Many recent trends in construction aim to improve teamwork: collaborative delivery methods, lean construction practices and virtual design and construction.
As the general public is exposed almost daily to marketing that promotes the prospects of self-driving cars, it’s not too much of a stretch for construction professionals to imagine a similar future for autonomous equipment on the jobsite.
Hawaii utility Hawaiian Electric Co. has withdrawn its $1.2-billion plan to upgrade oil-fired power plants to burn natural gas after state regulators rejected its planned merger with Florida-based clean-energy firm NextEra Energy Inc.
In its many studies on the benefits of building information modeling in construction, Dodge Data & Analytics has consistently demonstrated that larger companies are more likely to use BIM and to benefit from it than smaller ones.
The dollar value of total construction starts dropped 7% in June, mostly due to a 24% monthly decline in non-building construction, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.