Design & Construction Best Practices
If you have been reading this blog consistently for the past few weeks, you probably were expecting this week’s article to be the fourth and final installment detailing my talk from the ProcureCon Conference this past January.
That article will publish next week. Given the massive impact the Corona virus has had on our lives globally, I could not go on with this blog without addressing it.
So this week, we will talk about the impact the virus could have on ongoing bids and active projects.
AR5 establishes stricter criteria for classifying workers as Independent Contractors. In order to qualify as an Independent Contractor AR5 requires the employee to pass the “ABC test”.
The test states that the hiring organizations must prove the worker; (A) is free from the control typically exercised
A few weeks ago I shared with you that I would be attending this year’s ProcureCon Facilitiesconference.
You may recall that this is my third year attending the conference. Once again Frank Musero and his team at WBR have managed to pull together a fantastic event.
Today I want to share some of my highlights.
In previous year’s had not attended the pre-conference tours, but this year I did. There were two tours to choose from. I elected to attend the Home Depot tour.
Throughout the world legislative actions are transforming the way the construction industry behaves. These legislations are not only protecting trade contractors from unfair practices, they are protecting Owners too.
Surprisingly, some of the world’s most sophisticated markets have yet to enact similar protections. In those parts of the world, certain common and persistent practices continue to put the supply chain and Owners at risk.
The top 7 things that cause uncertainty in construction and recommendations for how to mitigate their impact.
A City Administrator in Calgary is pushing forward a recommendation that the City adopt social concerns as part of their procurement system.
Even though this is more common, rate based pricing is still too subjective.
This had the net effect of holding back the Contractor’s entire fee as a guarantee that they would complete the work.
In this article, I share the top resources I use to ensure each of bid ends with at least three qualified bidders.
If you must go down this path, be aware of how these shortcuts impact you.
Continuing our exploration of trending technologies in construction, Today I want to address Building Information Modeling (BIM) Technology.
BIM Technology has been around for quite some time. As early as 1985 Architects and Engineers have had access to digital tools that allow virtual modeling. The earliest software for this was a lesser known tool called Pro/ENEGINEER (now known as Creo).
Now let’s be clear, virtual modeling is not the same as renderings.
Architects have been producing renderings of buildings even before the prominence of computers. Back then, we relied on artistic skill and formal methods for developing perspective drawings.
As we continue our look at construction technology, I wanted to cover what is currently the most disruptive technology in construction.
Conventional methods of construction are extremely labor intensive. They require many skilled tradesmen working many hours.
As we saw in our look into robotics, there are several companies working to replace workers with machines.
3D Printing however, takes queues from existing technology and scales it up to completely change the way we build.
3D printing technology has come a long way since the concept was first patented in 1986 by Charles Hull. Today 3D printing is becoming more and more mainstream and more companies (and industries) are embracing this technology. From the early “on-demand” concepts of 2006 to recent large scale developments, this technology has captured our imagination.
There are several innovators at the forefront of this technology. Today I want to share who the key players are and where this technology is receiving the greatest attention.