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Construction companies face the same challenges as technology companies and must be willing to embrace new delivery means and methods for their services... just as Netflix embraced streaming over mail-delivered DVDs.

The Gasyogogo bridge opening came the same week that Bridges to Prosperity launched its national partnership to connect 1.1 million Rwandans by building 355 bridges.

Until now, what it means to be “organized for success” has eluded many contractors. 

In 1997, after a 30-year career as a practicing architect, I felt the need for industry change.

Design thinking is not an algorithm; unlike in math and science problems, there is no single, right, absolute answer.

Brian Brenner’s semester at Tufts, where he teaches bridge engineering, is coming to an end. 

Having spent my entire professional life in the construction industry, I have not seen anything change more than new technology.

Seeing parallels to a fatal crane accident in Texas in 2012, crane specialist Terry McGettigan believes the Seattle crane collapse will be shown to have similar causes.