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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Coordinating Virtual Design & Construction Efforts

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The importance of field collaboration to project success By Dylan Lowder Recent changes in the AEC industry – like technological advances, more complex facilities, increased collaboration, earlier involvement of contractors and trade partners and more offsite prefabrication – are having a ripple effect throughout the design and construction world. One of the more notable ramifications is the role and value of virtual design and construction (VDC), which is evolving to meet these new needs and opportunities both in the field and in the office. The integration of VDC in all phases and among all partners is key to ensuring a … Read more

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Construction Begins on Forsyth Pointe Mixed-Use Development in Missouri

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Construction has started on Forsyth Pointe, a mixed-use development in the central business district of Clayton, Missouri, the county seat of St. Louis County. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the construction manager overseeing all construction work, including the delivery of self-perform concrete services on the cast-in-place building foundations, elevator cores and parking structure. Developed by US Capital Development and totaling nearly 1 million square feet, the Design-Build project includes two Class A office towers—the east tower at 10 stories and 265,000 square feet and the west tower at eight stories and 210,000 square feet—with more than 20,000 square feet of … Read more

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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 … Read more

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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 … Read more

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