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Construction Techniques

Drones know the dirt: How UAVs can measure jobsite materials

February 14, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

As a reality capture manager, I regularly use drones and drone software to quickly and accurately calculate the volume and weight of any stockpiled soil or material stored on a jobsite. This relatively new approach has provided big benefits to […]


News

‘Never give up’ applies to football and construction, says ex-quarterback

February 13, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

Before Bryan Ehrlich founded NCE General Contractors in 2022, he had a brief stint as a quarterback on a professional football team. Growing up, Ehrlich worked for his father’s construction company in San Antonio every summer after he turned 13. […]


Sustainability

The Future Beneath Our Feet: Soil-Cement Bricks and the Path to Sustainable Construction

February 13, 2024

Via: ArchDaily

Bricks are part of the collective imagination when thinking about construction. These are elementary, ubiquitous, modular, light, and reliable materials for erecting buildings. However, traditional ceramic block manufacturing relies on burning clay in kilns at high temperatures, often powered by […]


News

ENR New England Set to Publish 2023 Top Construction Starts

February 12, 2024

Via: ENR

The April print issue of ENR New England will include some of the region’s largest 2023 construction starts, with projects each valued at more than $140 million. Below is a preliminary list of projects that will potentially be on the […]


Construction Processes, Design

How Can Architecture be Designed to Reflect Human Behavior?

February 12, 2024

Via: ArchDaily

Architecture is the design of spaces for human occupation. Despite architects’ skill in designing spaces to influence human behavior there often is a shortfall in anticipating and reacting to occupants’ behavior. To create environments that boost well-being, productivity, and social […]


Construction Site Safety, Regulations

Exploring the impact of new safety regulations on high-risk construction activities

February 9, 2024

Via: ISHN

Work in the construction industry often involves taking considerable, albeit often necessary, risks. For example, live wires present obvious electrocution hazards, and who can forget the images of rows of men in hard hats casually eating lunch while perched on […]


News

Construction planning inches higher despite commercial weakness

February 9, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

As expectations mount for the Fed to cut rates later this year, owners and developers will continue to gain confidence in market conditions in 2024 and into 2025, said Martin in the report. That should drive momentum in commercial activity […]


Construction Processes, Financial

Senate Committee Clears FAA Bill with $20B for Construction Grants

February 8, 2024

Via: ENR

After months of delay, the Senate commerce committee has approved a five-year Federal Aviation Administration bill that would boost FAA’s Airport Improvement Program infrastructure grants by 19%, to $4 billion a year. The measure, which the Commerce, Science and Transportation […]


Construction Processes, Financial

Kiewit-Shea JV nabs $1B Baltimore Amtrak tunnel contract

February 7, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

Amtrak selected the Kiewit and J.F. Shea Construction joint venture to build the Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore, the rail agency announced in a Feb. 6 press release. It’s the second of three major components in an $6 billion program […]


Construction Techniques

Drexel researchers create AI system to spot cracks in infrastructure

February 7, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

Drexel’s method, which researchers published in the journal Automation in Construction, uses a high-resolution stereo-depth camera to record images of a structure before feeding them into a deep-learning program called a convolutional neural network. These systems can spot the finest […]


News

Construction firm co-founder among dead in Idaho jobsite collapse

February 6, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

Construction began on the one-story hangar last year; a permit for the foundation was issued in October, according to the Idaho Statesman, which enlisted the insight of multiple engineering experts to explore potential causes of the collapse. Some speculated that […]


News

Construction & Engineering Trends That Will Define 2024: The Year of Change

February 5, 2024

Via: ENR

As the industry faces ongoing challenges such as labor shortages and low project margins, they are adopting digital technologies like AI to automate and optimize their operations and cloud-based solutions to simplify fragmented IT systems. To add predictable, recurring revenue […]


News

4 ways to level construction’s playing field

February 5, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

In the dynamic landscape of the construction industry, minority contractors often face unique challenges that hinder their growth and participation. Despite possessing the requisite skills and experience, these contractors frequently encounter obstacles that hinder their success. One of the most […]


Construction Processes, Financial

Public construction spending soars, but private projects still face hurdles

February 2, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

After a revision flipped November’s 0.1% drop back to positive, December’s jump now marks the 19th consecutive month of growth, largely due to infrastructure and manufacturing activity, Basu said, noting big gains for spending overall last year. “Nonresidential construction spending […]


News

Construction Adds 11,000 Jobs in January, 10th Monthly Gain

February 2, 2024

Via: ENR

Construction employment remained on its upward trend, adding 11,000 jobs last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, with the industry recording its 10th consecutive monthly increase. Architectural, engineering and related services, which are categorized separately from construction, posted an […]


Construction Processes, Financial

FAA Awards $244M for Airfield, Terminal Projects

February 1, 2024

Via: ENR

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $243.7 million for airport infrastructure grants around the country to improve runways and taxiways and expand or build terminals. In announcing the selections on Jan. 30, FAA said that its latest batch of awards […]


News

Federal Spending, Robust Market Spur Interest in New Machines at World of Concrete 2024

February 1, 2024

Via: ENR

Nervous chatter about supply chain constraints and uncertainty about the post-COVID era was hard to find among the contractors, manufacturers and assorted masonry experts at the World of Concrete trade show held Jan. 23 to 25 in Las Vegas. Equipment […]


Construction Techniques

NASA tests autonomous construction robots

January 31, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

The ARMADAS team provided structural plans to the robots, but they didn’t micromanage their work, per the release. Instead, software algorithms did the job of planning the robots’ tasks. The test demonstrated a crucial part of the programs’ capabilities — […]


Construction Processes, Interaction of Expertise

Researchers propose AI-guided system for robotic inspection of buildings, roads and bridges

January 30, 2024

Via: ScienceDaily

Augmenting visual inspection technologies — that have offered partial solutions to speed damage assessment in recent years — with a new machine learning approach, the researchers have created a system that they believe could enable efficient identification and inspection of […]


News

Holder Construction to manage $950M Nebraska airport expansion plan

January 30, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

The expansion plans come on the heels of the airport’s second-busiest year ever, per the release. In 2023, the airport saw 5 million people make use of its services, higher than pre-pandemic levels of use in 2019. “Build OMA reflects […]