NY Presbyterian adapts construction of the David H. Koch ambulatory care center to fit a tight space and meet changing medical priorities and technology solutions.
With image recognition, Big Data analysis and artificial intelligence coming to define construction, outdated and inefficient contracting and project management practices won’t cut it to build critical infrastructure projects at the scale and speed needed now.
Many previously identified problems continue to plague the complex waste treatment plant being built to immobilize much of the 54 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste stored at the U.S. Energy Dept.’s Hanford site in Washington state, prompting government investigators to recommend stopping work on the $17-billion project, underway since 2002, when those problems recur.
In response to customer demands to deliver projects more quickly and cheaply, design firms increasingly are looking at modular design and construction to streamline the construction process.