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 … Read more

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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 … Read more

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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 … Read more

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Gammon Construction Wins Contract for Lyric Theatre in West Kowloon Cultural District

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Gammon Construction Limited has been awarded a HK$1.5 billion contract by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong to deliver the extended basement and public infrastructure works for the L1 Contract for Lyric Theatre Complex and Extended Basement at WKCD. The project involves excavation and lateral support followed by construction of a two-level reinforced concrete structure, as well as public infrastructure works including drainage, a traffic lay-by and associated temporary works. The contract is Gammon’s third award from the WKCDA. It is also carrying out foundation works for the theatre, for which it has twice received the Authority’s … Read more

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Dodge Data & Analytics to Review Safety Management in Construction

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At 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 30, a 60-minute webinar, co-sponsored by CPWR and Dodge Data & Analytics, will review the key findings from the new report Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2017. This study is the third in an ongoing series that examines the positive impacts of a wide variety of safety-related practices. Its key findings include a continuing shift of industry focus toward engaging workers in safety programs, evidence of the relationship between investing in safety and improved business outcomes, a continued difference between the engagement of large vs. small contractors in safety practices and training and … Read more

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