Sharp HealthCare Breaks Ground on Prebys Innovation and Education Center

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Sharp HealthCare recently broken ground on the new Prebys Innovation & Education Center in San Diego, California. The capital project is comprised of a 70,000-square-foot, four-story addition to Sharp’s corporate headquarters made possible with building partners McCarthy and Hanna Gabriel Wells. The PIEC will feature state-of-the-art spaces housing an auditorium and conference rooms, a simulation center to enhance caregiver knowledge and skills, a technology immersion lab for open-access research and demonstrations and community engagement facilities to serve San Diegans. Named in recognition of a $5-million challenge grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation, the innovation program will have early emphasis on … Read more

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Updated Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Building and Other Structures Standard Now Available

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The newly updated ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criterial for Building and Other Structures is now available. This national standard is the American Society of Civil Engineers’ most widely used standard and is an integral part of building codes in the United States and around the globe. Structural engineers, architects and those engaged in preparing and administering local building codes will find the 2022 edition of the structural load requirements essential to their practice. The 2022 edition of ASCE 7, which supersedes ASCE/SEI 7-16, provides the most up-to-date and coordinated loading provisions for general structural design. Informed by … Read more

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‘Didge’ AI Platform Provides Cost-Efficient Tool for Project Management, Safety Monitoring + Progress Tracking

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Gilbane Building Company and Nextera Robotics have entered into a joint-venture partnership to develop a transformational artificial intelligence platform that utilizes a fleet of autonomous mobile robots to track construction progress and provide safety monitoring at jobsites. The new robotics platform dubbed “Didge” provides autonomous “eyes-on-site” 24/7 by obtaining detailed visual data at construction sites, creating a bridge to the field between design models, digital twins and plans, while also boosting transparency, monitoring safety and expediting progress tracking. The platform is designed to be customizable and multi-functional to include capabilities such as 360 degree video capture and daily laser scanning … Read more

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Partnership Helps Skilled Trades Job Seekers

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In recent years, a skilled talent shortage has plagued the construction industry. Some organizations suggest the deficit has become a crisis, especially given the coming infusion of federal infrastructure funds and the growing need for workers. To help individuals of all backgrounds benefit from these opportunities and prepare the industry to meet increased demands, the SkillPointe Foundation and Building Talent Foundation have partnered to help develop, place and support skilled construction industry workers. Under this new partnership, BTF will provide career coaching and job placement services at no cost to SkillPointe Scholarship recipients seeking residential construction industry jobs, and SkillPointe … Read more

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Two-Thirds of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs from October 2020 to October 2021

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Nearly two out of three U.S. metro areas added construction jobs between October 2020 and October 2021, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data. Association officials noted that the job gains would likely have been larger and more widespread if firms weren’t dealing with the twin challenges of supply chain problems and labor shortages. “While it is heartening that construction is recovering from the lows of 2020 in much of the country, the pandemic is still causing major supply-chain problems and is keeping some workers from seeking employment,” said Ken Simonson, the … Read more

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