% were utilities, 11% were contractors and builders and 8% were manufacturers, not to mention the very large numbers of professionals offering services and consulting, including, yes, a respectable assemblage of real estate attorneys.

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Green Environment Boston Chicago 195

Construction Business Owner

MAY 6, 2024

Why Customer Research Should Shape Your Business Strategy ccapoccia Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:20 In the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry where projects are complex, collaboration is key and customer satisfaction is critically important, the relevance of your customers’ opinion carries significant weight.

Profitability 294

Profitability Architecture Environment Sustainability 294

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Real property owners and FMers must become trusted partners with service providers (architects, engineers, and builders) and their building user customers. This is further complicated by the fact that service partners also generally operate in silos, each with its own goals and information environments.

Management 264

Management Life Cycle Environment Procurement 264

The Constructor

JUNE 16, 2023

The design and construction of bridges is a complex endeavor that requires a thorough knowledge of building materials, engineering principles, and the environment. Bridges are an essential part of many communities worldwide, and understanding the process of designing and constructing them is key to building safe and stable structures.

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Design Construction Environment Materials 246

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2021

Lack of recognition by senior management of the linkage between between the built environment and organizational mission Low level of understanding of both life-cycle total-cost-of-ownership management and integrated lean planning, procurement, and project delivery principles and processes. Procedia Engineering. Data Problems.

Life Cycle 264

Life Cycle Management Procurement Construction 264

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 19, 2021

Volumes have been written about the fragmentation of the AECOO (architecture, engineering, construction, operator, owner) and Facilities Management sectors and their relative high levels of economic and environmental waste. Aligning strategies and objectives with processes and workflows.

Management 264

Management Procurement Environment Life Cycle 264

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Of these, only LEAN Job Order Contracting provides a robust framework that integrates internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a common data environment inclusive of actionable cost visibility, defined workflows, and quantitative metrics. Concurrent Engineering (CE). Benchmarking. Kanban System.

Construction 264

Construction Visualization Schedule Contract 264

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 22, 2024

Linking Program Management and Project Management and enhancing this relationship aligns single projects to a robust programmatic approach to significantsly improve overall outcomes for owners, architects, engineers, and builders. Managing all projects in a coordinated way ensures… #1.

Project Management 246

Project Management Management Products Renovating 246

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Efficient management of the built environment is critical to the environment, economy, and our overall well being. Owner and design-builder planning, procurement, and project delivery teams MUST work together within a common information environment and share clearly defined, mutually beneficial goals.

Procurement 263

Procurement Construction Environment Renovating 263

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 29, 2024

With its latest annual Make It Real program, Autodesk is challenging high school students to imagine how to design and build a habitat for an extreme environment. For the Make It Resilient 2024 contest , any extreme environment such as a desert, rainforest, deep ocean site, areas prone to flooding, or even another planet can be chosen.

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Environment Autodesk Education Engineering 126

BD+C

MAY 6, 2024

The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors. Cordilleras Health System Replacement project, Redwood City, Calif.

Environment 108

Environment Design Los Angeles Washington 108

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 31, 2022

Real property owners, architects, engineers, builders, and other stakeholders have long realized the construction industry and the life-cycle management of built environment have proven wasteful. Poor leadership across the public sector with respect to facilities/built environment asset life-cycle management.

Procurement 258

Procurement Modeling Renovating Life Cycle 258

Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Engineers (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical) Civil engineers focus on the design and maintenance of infrastructure. Structural engineers design and analyze structures for stability and safety. Conduct safety training and inspections to create a secure work environment.

Construction 332

Construction Project Management Electrical Safety 332

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 10, 2023

The AECOO sector (Architecture, Engineering, Contruction, Operators, Owners) must transition for a linear to a circular system for managing the built environment. Establishing a common data environment inclusive of shared, local market granular cost data organized using expanded CSI Masterformat.

Sustainability 264

Sustainability Renovating Management Procurement 264

Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2022

From leaving on lights and fans to using energy-inefficient appliances, we waste significant energy as heat in our environment. Engineers mostly use concrete in construction, but concrete is not environmentally friendly. Prefabricated material refers to material produced in a controlled environment instead of on the construction site.

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Construction Environment Sustainability Software 240

The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Popularly known as prefabrication (or prefab), modular construction is a mechanism in which the building is constructed in a factory environment.

Construction 299

Construction Industrial Environment Engineering 299

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Achieving and Maintaining Excellence Requires – Collaboration, Team Alignment and Tracking, Accountability, Clarity of Goals, Problem Solving, Fiscal Transparency, Robust Process, Common/Shared Data Environment, Levelling Up Team Knowledge. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(1), 104–. Building Outcomes.

Procurement 264

Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 264

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2024

Sustainable Facilities Management Practices involve a clear set of objectives, methods, and processes aimed at maximizing performance of the built environment with respect to economic and environmental resources in concert with meeting organizational mission needs.

Sustainability 246

Sustainability Management Renovating Environment 246

Construction Enquirer

APRIL 21, 2023

A civil engineer who caused chaos after scaling the Dartford Crossing during a Just Stop Oil protest has been jailed for three years. Our government has enacted suicidal laws to accelerate oil production: killing human life and destroying our environment. “I

Engineering 109

Engineering Environment US Office 109

BD+C

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Trends in scientific research environments: Q&A with Flad's Matt McCord 0 dbarista Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:54 Laboratories As part of an ongoing series, Matt McCord, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal with Flad Architects, discusses the future of the scientific workplace. The idea is generalizing space. This can be a challenge.

Environment 98

Environment AIA Plans Idaho 98

Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 16, 2024

We stress the benefits of proficiently handling project data, conversations, and files, in a unified environment, achieving streamlined processes and enhanced transparency. Unlocking Success in AECO Projects delves into the efficiencies achievable through adept issue and action item management.

BIM 358

BIM Mobility Autodesk Management 358

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 12, 2022

LEAN Capital Project Delivery (LEAN CPD) creates a dynamic, collaborative environment in which repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds requirements can consistently be achieved in a quality manner, on-time, on-budget, and in full compliance. This ensures early and ongoing sharing of information within a common data environment (CDE).

Procurement 264

Procurement Renovating Budgeting Budget 264

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Platforms, tools, and training are readily available to help owners and dispersed teams of architects, engineers, and builders to build and collaborate within a construction cost knowledge environment. Technology alone, however, is not enough to harvest the value of cost knowledge management. has proven relatively fruitless.

Management 264

Management Construction Procurement Defense 264

ENR Construction

MARCH 26, 2025

Former chiefs of nine leading engineering and construction companies working in the U.S. and globally say the industry faces a more transactional environment that challenges ethical standards and could compromise their accountability.

Engineering 68

Engineering Accounting Construction Environment 68

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 23, 2021

Simple, climate neutrality, digital leadership, and the built environment are inexorably intertwined. Common data environments to assure technical and financial visibility and transparency. The following is a list of considerations and/or requirements for achieving measurable success.

Industrial 165

Industrial Environment Procurement Resource 165

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 13, 2023

That said, not a single public sector real property owner organization has deployed a robust process system wide that efficiently integrates internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams with a common data environment. The only barrier is the will to do so.

Management 264

Management Organization Construction Software 264

BD+C

APRIL 21, 2023

The Role of Engineered Wood in Sustainable Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:23 Sustainability in construction is becoming more important as society moves towards a more sustainable future. Learn about engineered wood’s key role as a green building solution. and therefore less waste. Ready to learn more? CEUs available.

Sustainability 97

Sustainability Engineering Green Materials 97

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

He is a strong advocate for owners, striving to eliminate the costly duplication of efforts in project execution, and move closer to the ideal built environment consisting of true buildable design followed by an IoT-enabled digital twin deliverable. He began his career 20 years ago as a technical production architect and project manager.

Virgin Islands 411

Virgin Islands Autodesk Puerto Rico Samoa 411

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2022

productive environment. The International Journal of Engineering Education, 19, 777-787. Paper presented at the The International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Nothingham, UK. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(2), 142-151. 61-70): American Society of Civil Engineers.

Products 260

Products AIA Construction San Francisco 260

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Historically, most people have viewed the AECOO sector (architecture, engineering, construction, owners, operator/operations) as highly complex and involving relatively uncontrollable disparate domains of knowledge and disjointed, unshared objectives and goals. A common, shared technical and cost data environment. Why systems thinking?

Sustainability 242

Sustainability Management Procurement Renovating 242

Job Order Contracting

JULY 25, 2024

Specifically, managing and leveraging the dependencies between various disciplines like planning, design, engineering, procurement, project management, builders, and other service providers remains the greatest challenge to most organizations and a common failure point. Mandatory initial and ongoing training for all. #6.

Procurement 246

Procurement Plans CSI Renovating 246

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment. It is not simply a LEAN “philosophy”, but a robust operating environment.

Contract 205

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 205

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

All off the require tools and support services to create integrated environments, to address all of the above issues, and more, are readily available. It is defined within and Lean environment government by a long-term multi-party agreement and associated written Operations Manual / Execution Guide. Better Manage Construction Costs.

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Schedule Management Procurement Construction 232

Construction Marketing

APRIL 12, 2020

The latter taking on new urgency within a recessionary environment. Consider some of the most common marketing requirements including graphic design, copy writing, web design, search engine optimization (SEO), email, publicity, social media, paid search, advertising, branding, and event marketing.

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Overhead Construction Consulting Comparison 220

Construction Business Owner

JUNE 27, 2024

5 Steps to Empower Subcontractors for LEED Success ccapoccia Thu, 06/27/2024 - 13:52 The built environment is the bedrock of thriving communities. It may also be their most potent liability, with enormous climate and environmental repercussions.

Liability 156

Liability Regulation Environment Sustainability 156