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Anatomy of Failure: The Turkey Earthquake Disaster

Kit Miyamoto, founder of Miyamoto International, reflects after tour of disaster zone from Febuary 6 quake
Kit Miyamoto
March 31, 2023

Says Kit Miyamoto, founder of engineering firm Miyamoto International, after tour of hard-hit area: "The scene of devastation is unlike anything I have seen in my 20 years of working in disaster zones."


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Construction Safety Mindset Should Start in Undergrad Classrooms

March 29, 2023

Nearly 1,000 U.S. construction workers died of work-related injuries each year from 2011 to 2020, with the industry accounting for 20% of all workplace deaths, even though it made up just 7.3% of the national workforce.


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Viewpoint | Mountain States

Empowering Women in Craft and Leadership Roles

Maja Rosenquist
March 27, 2023

Labor continues to be the most pressing issue facing our industry—and that’s saying something, given the roller coaster of the last several years.


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Digital Twins Help Infrastructure Become Smarter

A digital twin for major infrastructure is only as good as the data that informs it
Matt Piper
March 23, 2023

A "smart infrastructure" approach demands that utility and IoT data inform major infrastructure programs from a database such as that in a geographical information system.


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Viewpoint: Work From Home? Nope.

Bob Clark
March 16, 2023

As someone who has never had much interest in education in the traditional sense —I lasted about five weeks before dropping out of college—most of my valued knowledge and experience has come from working with and around people.


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Conversational AI in Construction
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ChatGPT and Other Conversational AIs Can Help Construction

Conversational artificial intelligence has the potential to be a huge time saver in construction
Mehdi Nourbakhsh
March 9, 2023

Conversational Artificial Intelligence technology such as ChatGPT can help contractors make better decisions, enhance communication and collaboration, and rapidly change the industry.


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Work From Home? Maybe if You Want to Kill Your Culture

Technology makes work from home possible for the office, but what about the human cost?
Bob Clark
February 28, 2023

Technology might make working remotely possible for office personnel, but you need to consider what that will mean for your company's culture, especially considering the very human diversity and inclusivity goals it has.


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Safety, Proximity and Supply Chain Optimization Will Continue to Fuel Construction

Pandemic-learned lessons will still drive innovation in construction
Burcin Kaplanoglu
February 16, 2023

The disruptions, remote working and supply chain challenges that the pandemic presented will have both answers and lessons for construction professionals to learn in 2023.


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Mind the Interfaces: A Primer on Offsite Fabrication

Gary Fischer, PE
February 8, 2023

To reduce project cost and schedule length while addressing the skilled labor shortage, many owners and contractors are moving work from the construction site to a fabrication facility.


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In Praise of Escrow for Taking Tension Out of Construction Payments

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Adam Post
January 27, 2023

A commentary advocating escrow as a way to improve prompt pay and overall project health.


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