When we need to reach a little higher, we strap extensions—stilts—on workers’ legs. When fearing a fall, we tie workers to buildings with a length of rope, and then we hope.
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Texas middle-school students Zara Willard and Nicholas John received hands-on building experience and inspiration to pursue engineering and construction careers at TRF Camp Build in Austin last summer.
Artificial intelligence is often touted as a gamechanger for construction processes, and Document Crunch, a company co-founded by a longtime construction attorney, is already changing up one key area: construction contracts.
Students learned firsthand the skills needed for careers in construction and engineering at a Rosendin-sponsored TRF Camp Build in Austin, Texas this past summer, with others across the U.S. providing similar support.
“Sustainability is at the forefront of Austin’s engineering and construction practices,” Roohms says. “The industry has also been adopting digital plan delivery, which leverages shared technology among the entire project team to enhance visualization and eliminate silos.”
In early March, contractor KDC topped off the 850,000-sq-ft state-of-the-art campus in Iving, Texas, for financial giant Wells Fargo—the firm’s first net-positive energy office complex in the U.S.
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