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Making the Case for Internal Software Development

Nick Ingolfsland
May 17, 2023
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In the age of artificial intelligence and automation, engineers must develop internal processes that free their people up to design and innovate while automating time-consuming, traditional tasks.


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Move Past The Chatter

Rene Morkos
May 11, 2023
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The world has been captivated recently by generative artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT and Google, and there have been many conversations within organizations and in the media about their capabilities and limitations.


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Generative AI Meets Construction and The Benefit is Focus

Move past the chatter and see how construction's AI future is bright
Rene Morkos
May 4, 2023
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While many AI technologies deliver crowd-sourced "answers," generative AI in construction is already delivering quality results.


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When ENR Editors Head For Disaster Zones

Richard Korman
Richard Korman
April 26, 2023
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ENR editors are known for their prolific and sometimes challenging overseas travel, especially in reporting on disasters of all kinds.


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How ENR Editors Created the Award of Excellence Story and Video

Scott Blair
Scott Blair
April 13, 2023
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Any time ENR mobilizes for an important story, you know the subject touches our hearts.


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Anatomy of Failure: The Turkey Earthquake Disaster

Kit Miyamoto, founder of Miyamoto International, reflects after tour of disaster zone from Febuary 6 quake
Kit Miyamoto
March 31, 2023
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Says Kit Miyamoto, founder of engineering firm Miyamoto International, after tour of hard-hit area: "The scene of devastation is unlike anything I have seen in my 20 years of working in disaster zones." 


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Construction Safety Mindset Should Start in Undergrad Classrooms

March 29, 2023
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Nearly 1,000 U.S. construction workers died of work-related injuries each year from 2011 to 2020, with the industry accounting for 20% of all workplace deaths, even though it made up just 7.3% of the national workforce.


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Viewpoint | Mountain States

Empowering Women in Craft and Leadership Roles

Maja Rosenquist
March 27, 2023
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Labor continues to be the most pressing issue facing our industry—and that’s saying something, given the roller coaster of the last several years.


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Digital Twins Help Infrastructure Become Smarter

A digital twin for major infrastructure is only as good as the data that informs it
Matt Piper
March 23, 2023
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A "smart infrastructure" approach demands that utility and IoT data inform major infrastructure programs from a database such as that in a geographical information system.


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Viewpoint: Work From Home? Nope.

Bob Clark
March 16, 2023
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As someone who has never had much interest in education in the traditional sense —I lasted about five weeks before dropping out of college—most of my valued knowledge and experience has come from working with and around people.


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