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Generative AI is here and it's impacting white-collar jobs (architects, engineers, project managers, etc.). Its infrastructure is already in place, so adoption is happening faster than expected. As a result, predictions about how it will impact the workforce might not necessarily be accurate.

Offshore wind’s dual tendency to highlight critical needs and shatter expectations has shown itself more than once. Like our other infrastructure, it needs large-scale, long-term investments in which both public and private sectors play a role.

New regulations published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dramatically reduce federal protections of previously regulated streams and wetlands.

Almost 30 years ago when I started my career in the construction industry, mental health was rarely talked about.

As money from the Bipartisian Infrastructure Act makes its way to states and municipalities, digital twins can be a powerful tool to make infrastructure investment more efficient.

The absence of a fatality or an accident, someone said recently, “doesn’t mean the presence of safety.” Many people involved in safety will appreciate the significance of those words.

At Columbia, the Massachusetts-based construction management firm where I work as executive vice president, there was a 21-member team that was remarkably high-performing.

The Cross River Rail project in Brisbane, Australia, required 3D models, a GIS database and even a gaming engine.

For the past eight years, Senior Art Director Scott Hilling has had a huge influence over the award-winning visual impact of ENR. His efforts are well known, due partly to a recent American Society of Business Publication Editors award, for dramatic design of ENR’s popular annual construction photo contest issue. He likened it to preparing “an art exhibit in a gallery.”

Generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT offers several benefits for architects, engineers and construction professionals, but creating policies to protect your firm is key to reaping AI's full bounty.