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Peter Billante, on January 29th, 2010
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On Wednesday, behind Steve Jobs on the projection screen was a quote by The Wall Street Journal that read “the last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.” So, I’m guessing that by now almost everyone has heard the news about Apple announcing their new mobile [...]
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Josh Kanner, on January 26th, 2010
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At Vela Systems, we’ve been working with contractors and owners to move from ad-hoc “project-by-project” approaches to quality, to putting cross-project quality systems in place. One recent example is with customer Turner Construction. You can read today’s press release or case study for the full story and details.
When talking about this with other customers and [...]
By
Peter Billante, on January 22nd, 2010
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The presentations at January’s AGC’s Winter 2010 BIMForum “Model-Based Buildings: A model’s life both during and after the project” in Phoenix covered the real-world use of BIM (Building Information Models) from the design phase through fabrication. They included CNC and an owner’s use of BIM for ongoing maintenance. There was one particularly interesting presentation that [...]
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Adam Omansky A.M.ASCE, on January 19th, 2010
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Here are five dynamics in healthcare construction today-- which may be readily apparent to design and construction professionals and healthcare owners and providers already well versed in healthcare construction.
This broad sector of the commercial construction market includes a wide array of building and facility types: hospitals, medical centers, treatment centers, outpatient facilities, nursing facilities, [...]
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Adam Omansky A.M.ASCE, on January 12th, 2010
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I’ve been thinking about the evolution of hardware technology and how Tablet PCs are changing the game in construction today. Especially in the area of construction project delivery out in the field – at the point of construction.
Technology, in particular mobile communications and personal computing-related hardware, has been helping to streamline construction operations and project [...]