A Chat with Corinne Lawler, Superintendent at JE Dunn Construction

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Laughter, communication drive camaraderie + success By Chris Maday Schmidt Corinne Lawler, superintendent with JE Dunn Construction, began her career with the general contractor as an intern a half-dozen years ago. She eventually transitioned into a full-time position as project engineer before her promotion to superintendent this past spring. Join Construction Superintendent as Lawler talks about the importance of field experience and relationship building with her teams, as well as the role she played on a couple inhouse committees, one thing she wishes someone had told her before she started out in the trades, and more. (Q) Where did your … Read more

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EarthCam Builds on Connectivity with Autodesk Construction Cloud

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EarthCam has released upgrades to its Autodesk Construction Cloud integration at Autodesk University. EarthCam’s live jobsite cameras can now capture and deliver imagery to Autodesk Build, the new project management and field execution solution now available to users globally, as well as BIM 360 and PlanGrid. EarthCam is supporting Autodesk’s commitment to unify best-in-class features from BIM 360 and PlanGrid – in the highly configurable Autodesk Build environment. EarthCam engineers are ensuring that actionable visual information is promptly available for each new feature as Autodesk expands capabilities for Autodesk Build. Many of EarthCam’s existing Autodesk Construction Cloud integrations are already … Read more

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Hitachi Rolls Out Grade Control Technology Options for Select Excavators

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Hitachi Construction & Mining Division, an operating division of John Deere Construction & Forestry Company, has rolled out options for its grade control technology on select excavators, including 2D Grade Control and Solution Linkage 3D Grade Control, which allow an operator to set a grade and hold it. The new factory-integrated technology increases efficiency, while also lowering daily operating costs by enabling operators to spend less time getting the grade right the first time. With Hitachi’s grade control technology, the machine controls the boom and bucket as the operator handles the arm. This reduces the need for multiple passes to … Read more

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Contractor Wins AGC Innovation Award for Developing Virtual Reality Safety Training Program

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Chicago, Illinois-based Pepper Construction was named the most innovative construction firm in the country for developing a virtual reality safety training program by leveraging tools and staffing resources that were already in place to create a “real life” safety learning environment. As a result, Pepper Construction was named as the grand prize winner of the AGC Innovation Awards, sponsored by Autodesk. Through collaboration between the safety and virtual technology department, the Pepper team developed a virtual training program by customizing it using its statistics reinforced with industry data with an option to make changes as the data evolved. This process … Read more

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Core Launches ‘Crews by Core Pro’ Labor Operating System

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Core has launched Crews by Core Pro, a labor operating system that offers the capability to hire and manage crews with a task and labor management tool that syncs with existing systems to get labor onsite, improve communication and reduce rework. Since its debut in fall of 2020, this new, single-solution platform has matched hundreds of companies with thousands of workers in the construction labor marketplace, all with the help of technology and built-in algorithms that leverage keyword search for both jobs and workers. Crews by Core Pro LaborOS connects teams in a single system on desktop and/or mobile. This … Read more

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