Articles by Jeff Yoders

Group survey reports widespread project deferrals, halts and disruptions and few new awards, as pandemic economic damage drags down industry employment in metro areas.

Visionary, dead of cancer at age 86, created the distinctive Lakeshore East neighborhood and mentored new generations of architects and real estate professionals in the city. p>

Concrete expert had key roles in delivering Chicago's Water Tower Place and other landmark projects, and promoted minority hiring on company crews.

Conference wrapup on Oct. 16 offered a glimpse at what comes next–the state of emerging technologies and how construction tech fits in the context of a changing industry market.

Efficiencies in design, construction and building use are being unlocked thanks to analysis and proactive changes informed by construction data. Even 3D printing for a NASA project on structures on Mars is on the table.

“Ideas and solutions are the easy part,” says Ricardo Khan, senior director of innovation at Mortenson Construction. It’s “the process” that is the real challenge. Khan’s midday keynote captured one of the key themes of the second day of the virtual ENR FutureTech conference—the need to identify the problems in your construction process before you start throwing technology at them

Telematics, wearables, online collaboration, 3D model management tools and the ever-evolving ways contractors collect and use data took center stage in the first day of ENR's all-virtual FutureTech construction technology conference.

A new coordination workflow between Autodesk BIM 360 Model Coordination and Navisworks allows users to assign and track clashes and other issuers from anywhere to anywhere without meetings and other face-to-face activities.

4,000-Member architects association chapter holds meeting to discuss controversy over the dismissal of its 14-year leader. A vote to recommend rehire failed with 149 yes votes, 104 no votes and 57 abstentions.

Former head of Indiana ironworkers' local sentenced for leading attack by local members on non-union contractor's workers.