Big data’s Dodge joins with STACK to streamline bidding
Beginning in January, the alliance will integrate biddable blueprints and
specs from Dodge Data and Analytics’ plan rooms with STACK Construction
Technologies’ user-friendly, cloud-based takeoff and estimating tools.
Urban Waterways Week Q&A: Bill Wenk on reworking the LA River
Landscape architect Bill Wenk explains his firm Wenk Associates’ work on
the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan and discusses the
complexities of urban waterway redevelopment.
Chernobyl caps toxic site, 30 years later
For those who recall the terrifying news of a Ukrainian nuclear accident
that shook the world in 1986, the scene this week of successful global
cooperation there would have been impossible to imagine. See for yourself,
though, with these two time-lapse videos.
A look at foreign labor in construction
Between President-elect Donald Drumpf’s stance on immigration and the United
Kingdom currently determining the status of free movement post-Brexit, many
have been left wondering what will happen to foreign labor in the two
regions — especially within construction.
BuiltWorlds’ Construction Gift Guide — Holiday 2016
The gift giving season is upon us, and BuiltWorlds is here to help. Check
out this year’s gift guide for our top picks and the coolest gifts to give
the construction professional in your life. (Or treat yourself!)
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