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Trimble Acquires Viewpoint in Latest Industry Tech Shake-Up

May 2, 2018

In only the latest consolidation move in the competitive construction-technology sector, Trimble announced April 23 that it is acquiring Viewpoint Construction Software for $1.2 billion from Bain Capital.

Firm Management

When Charging Hours, Business Development is not the City Dump!

Worst practices in charging time

Scott D. Butcher FSMPS CPSM

February 22, 2018

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Architects, engineers, construction managers, and related firms sell a fairly straightforward product: hours.

Viewpoint

Megaprojects in Distress: Rethinking the Theory

Robert Prieto

December 7, 2017

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The status quo of megaprojects these days is not good, with as many as two-thirds significantly disappointing on budget and schedule.

One of Superfund's Largest Cap-in-Place Cleanups Starts

June 7, 2017

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Honeywell International Inc. picked CH2M as remedial construction manager for the estimated $78-million N.J. waste project across from Manhattan.

Project Management System's Users Meeting Heralds Change

Tom Sawyer

April 12, 2017

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Announced enhancements to a cloud-based project management service and its growing integration with external products holds promise for an easy exchange of construction data between independent products within the system, say contractors and third-party app vendors who attended a software users conference in Austin, Texas, in March.

India Builds Monuments to Its Political Past

Sector firms have role in statue construction; when completed, they will be among the world's tallest.

Neelam Mathews

November 8, 2016

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Towering figures, one from the 20th century and one from the 16th, will evoke nationalist pride.

Early Warning Signs Can Foretell Project Pitfalls, Experts Say

Bruce Buckley

October 26, 2016

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Contractors face innumerable risks on projects, and although good planning can help reduce many exposures, plans can’t prevent everything.

A Good Fit? On the Subject of Lean and Critical Path Method Scheduling

Fredric L. Plotnick

October 21, 2016

Viewpoint: Engineers and Contractors Need a New Mindset Toward Owners

Gretchen Gagel

October 5, 2016

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What happens when a business consistently tells Wall Street it is going to construct a specific amount of capital improvements each year but consistently misses?

Bechtel’s Brief

Haunted by Grim Statistics on Megaprojects

A call by Brendan Bechtel to improve schedule and cost performance

August 24, 2016

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Brendan Bechtel, soon to be chief executive of the engineering and construction company that bears his family’s name, sounded an alarm about the industry’s performance on megaprojects with words as plainly spoken as any you will hear at a conference.