As money from the Bipartisian Infrastructure Act makes its way to states and municipalities, digital twins can be a powerful tool to make infrastructure investment more efficient.
The absence of a fatality or an accident, someone said recently, “doesn’t mean the presence of safety.” Many people involved in safety will appreciate the significance of those words.
At Columbia, the Massachusetts-based construction management firm where I work as executive vice president, there was a 21-member team that was remarkably high-performing.
For the past eight years, Senior Art Director Scott Hilling has had a huge influence over the award-winning visual impact of ENR. His efforts are well known, due partly to a recent American Society of Business Publication Editors award, for dramatic design of ENR’s popular annual construction photo contest issue. He likened it to preparing “an art exhibit in a gallery.”
Generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT offers several benefits for architects, engineers and construction professionals, but creating policies to protect your firm is key to reaping AI's full bounty.
July 2023 will go in the record books for its remarkable persistent heat. Phoenix saw the mercury pass 100° F for 22 days in June, and so far in July, there have been 25 days where the high temperature never fell below 110°F. And on July 19, when the high temperature hit 119° F, the night low temperature never fell below 97° F.