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EPC, Engineers Help Clients Figure Out EV Infrastructure, Manufacturing Needs

Arup, Bechtel step up to help clients meet electric vehicle mandates
Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
May 9, 2023
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Whether delivering plants for batteries or other components or infrastructure components, mandates for electric vehicle adoption are pushing clients to meet deadlines and ask for more of engineers and contractors.


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LiDAR

Jobsite Experiment Asks: How Best to Capture Reality?

LiDAR, 360° videos, point clouds, along with piloted and autonomous drone flights were all put to the test in a first-of-its-kind experiment
Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
April 27, 2023
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If contractors knew the best way to capture site data for each kind of job, whether it was using laser scans, drones or their own smartphones, it would certainly solve some problems up front.


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Research & Development

U. of Arkansas Wins $3.5M Grant to Expedite Remote Military Work

Funding will help further explore 3D printing methods
Daniel Tyson
Daniel Tyson
April 10, 2023
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One goal of the research is to identify optimum design patterns from native materials that can be used for 3D-printed horizontal construction at remote sites.


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Clean Power and New Tech at CONEXPO 2023

Jeff Rubenstone
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Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
March 29, 2023
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With demand for construction equipment running high amidst a busy few years of construction, the hunger for new machines was visible at the triennial CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show, held March 14-18 in Las Vegas.


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3D Printed Three-Story Building Goes Up in Saudi Arabia

Jeff Rubenstone
Jeff Rubenstone
March 29, 2023
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The COBOD concrete 3D-printing system passed a milestone recently with completion of a three-story residential building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.


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Predictive Analysis

VIATechnik’s Precogs Predicts, Averts Construction Problems

Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
March 29, 2023
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If you could foresee construction problems, wouldn’t you prevent them from happening? In the 2002 film “Minority Report,” police use the foreknowledge of psychics called “precogs” to predict and preemptively stop crimes.


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Geo Week Events Call for Action on Climate, Workflow, Diversity in Geotechnical Disciplines

Esri’s Jack Dangermond spotlights GIS interconnectivity, urges industrywide collaboration for ‘mapping common ground’
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Jennifer Seward
February 17, 2023
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Oracle Aconex Software Receives Key Defense Dept. Authorization

DISA Impact Level 4 will allow it to be used on sensitive projects,
Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
February 1, 2023
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Oracle Aconex for Defense has been certified complaint with Defense Information Systems Agency Impact Level 4 Dept. of Defense projects.


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Ritchie Bros. Buys Controlling Interest in Equipment Shipper VeriTread

Auction and equipment sales leader says VeriTread will help streamline delivery to customers
Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
January 10, 2023
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The construction equipment seller and auction house acquired a controlling interest in the online shipping exchange service by upping its investment from 11% to 75%.



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Top Stories of the Year

What ENR.com Construction News Gained the Most Views

C.J. Schexnayder
C.J. Schexnayder
December 30, 2022
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ENR tallies the Top 20 articles published online in 2022 by order of how many views they received.



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