Patrick Tarrant is the founder and CEO of Crane Management, a consulting agency for construction companies in New York City. A well-known industry professional with more than 40 years of experience, Tarrant is frequently hired as an expert witness in construction…
Change Leaders Interview: Technology Is Changing Construction More Than Ever Before
Investing in the most advanced technologies for surveying and monitoring projects has become essential, marking a turning point for an industry that often…
Watch How Tappan Zee Bridge’s Main Span Towers Will be Constructed
Construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge is halfway done. Work on the massive $4-billion project has reached the 50 percent mark two years after it started,…
Greg Bentley Interview Part 2: Lifecycle Management, Productizing Services and Tech Uptake in Construction
Informed Infrastructure interviewed Greg Bentley, the CEO of Bentley Systems, at the Year In Infrastructure Event held Nov. 1-3, 2017, at the Hilton London Metropole. In Part 2 of this interview, he discusses the importance of lifecycle management and the…
RIB Software and Autodesk Collaborate to Deliver an Integrated 5D BIM Solution for Construction
We all know intuitively that construction is an important industry to global economic health – and organizations, including the World Economic Forum, have recently heralded the need for change in the industry to unlock the potential to serve the needs of…
Better BIM: Laser Scanning Improves Accuracy and Speed in Onsite Data Acquisition
By Chew Beow Kwan Building information modeling (BIM) first came about in the 1970s, but its methods have been refined considerably since then. Widely used by city planners, architects and civil engineers today, BIM enables stakeholders to better make high-impact…
Milwaukee Construction Activity Picks Up in 2016
Mortenson Construction has released its quarterly Construction Cost Index Report for Milwaukee along with five other metropolitan areas in the U.S. According to the report, construction activity in Milwaukee has grown 2 percent over the last two quarters…
January – February 2016 TRENDS
The Facts of the FAST Act The five-year transportation bill known as “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” (FAST Act) provides more than $305 billion to surface-transportation programs. This marks the first long-term transportation bill since 2009…
Managing the Model: Five Major Benefits of Using Modeling for Construction Projects
Building Information Modeling (BIM) software has changed the way many companies work—there are extreme benefits to using BIM for construction projects and design. You likely know that BIM is an “intelligent” model that offers more-efficient collaborative…
Infrastructure Innovation: Developing Creative AEC Solutions with Drones
Drones are one of the technologies most likely to really “take off” and have a significant impact on our industry. Whether referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), remotely piloted aircraft, robots or drones, they’re…
