As complex as construction projects are to oversee, it’s hard to believe that tracking hundreds of details using a traditional computer spreadsheet program was once considered advanced. It’s no wonder that trying to find individual documents in...
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Organizations face increasing challenges today due to rapidly changing customer demands, market conditions, and technological advancements. Making informed decisions quickly and accurately is critical to staying ahead of the competition. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool that can help organizations make more intelligent decisions by leveraging data-driven insights and automation capabilities. This discussion will […]
Modeling has gone full-force, high-tech. This is why more and more capital project contractors have begun turning to building information modeling (BIM) to gain efficiencies in time and effort that have long eluded them — and cost them in less-than-optimal project outcomes. Yet while having BIM is one thing, knowing how to use it to […]
How do you know if your percent complete is accurate? Do you find yourself asking questions like, does this match with what’s happening in the field? How do we verify the accuracy of installed quantities? What will be the downstream impact if they are incorrect? How many reports are needed to run to cross check […]
Though it may not seem to contain construction-specific items with its 700+ pages, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, a wide-ranging, 10-year, U.S. federal funding plan, does include several provisions that can directly benefit construction companies and their future capital projects. The section of the IRA with the most relevance to our industry? Energy […]
With widespread labor shortages facing our industry, engagement within the female population is essential to achieving any hope of expanding and delivering successful construction projects in 2023 and beyond. It is also a very smart business move. Why? Because the numbers don’t lie. The latest data from McKinsey & Company again reports that the most […]
Accurate, real-time cost tracking of capital projects may be understood and valued in theory. But, as we’ve seen with the slow technology adoption in the industry, that doesn’t necessarily translate into putting it into practice. When project costs aren’t closely managed, they’re more likely to spiral out of control and put projects squarely among scores […]