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Dodge Data report: Collaboration key to managing project risk
A full 75% of respondents to a recent Dodge Data & Analytics survey have
been slapped with a dispute claim in the past five years. Here are some
suggestions on how to avoid one.
NFL stadiums: Raiders relocation imperiled, Chargers on the move
Funding for the Raiders’ proposed $1.9 billion new stadium in Las Vegas has
fallen through. In the meantime, the San Diego Chargers are proceeding with
plans to co-locate with the Rams in a new $2.6 billion stadium in Los
Angeles’s Inglewood neighborhood.
Top takeaways from World of Concrete
The BuiltWorlds team headed out to Las Vegas for World of Concrete 2017. If you’ve ever been, you know there’s a vast array of things to cover. However, this year, we noticed the two big trends stemming from the tools and tech categories.
Arx Pax’s Greg Henderson on his floating foundation system
Henderson and his wife, Jill, founded Arx Pax in 2012, and their first
patent was for a three-tiered foundation system, the SAFE Building System,
meant to protect structures from flooding and earthquakes by floating them.
Learn how it works and where Arx Pax is looking to build pilot projects as
sea levels continue to rise.
How CIO Fara Francis oversaw the AGC’s IT revolution
Since 2006, Charlotte Fara Francis has seen a world of change as CIO for
the Associated General Contractors of America. We recently chatted with her
about her unique role in helping to steer old-school contractors onto the
information superhighway.
New manual outlines how owners can optimize BIM
Owners can—and should—optimize BIM, the National Institute of Building
Science says, and its new manual points out steps they can take during
every project phase, including post-occupancy.
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