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 forced many asset owners to demand better models and maintenance of their infrastructure assets, giving engineering firms an opportunity to be data curators and analysts for everything from water systems to energy grids, executive says.
The Grist Mill Bridge, a 75-ft single span bridge in Hampden, Maine, is the first in the nation to use composite tub girders with no concrete reinforcement in the superstructure.
The pandemic is driving rapid change in design and construction technology, but the same adoption rigor that existed before it still delivers the best results.
Telematics, wearables, online collaboration, 3D model management tools and the ever-evolving ways contractors collect and use data took center stage in the first day of ENR's all-virtual FutureTech construction technology conference.
The premise of a digital twin has become confused in an engineering and construction world with several levels of analysis and approval. How best does a fully digital representation of what will be a physical building or infrastructure asset illuminate its construction process? Is it really as easy as seeing how an exhaust port that goes right to a vessel's main reactor might be a problem?