Related Links: Reducing Project Conflicts in A Virtual Workspace It may take a village to raise a child, but to execute today's construction projects, which grow ever larger in scale, complexity and global reach, it may take an international array of participants to design, build, supply and manage.Cloud computing, ever-more-virtual reality and powerful collaboration tools are helping far-flung work teams compress their schedules. But the new rules of global workflow are not without problems.Global participation in design is not a new phenomenon, but how these teams get their work done is changing, firms say. The global work approach, now used
Image Courtesy Autodesk Inc. Anywhere App for the iPad will let InfraWorks Pro users view scenarios in 3D for collaboration anywhere, anytime. InfraWorks 360 Pro Hangout Related Links: WeoGeo, Map Data on Demand First came 3D modeling to the paper-based world of civil design and construction. Now, project stakeholders are beginning to picture their highways in the cloud.One new addition comes from the San Raphael, Calif.-based design software vendor Autodesk Inc., which released a cloud-enhanced version of its InfraWorks Civil 3-D Modeling package, named Autodesk InfraWorks 360 Pro, on Aug. 7. It brings to Autodesk's Civil 3-D modeling new abilities
Samsung C&T Corp. has started construction of a multi-use tower that is slated to become the tallest building in Singapore, at 290 meters, when completed in 2016.The South Korea-based contractor won the design-build contract in March for GuocoLand Ltd.’s Tanjong Pagar Center. By late July, secant piling work was complete and preparations for first-floor construction had begun. The project is using top-down construction methods to speed the work.The center is located in the city’s commercial business district, above the Tanjong Pagar MRT station. When completed, the complex will feature 158,000 sq m of space and three basement levels.The center comprises
The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows an increase in the rate of IT job creation, with 88,900 IT jobs added in the last 12 months, but analysis of a mid-year IT salary survey by an consulting firm that tracks issues for CIOs and CFOs, shows that hiring is not really robust, and IT salaries remain flat. “Based on our interviews with over 96 CIOs in the last 30 days, we concluded that CIOs are not in a great hurry to hire new staff except to meet short term needs until they see a clear trend as to what is
Photo by AP Wideworld President Obama, with Gov. Christie, visits Asbury Park, N.J., seven months after Sandy blasted towns along the coast. Obama said, "The Jersey shore is back, and it is open for business," but it still faces "a long road ahead." Related Links: Sandy Recovery, An ENR Special Report Moving On After Sandy ENR 1/28/13 - Senate Vote Next Step for $50.5B Post-Sandy Funding Bill When President Obama paid a May 28 visit to the New Jersey shore, he met Gov. Chris Christie (R) and stopped at towns slammed by Superstorm Sandy seven months earlier. Obama noted the
Be Like Brit is a 19,000-sq-ft, two-story orphanage on a four-acre site 30 miles east of Port-Au-Prince. It is named in honor of Britney Gengel, a 20-year-old American college student who died in the 2010 earthquake.
Translating design intent is a worthy goal with today's 3D modeling tools, but that vision does not have full control over the reality of put-in-place construction.
Related Links: Coordinate Metrology Society Laser Scanning for Building Documentation: Illuminating, But Not Necessarily Enlightening The Coordinate Metrology Society is launching the first level-one certification for portable 3D metrology. CMS members are users of coordinate measuring machines, laser trackers, laser radar, photogrammetry and videogrammetry systems, scanners, indoor GPS and laser projection systems.The first exam will be held at CMS's annual conference on July 22-26 in San Diego. Applicants for the test must meet eligibility requirements, sign a code of ethics and pass peer review.Joseph Romano, a principal at Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Elmwood Park, N.J., and vice president for
COAST analyzes costs and benefits of protections in Connecticut harbor. Related Links: Blue Marble Geographics Consulting firm started by Professor Merrill leverages COAST Coastal communities pondering adaptations to climate change and sea level rise now have new software for weighing the costs and benefits of various mitigation strategies.COAST (Coastal Adaptation to Sea level rise Tool) is free software built on six years of research led by Sam Merrill, director of the New England Environmental Finance Center at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service, in partnership with Blue Marble Geographics, a vendor of geospatial data conversion software.
ENR's Construction Science Fiction Project is open for submissions Related Links: Science Fiction Prototyping Designing the Future with Science Fiction" Suggested Readings ENR Science Fiction Project Submission and Release Form Check Out A Submission: The Trouble With Bots In response to requests, the deadline for submitting entries to ENR's Construction Science Fiction Contest has been extended for one week to August 7, from the original deadline of July 31. Writers, you now have until midnight, August 7, to send your stories in. Click here for the submission form. First, second and third place cash prizes will be awarded to authors of
