Congratulations to Vela customers named to the Building Design and Construction top 40 under 40 list!

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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 [...]

The Digital Asset for Owners and Operators

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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 [...]

Construction Content: Who owns the data?

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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 [...]

Series Part 2: Architect's Field Report and the Standard of Care

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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 [...]

FMI's Construction Supervisors Academy (CSA): Focus on Supervisors & Profitability

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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 [...]