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Congratulations to Shawn Pressley of Hill International and Laura Handler of Tocci Building Corporation for their recent recognition in the Building Design and Construction (BD&C) Top 40 Under 40 list. We’ve worked extensively with both and congratulate them on some well deserved recognition in the industry! While they are both very different people (see the photos [...] Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Paper-based as-built documentation is insanity. The digital asset is here. Recently, leading owners, who put a high volume of construction in place on an annual basis, are leveraging the power of Enterprise Field Management solutions and structured Quality Programs, to [...] Today, I’m blogging about part 1 in a new series on data ownership in the collaborative and cooperative environment of database-driven construction management for the field, at the point of construction… As Vela software customers all share a synchronized and centralized hosted database, structured by role-based access and permissions, from time to time, design and [...] Progress, Quality, Deviations, Defects and Deficiencies…continued from Part 1 of the "at the point of construction" series Contractor’s Field Reports. Field reports, also referred to as daily logs and daily details, for contractors and construction managers, are somewhat different than that of the Architect's Field Report. In addition to the areas described on the [...] Today, I’m blogging about an exciting new course being offered by FMI, the Construction Supervisors Academy or “CSA”. Why is this of interest? After all, in construction, the rubber meets the road with construction supervisors in the field. “Money can be made or lost based on the success of execution in the field.” “The efficiency [...] Part one in a two-part series: Progress, Quality, Deviations, Defects and Deficiencies… The American Institute of Architects (AIA) B Series of contract documents structures the standard relationship between the owner and the architect. B101–2007 (formerly B151–1997), “Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect” is the basic agreement, a one-part standard form of agreement [...] In Q&A about the The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, author, socio-economic pundit and The New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell highlights how the phrase “tipping point” originated in epidemiology. Gladwell notes that “..it's the name given to that moment in an epidemic when a virus reaches critical mass. It's [...] |
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