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Home » Blogs

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Marketropolis

Marketropolis

This blog is a hub for A/E/C marketing and business development insight.

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Firm Management

Spend Less Time in Business Development: Focus on Inbound Marketing

Supplement traditional sales techniques with lead-generating activities
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Scott D. Butcher FSMPS CPSM
May 17, 2022

There’s no replacing traditional relationship-building. It is a critical skill for every rainmaker, seller-doer, and business developer to master.


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Why Risk It? blog

Why Risk It?

Jeff Cavignac is president and principal of Cavignac & associates, a risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm specializing in the building industry.

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Gaps in Insurance Possible When Using Staffing Firms

Some advice on a construction risk management issue raised by craft scarcity
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Jeffrey Cavignac
March 22, 2016

A scarcity of craft workers raises issues important in construction risk management


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Rebar Madness blog

Rebar Madness

The many facets of design and construction are all fair game for freelance writer Jim Parsons

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Transportation

Court Ruling Clouds Future of MD’s Purple Line

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Jim Parsons
August 8, 2016
Monday, August 8, was supposed to have been a day of celebration for Maryland’s  Purple Line, as state transportation officials and the Federal Transit Administration would officially ink an agreement for a $900 million New Starts grant for the new $5.6 billion light rail system across Washington, D.C.’s northern suburbs.
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The Next Generation

The Next Generation

This blog discusses CPM scheduling, engineering law and other aspects of project management.

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Critical Path Method Scheduling

Don't Delay: Sign Up Now For The 10th Construction CPM Conference

Come 'kick the tires' of competing software, learn and have fun, starting Jan. 19th at Disney World
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Fredric L. Plotnick
December 20, 2019

There are three days of classes, plenary keynotes, basic and advanced training, claims prevention, discussion and hands-on opportunities with the competing software solutions.


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Crossing That Bridge When We Come To It

Crossing That Bridge When We Come To It

Civil Engineer Brian Brenner shares quirky views of the engineering profession and life.

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Little Niangua River Bridge
An historic suspension bridge spans in a bucolic corner of the Ozark Hills.

Little Niangua River Bridge

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Brian Brenner
January 28, 2021
With a hint of the Brooklyn Bridge, a little suspension span graces the Little Niangua River in the Ozark Hills.
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ENR Blog Jonathan Barnes

Barnestormin

Barnes' ENR blog explores the risky side of engineering and construction work and his general interest blog Barnestormin explores everything else.

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Accidents

Why Fear is Good When It Comes to Ladder Safety

Doing a simple job on a house is fraught with peril
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Jonathan Barnes
September 6, 2017
It's when you stop being scared that you screw up, I remembered.
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Bonds, Insurance and Other Reasons Contractors Lose Sleep

Bonds, Insurance and Other Reasons Contractors Lose Sleep

This blog specializes in bonding and insurance for contractors.

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Bark and Build - AVAILABLE: New Homes for Your Pooch (or Cat?)

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Mike Hill
July 21, 2015
Give your family's dog a brand new home, designed and built by national and local design and construction firm teams! Only 15 homes will be built. Available in early December 2015!
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Evergreen Blog

Evergreen

This blog covers design and construction in buildings and transportation around the Northwest.

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National Recruitment Effort Starts for Interstate Bridge Program Administrator

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Tim Newcomb
February 26, 2020
Oregon and Washington continue the joint effort in restarting -- yet again -- discussions focused on replacing the aging Interstate Bride over the Columbia River, the Interstate 5 crossing that links the two Pacific Northwest states.
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Gold Rush blog

Gold Rush

This blog explores construction around the Golden State, with a focus on Northern California.

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Memorial Project Honors Japanese-Americans Imprisoned During WWII

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Greg Aragon
September 21, 2022

A memorial plaza commemorating Japanese-Americans held in detention camps during World War II was developed by Blach Construction and RHAA Landscape Architects.


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 John Rapaport

Tech-Savvy Contracting

Thoughts on technology, data collection, the coming BIM revolution and other subjects. Read More
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Information Technology

Why You Should Join the Building Smart Alliance in Washington, D.C. Next Week

Billions of dollars are wasted each year due to a lack of interoperability
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John Rapaport
January 5, 2017
By participating in the BuildingSmart Alliance you’ll engage with other practitioners and add your voice to the future interoperability standards.
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Critical Path

Critical Path

Under the radar, behind the project gate, inside the executive suite. That's where ENR's editors and bloggers deliver their insights, opinions, cool-headed analysis and hot-headed rantings.

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Awards

ENR Shortlists Project of the Year Finalists Among Its 'Best of the Best'

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Scott Blair
February 17, 2023

A key transit link, a collaboratively built hospital facility and a new event space at a historic temple are in the running for top recognition in project execution and impact


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Midwest Musings

Midwest Musings

This blog will comment on all matters related to design and construction in the Midwest.

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MIDWEST MUSINGS

ENR Midwest Names Owner of the Year

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Annemarie Mannion
February 17, 2023

ENR’s editors have selected Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as ENR Midwest’s Owner of the Year.


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Texas-Louisiana-Stories

Texas & Louisiana Stories

Musings and stories from behind the lines from the editors and writers ENR Texas-Louisiana.

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Awards

Anthony Mbroh is ENR Texas & Louisiana's 2023 Legacy Award Winner

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Louise Poirier
November 11, 2022

After a comprehensive review process, ENR’s editors have selected Anthony Mbroh as the recipient of ENR Texas & Louisiana’s ninth annual Legacy Award.


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California Views

This blog examining California construction will ask questions, give you previews of what is to come in ENR California and report on what we are hearing, reading and seeing in the state's construction industry.

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Top Starts

ENR California/Northwest 2022 Top Starts Preview

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C.J. Schexnayder
March 21, 2023

Get a preview of ENR California and ENR Northwest's 2022 Top Starts ranking before the finalized list publishes with the April 17 edition.


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Talk of the Rockies

Project and people news from the editor of ENR Mountain States.

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City of Colorado Springs, Utah State University Selected as ENR Mountain States’ Owners of the Year for 2023

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Jennifer Seward
February 23, 2023

ENR Mountain States has chosen its annual Owners of the Year, two entities whose leadership and projects have transformed their communities.


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Southeast Constructions

Our blog delivers the latest news, insights, and opinions about construction trends in the four-state region of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

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Deadline Extended: ENR Southeast’s Top Design Firms Survey

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Derek Lacey
March 22, 2023

The deadline to participate in ENR Southeast's Top Design Firms ranking - Monday, March 27 - is just around the corner.


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NY Construction Central

NY Construction Central

Bringing you breaking news in real time from around the Tri-State construction industry.

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ENR New York Set to Publish 2022 Top Construction Starts

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Justin Rice
February 22, 2023

Some key regional projects now getting underway will be featured in the March print issue of ENR New York


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Southwest Construction Views

The Southwest Construction Views blog examines the current events, issues and challenges of development, design and construction in the Desert Southwest

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ENR Southwest Previews 2022 Top Starts Ranking

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Scott Judy
February 16, 2023

The ranking of the Southwest's Top Starts of 2022 will publish in the March 6, 2023 edition of ENR Southwest.


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Notes on Northwest

Notes on the Northwest

News, opinions and insights about design and construction in the Pacific Northwest, Including Washington, Oregon and Alaska.

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2023 Legacy Awards

ENR Northwest Names Al Barkouli as 2023 Legacy Award Winner

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C.J. Schexnayder
January 6, 2023

Al Barkouli, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Portland-based David Evans and Associates is the 2023 Legacy Award recipient for ENR Northwest.


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New-England News Views

New England News and Views

News and opinions about design and construction in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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ENR New England Releases 2023 Preliminary Top Design Firm List

The submission deadline is extended to April 17
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Johanna Knapschaefer
March 27, 2023

ENR New England prepares to publish it Top Design Firm rankings.


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Australasia: How I See It

Australasia: How I See It

We follow the South Pacific's 'New World' as ever bigger infrastructure projects unfold. And slightly farther afield.

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TRANSPORTATION

RFP Release Expected Next Month for $3B Brent Spence Bridge Project

Jennie L Phipps
January 13, 2023

The Ohio Dept. of Transportation has released information for potential contractors looking to find work on a $3-billion-project to improve the traffic-choked Brent Spence Bridge connecting Covington, Ky. with Cincinnati, Ohio.


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Ready for Innovation

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ENR FutureTech: Demand More From Your Data

The presenters at ENR’s annual FutureTech conference in San Francisco May 30-June 1, cautioned the sold-out audience of engineers, construction professionals, venture capitalists and technologists that the construction industry continues to be plagued by inefficiency and a general lack of adoption of new technologies, although big strides are being made in sharing and managing data.

However, an upbeat air filled the hall as many touted three key improvements in delivering a connected built environment; ­cloud computing, mobile phones shifting computing access and low-cost chips and sensors enabling IoT.

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ENR FutureTech: Time to Get Comfortable Sharing Building Project Data

It's no longer possible to build according to the status quo
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Jeff Yoders
June 7, 2017

Our first dispatch from the FutureTech conference in San Francisco brought a common plea from venture capitalists, consultants and engineering and construction professionals.


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Mid-Atlantic Monitor

Mid-Atlantic Monitor

Written by the staff of ENR MidAtlantic Construction, this blog offers insights, analysis and opinionated takes on the latest news, trends and projects.

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ENR MidAtlantic Releases Preliminary Top Starts

Check out the April issue for the region's 2022 top construction starts
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Justin Rice
March 20, 2023

The April print issue of ENR MidAtlantic will include some of the top 2022 construction starts in the region.


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