MEP Subcontractors are the unsung heroes of prefabrication and they can help designers and contractors embrace a leaner, better construction process if they'll listen to their prefab sherpas.
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Flood design is often reduced to meeting federal and local regulations, but some engineers want more bespoke solutions to keep buildings dry
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25 British architecture firms have written a letter to Autodesk asking for more development of its Revit design software platform, citing license costs that have increased 70% over the last five years.
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25 British architecture firms have written a letter to Autodesk asking for more development of its Revit design software platform, citing license costs that have increased 70% over the last five years.
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In its latest investment to fill out offerings for project data management, San Rafael, Calif.-based Autodesk has acquired construction technology firm Pype, makers of the Pype AI-analysis and project planning platform.
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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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U.S. dam safety frameworks have helped prevent major calamities, but the May collapse of a 95-year-old Michigan structure shows failure risks remain, with multiple causes.
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A study released late last year of dam safety risk assessment reports that the U.S. dam safety frameworks have helped to prevent major calamities, but the May failure of the 95-year-old Edenville Dam in Michigan illustrates that important shortcomings remain—often involving combinations of causes.
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With the lengthy and complex permitting and approval process complete and almost all the other details worked out, construction could begin in mid-November on the estimated $100-million fix for San Francisco's 645-ft-tall Millennium Tower, which has settled more than 17 in. since its completion in 2009.
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The New York City Dept. of Buildings has granted permission to use SpeedCore in New York City. The high-rise lateral-load resisting system of tied dual-plate wall modules field-filled with concrete has the potential to slash superstructure construction time compared to steel frames with reinforced concrete cores.
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