Nascar Productions Facility Project Breaks Ground

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NASCAR is partnering with Choate Construction Company to bring the National Association’s production operations to Concord, North Carolina. To commemorate the project’s commencement, NASCAR hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in August and a post-event celebration at Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company. Relocating from Charlotte to the land adjacent to the NASCAR R&D Center, NASCAR’s 58,000-square-foot production facility will provide space for its continued expansion. The Design-Build project will be made of tilt-up concrete and structural steel, with a complete build-out of the interior to house NASCAR’s television and radio production studios, as well as a broadcast equipment room, mechanical system and chemical … Read more

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BSI Joins NIBS BIM Council

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BSI, the business improvement and standards company, has become a member of the National Institute of Building Sciences BIM Council. The Council will help develop a national BIM program for the U.S. that aligns with international standards. The BIM Council is one of eight NIBS councils with the mission to lead the development and deployment of broadly adopted national information management standards and processes. BIM is well established outside the U.S., in countries such as the UK, and supported by the international standard, ISO 19650-1:2018 – Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information … Read more

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Emerging Robotics Technology May Lead to Better Buildings in Less Time

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By Chris Adam Emerging robotics technology may soon help construction companies and contractors create buildings in less time at higher quality and at lower costs. Purdue University innovators have developed, and are testing, a novel construction robotic system that uses an innovative mechanical design with advances in computer vision-sensing technology to work in a construction setting. “Our work helps to address workforce shortages in the construction industry by automating key construction operations,” said Jiansong Zhang, an assistant professor of construction management technology in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute. “On a construction site, there are many unknown factors that a construction robot … Read more

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The Benefits of BIM for Logistics Staging of Cranes, Field Staff

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Construction managers, subcontractors and owners are always looking for innovative solutions to make the construction process more efficient without compromising the safety standards onsite. As it pertains to equipment on the job, cranes are the centerpiece of construction equipment in building projects. While they play a key role in transporting a variety of materials vertically and horizontally, the efficiency of the cranes largely depends on type, number and location. As the number of work tasks and the demand for cranes increase, however, field staff may experience difficulties in making appropriate decisions about the optimum layout of cranes. And poor decisions … Read more

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