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
Accurate pipe-pile placement was confirmed by a Jones-designed device that has a conical nose to self-center in piles, an inclinometer to plumb and two GPS units for location.
By Tom Sawyer IBM's Bartlett called for urgent action to reduce building energy waste By Tom Sawyer Rudolf and Sletten's Chris Jadwin speaks with EarthCam representatives. Related Links: The Rise of the Super Subs Collaboration Apps Top ENR Survey Results Construction practitioners are eager to embrace technology to improve the industry, but they are hungry for information that can help them see how.More than 300 construction professionals turned out for ENR's FutureTech Conference, held on March 14 in San Francisco, looking for just that kind of information. It was the fourth ENR-sponsored event in the past two years on the
Related Links: 4Projects The picture of software delivery for managing contractors' business processes, documents, projects and 3D model-based collaboration shifted on Feb. 6 with the announcement of an acquisition intended to consolidate those functions into one in-the-cloud integrated service.Viewpoint Construction Software, Portland, Ore., aims to integrate its enterprise-grade business-management software for contractors with the project management services, including collaborative BIM, of U.K.-based 4Project Ltd., a cloud hosting service. Viewpoint's business tools are offered via either internet software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery or on-premise provisioning.Privately held Viewpoint acquired 4Project for an undisclosed sum in a deal on Feb. 1.Twelve-year-old 4Project's current 2D construction-document
Related Links: Engineering News-Record Construction Tech Engineering News-Record IT The flow of young practitioners acquiring skills in building information modeling is shrinking, which may affect the industry for years to come. That decrease is one of the trends that is identified in a recently released survey report tracking the adoption of BIM in North America from 2007 through the fall of 2012.The data is reported by McGraw-Hill Construction Research & Analytics, a sister business unit of ENR.The latest report, "The Business Value of BIM in North America," analyzes survey data—which was collected in August and September from 582 respondents—against data
The largest chunk of construction in the $14.6-billion ring of storm-surge defenses built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers around post-Katrina New Orleans is a $1-billion concrete wall across a marshy bay on the eastern flank of the city.
Mitchell Collins, chief surveyor with Alberici Constructors, St. Louis, helped take laser scanning and precision fabrication and concrete placement to new heights in 2012 on the Seabrook Floodgate Complex for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans. C
Senior project manager Roberto Ramirez made the surveying and engineering community and his company, Cordoba Corp., proud in October when the Space Shuttle Endeavor rolled through the streets of Los Angeles in a beautifully choreographed dance through a maze of obstacles before an audience of millions.
Related Links: ENR's 2012 The Year In Construction Photo Contest Winners ENR Photo Contest Archives Runners-Up This issue of ENR showcases the winners of our 12th annual Year in Construction photo contest. We are delighted to share the results. Delivering the contest winners is like building a fine watch for five months by selecting just 38 pieces from 1,564 parts. We are indebted to this year' judges for crafting this outstanding result.We seat new judges every year to gain fresh eyes. And we seek expertise from inside and outside the ENR staff. The judges have one marathon session in December
