Compared to three-month pre-virus average, total bid volume in Autodesk’s BuildingConnected platform rose 36% in January, an all-time high.
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Autodesk BuildingConnected Analysis: Construction Bidding Up 36% Over Pre-Pandemic Levels
Compared to a three-month pre-pandemic average, total bidding activity in Autodesk's BuildingConnected platform was up 15% in November 2020 and 36% in January, with January volume representing an all-time high on the BuildingConnected platform. The 2021 Autodesk Construction Outlook was created from BuildingConnected product data as well as data pulled from external sources and analyzed by construction economist Ed Zarenski.
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Autodesk BuildingConnected Analysis: Construction Starts Up 36% Over Pre-Pandemic Levels
Compared to a three-month pre-pandemic average, total bidding activity in Autodesk's BuildingConnected platform was up 15% in November 2020 and 36% in January, with January volume representing an all-time high on the BuildingConnected platform. The 2021 Autodesk Construction Outlook was created from BuildingConnected product data as well as data pulled from external sources and analyzed by construction economist Ed Zarenski.
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At ENR BuildTech Conference, Fresh Lessons From a Long Year
Harsh lessons and hopeful developments were the top line ideas at the BuildTech virtual conference, ENR’s annual look at the state of construction technology and management. Contractors, engineers and other industry professionals offered their insights on how they kept working through a pandemic, and the new solutions they uncovered to age-old problems during a difficult year.
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AGC Survey: Chaotic Supply Chain, Worker Shortages Still Plague Contractors a Year Into Pandemic
AGC reports COVID-19-caused supply problems, price increases, project delays and shutdowns. Leaders caution against picket rule changes due to House-passed PRO Act.
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Best Water/Environment: City Park Golf Course Redesign
This design-build project created a 100-year stormwater system and reconstructed the city’s historic golf course “without taking up any additional land, given the urban environment.”
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Best Specialty Construction: Nordstrom Facade Restoration
Returning a two-story section of a corner facade to its 1912 Beaux Arts look sounds simple enough: Remove the modern replacement and install a precast concrete replica of the original.
On the contrary, there was nothing simple about the elaborate storefront job.
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Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: 111 East Grand
A six-person crew of carpenters erected the frame for the 66,800-sq-ft 111 East Grand—the first modern mass-timber building in Iowa—in only six weeks.
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Best Manufacturing: Blue Origin Engine Facility
The Blue Origin engine manufacturing facility, with a 400,000-sq-ft footprint, has a split personality.
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Best Landscape/Urban Development: Spokane Riverfront Park U.S. Pavilion
The U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park in Spokane, Wash.—with its 150-ft-tall angled mast supporting a 50-ft-dia steel ring—was iconic.
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