Janice L. Tuchman

2016 Year in Review

ENR.com's Most-Read Construction Industry Stories of 2016

Janice L. Tuchman

December 27, 2016

No Comments

What are the construction industry's major takeaways from a the election surprise and technological innovation?

Risk Management

ARTBA Hopes to Certify Thousands for Safety Training

Rising work zone fatalities raise concerns

Richard Korman

Janice L. Tuchman

December 21, 2016

One Comment

By training a cross section of construction team members and testing their knowledge in a safety certification program, leaders of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association believe they can put a dent in the 48,600 injuries and deaths that take place in highway work zones each year.

Civil Infrastructure Design Gets Boost From Bentley and Topcon

Tom Sawyer

Janice L. Tuchman

November 16, 2016

No Comments

The rise of cloud services, vendor partnerships and software refinement is supporting increasing multi-vendor interoperability of project data for the design, construction and management of roads and bridges.

Construction Forecasting

Panel Envisioning Tech Path Forward Sees Bumps But Is Optimistic

Much remains to be done in building and facilities technology

Janice L. Tuchman

Tom Sawyer

November 9, 2016

No Comments

A panel challenged to envision the path forward for technology development serving the construction of buildings and facilities sees lots of roadwork ahead, but expresses optimism about progress.

Engineering Software

Bentley Consolidates Road Design Suite as Part of a Broad Lift to Connected Cloud

Move is part of a transition to enabling wide data exchange via Microsoft Azure servers

Janice L. Tuchman

Tom Sawyer

November 2, 2016

No Comments

Bentley Systems announces ‘Open Roads’ to consolidate civil brands and also describes its intent to link its cloud services platform with that of Topcon's and others for seamless data exchange

Execs Share Best Ways To Ply Changing Global Markets

Bechtel CEO says AEC firms must compete harder with Silicon Valley for the best technical talent.

Debra K. Rubin

Janice L. Tuchman

October 19, 2016

No Comments

With low oil prices still a nagging factor in the global economy, construction executives and researchers shared strategies for project delivery and business success in markets that are increasingly difficult to predict and more controlled by tightening costs.

ENR Wins Four National Awards in B2B Editorial Competition

Janice L. Tuchman

August 10, 2016

No Comments

With the 2016 Olympics starting in Rio de Janeiro this week, I’m excited to report that ENR brought home “the gold” in our own field—a competition hosted and judged by business-to-business editors.

Infrastructure Funding

Bridges to Prosperity Changes Lives One Village at a Time

None of the projects the writer has visited has had a greater impact on the community

Janice L. Tuchman

July 19, 2016

No Comments

Just my luck that the first international board meeting I attended for Bridges to Prosperity included the opening ceremonies at 11,500 ft in the mountains of Bolivia.

Diversity

Women in Construction Get Empowered to Succeed

Hundreds of current and future women leaders share strategies for workplace change at ENR conference

Debra K. Rubin

Janice L. Tuchman Theresa Chong

July 1, 2016

No Comments

Hundreds of current and future women leaders share strategies for workplace change at ENR conference.

Airport Infrastructure Tour Takes Off

Janice L. Tuchman

May 4, 2016

No Comments

Last year at this time, ENR Transportation Editor Aileen Cho was heading out on the “Low & Slow Across America’s Infrastructure” tour, exploring the nation’s aging roads and highways in a 1949 Hudson Commodore.