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The deadline is fast approaching to make your voice heard in a poll that will determine which of the finalists in ENR’s annual photo contest will appear on the cover of our Jan. 11 print and digital magazines.

Almost daily we read articles from suppliers, consultants, influencers and digital pioneers who say they are leading development of building information modeling.

The preconstruction phase is not just part of a data-informed project's journey, it's a partial destination

The next few months, most agree, will be crucial to the future of the construction economy.

I hear from people who argue that I’m being too negative about the future, that real construction market recovery is just around the corner.

If you think the election is tough to sort out, wait until Congress turns to fixing the economy.

Instead of coming up on stage at the National Academy of Construction’s annual meeting in Boston this year, I joined 36 industry leaders on the group’s virtual stage on Oct. 29. 

The premise of a digital twin has become confused in an engineering and construction world with several levels of analysis and approval. How best does a fully digital representation of what will be a physical building or infrastructure asset illuminate its construction process? Is it really as easy as seeing how an exhaust port that goes right to a vessel's main reactor might be a problem?

ENR’s editors used its opinion page to weigh the pros and cons of the Trump presidency for the construction industry and found that the cons heavily outweighed the pros.

Data from tech tools such as Procore, Smartvid.io and others are helping firms understand what's going on in state economies and work through the new restrictions. Some are even thriving.