Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics
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Month: March 2019
A Greenish New Deal Will Do Much Good
How many people not in a history class still talk about the landmark Supreme Court case won by a Brooklyn kosher chicken company, A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp., in 1935?
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Creating a Simplified System for Spawning Digital Twins
The drive to create “digital twins” of physical facilities is transiting from idea to reality, as sophisticated owners and their construction management consultants begin harnessing the growing power of computer processing, reality capture and improved data management tools and techniques to begin putting digital meat on the twins’ bones.
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Tall Buildings Council Dubs New Tallest Timber Building
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has dubbed the 85.4-meter Mjøstårnet, in Brumunddal, Norway, as the world's tallest timber building.
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AEC BuildTech: Keynotes, HVAC sessions on VRF and steam, and exhibitors set event apart
The inaugural AEC BuildTech event (#AECBuildTech), presented by BNP Media, takes place April 30 through May 2.
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Opinion: With Merced-to-Bakersfield Route, a High-Speed Rail Reset in California
After new Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) restated the project’s priorities, transportation realists looking for good news let loose with an affirming “Amen.”
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Construction Economics for March 18, 2019
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Tiny Home Inside a Concrete Pipe Wins Design Contest
A design contest sponsored by Rinker Materials and AIAS fits a comfortable home inside a 96-in. concrete pipe.
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ENR's Best of the Best Projects 2018
Critical highway repairs completed two years ahead of schedule. A power plant project that’s also a park. A veterans’ hospital built to function even when flooded. Those are a few examples of the above-and-beyond design and construction efforts honored by ENR’s annual Best of the Best Projects awards.
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Report: Floods of Digital Project Data Can Create Illusion of Control
The two sides of technology and the management of large, complex projects.
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