Evercam New 4D View Provides Easier Access to Real-Time Videos, Project Design Data

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Evercam has added Evercam 4D View to Bentley Systems’ powered by iTwin program. Evercam 4D View helps project teams leverage engineering and design data to better understand the construction sequence and communicate project plans to involved parties. The 4D View app combines real-time, high-quality video footage throughout the jobsite with a digital twin, and allows users to switch between the model and reality to track changes and communicate progress. The app connects the volume of data available to project teams by connecting it with 4D planning, scheduling and analysis capabilities. Evercam 4D View allows users to switch between real-time footage […]

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Houston Methodist Cypress ‘Hospital of the Future’ Tops Out

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The topping out of Houston Methodist’s new Cypress Hospital campus, located in the greater Houston, Texas area, was recently celebrated. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. serves as construction manager at risk. The campus sits on 105 acres and consists of a seven-story hospital, two medical office buildings and a central utility plant, with a mixture of built-out space, as well as a shell for future growth. McCarthy broke ground on the hospital in February 2022, and construction is scheduled to achieve substantial completion by the end of 2024. McCarthy’s scope includes demolition of 11 existing buildings, totaling 600,000 square feet, before […]

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A Chat with Jake Marsac, Senior General Superintendent at Messer Construction

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Cohesive team, mutual respect key to successful projects By Chris Maday Schmidt Senior General Superintendent Jake Marsac possesses more than a dozen years of experience in the construction industry, with the last five years at Messer Construction (Cincinnati, Ohio). In his position, Marsac directly manages field operations for multimillion-dollar scopes of work. Throughout his day-to-day responsibilities, he focuses on safety, quality, schedule and budget, while valuing teamwork, quality, collaboration, ingenuity, stewardship and relationship development. Join Construction Superintendent as Marsac shares advice for breaking into the trades, mitigating the labor and materials shortages, and more. (Q) How did you end up […]

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Mall of Oman Awarded LEED Platinum Certification

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The joint venture of Consolidated Contractors Company and Shapoorji Pallonji Middle East’s Mall of Oman Project — located in Dubai, U.A.E. — was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification this spring. The Mall of Oman project achieved a Platinum certification under the LEED 2009 Core and Shell Development rating system with a total of 81 points. The Mall of Oman was built using low-environmental impact construction materials; approximately 22.95% of the materials used in the construction were recycled-content products (the product was manufactured with recycled materials either collected from a recycling program or from waste recovered […]

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Bigger, Better, Faster

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A Superintendent’s Approach to New Technology By Devin McLaren Technology is constantly evolving to not only change the way we build, but also to change the way project teams collaborate and problem solve in a challenging landscape. To achieve such progress, technology and innovation must play a key role in offering craftsmen and women new ways to improve means and methods, efficiency, speed-to-market delivery, safety and quality control. Technology is critical to construction both in the design and in the building process — the advances that have been made over the last 20 years save time and money every day […]

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