Janice L. Tuchman

First 3D Printed Construction Equipment Debuts at CONEXPO 2017

March 15, 2017

A star of the CONEXPO/CON-AGG show in Las Vegas in early March was an unassuming, unbranded mini excavator busily moving dirt around in a corner of the show.

Engineering Careers IMAX Film, Education Program Are Dream Come True

Janice L. Tuchman

March 1, 2017

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How does an engineering association come to partner with a prominent IMAX movie producer to create a film to inspire kids to pursue industry careers?

Engineering Gets IMAX Big-Screen Boost in New Film

Janice L. Tuchman

February 15, 2017

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More than 200 New York City students donned 3D glasses for “Dream Big: Engineering Our World,” which will air in theaters across the U.S. to promote engineering careers

Tudor Van Hampton, ENR’s managing editor

Editor Emphasized Helping Others

Janice L. Tuchman

February 8, 2017

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Tudor Van Hampton, ENR’s managing editor who died on Feb. 4, meant so much to so many.

2016 Year in Review

ENR.com's Most-Read Construction Industry Stories of 2016

Janice L. Tuchman

December 27, 2016

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What are the construction industry's major takeaways from a the election surprise and technological innovation?

Risk Management

ARTBA Hopes to Certify Thousands for Safety Training

Rising work zone fatalities raise concerns

Richard Korman

Janice L. Tuchman

December 21, 2016

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By training a cross section of construction team members and testing their knowledge in a safety certification program, leaders of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association believe they can put a dent in the 48,600 injuries and deaths that take place in highway work zones each year.

Civil Infrastructure Design Gets Boost From Bentley and Topcon

Tom Sawyer

Janice L. Tuchman

November 16, 2016

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The rise of cloud services, vendor partnerships and software refinement is supporting increasing multi-vendor interoperability of project data for the design, construction and management of roads and bridges.

Construction Forecasting

Panel Envisioning Tech Path Forward Sees Bumps But Is Optimistic

Much remains to be done in building and facilities technology

Janice L. Tuchman

Tom Sawyer

November 9, 2016

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A panel challenged to envision the path forward for technology development serving the construction of buildings and facilities sees lots of roadwork ahead, but expresses optimism about progress.

Engineering Software

Bentley Consolidates Road Design Suite as Part of a Broad Lift to Connected Cloud

Move is part of a transition to enabling wide data exchange via Microsoft Azure servers

Janice L. Tuchman

Tom Sawyer

November 2, 2016

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Bentley Systems announces ‘Open Roads’ to consolidate civil brands and also describes its intent to link its cloud services platform with that of Topcon's and others for seamless data exchange

Execs Share Best Ways To Ply Changing Global Markets

Bechtel CEO says AEC firms must compete harder with Silicon Valley for the best technical talent.

Debra K. Rubin

Janice L. Tuchman

October 19, 2016

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With low oil prices still a nagging factor in the global economy, construction executives and researchers shared strategies for project delivery and business success in markets that are increasingly difficult to predict and more controlled by tightening costs.