Balfour Beatty to Deliver £33M Health & Life Sciences Building for University of Reading

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Balfour Beatty has been selected by the University of Reading, England, to deliver its new £33-million Health and Life Sciences building. Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the construction of the 7,500-square-meter state-of-the-art teaching and research facility which, on completion, will form an integral part of the University’s 10-year campus regeneration program. The general contractor has worked in collaboration with the University of Reading through its building framework since July 2015. Early contractor engagement enabled Balfour Beatty to fully participate in the design proposal to provide the most cost-effective solution. The company will utilize Building Information Modeling to generate and […]

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Skender Expands Business beyond Construction

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CHICAGO, Ill. – Envisioning a more efficient future for the building industry, Skender is expanding beyond construction, becoming a vertically integrated company including construction, design and building component manufacturing functions. The expansion includes significant investment in the launch of a new Chicago, Illinois-based advanced manufacturing subsidiary and the acquisition of the boutique design firm Ingenious Architecture. Skender has also recruited two industry trailblazers: architect and thought leader Tim Swanson, and construction technology innovator Kevin Bredeson. As part of the transformation, Skender Construction has rebranded as Skender, reflecting the expansion beyond its core construction business. Skender will open a manufacturing facility […]

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Using Technology to Deal with Construction Labor Shortage

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By Dr. Sergey Sundukovskiy The ongoing labor shortage in the construction industry is a chronic issue that isn’t going away. The construction industry must turn to technological solutions to help manage increasingly complicated projects with fewer workers. It’s been nearly a decade since the worst days of the Great Recession and the housing market crash. An estimated 30 percent of construction workers left the field during the economic downturn. The skilled construction labor pool has never recovered. More than 70 percent of construction firms reported having trouble recruiting for hourly craft labor positions in August 2017, according to the Associated […]

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Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium Best Construction Project of 2017

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Atlanta, Georgia’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium was the most significant construction project of 2017, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. As a result, the project’s contractor, a joint venture of Holder-Hunt-Russell-Moody, received the association’s Construction Risk Partners Build America Grand Award, as well as the award for the best building project over $100 million. “These awards epitomize the latest and greatest projects the construction industry has to offer,” said Art Daniel, the association’s president and president of AR Daniel Construction Services in Cedar Hill, Texas. “The construction firms recognized have utilized outstanding skill, collaboration and innovation to complete some of […]

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Using Drones to Streamline Work, Cut Costs and Manage the Jobsite

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By Tom Simon If you want to see how the $505-million Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Riverside in Rockford, Illinois is being built, just look to the sky. In a first for Mortenson, the builder is using drones to map, plan and manage complex site utilization faster and better than traditional methods make possible. Unlike the unmanned aerial vehicles used to produce those entertaining novice videos on YouTube, these drones are delivering precision video and images with dimensional data of the 65-acre construction site in near real time. The builder integrates the drone-captured data and images with the project’s BIM and […]

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