Innovations in planning and execution borrowed from the manufacturing and logistics sector have shown promise in construction, but will reaping the benefits of this kind of process engineering require ...

Three-dimensional information, such as that provided by building information modeling, allows all members of the Building Team to visualize the many components of a project and how they work together.

Quality management is a mature practice at state agencies. However, transitioning to paperless and digital delivery of design information exposes a vulnerability in how quality management is ...

Here, our long-time forward-thinking columnist uses a common hospital scenario to walk you through the shift from Design-Bid-Build to an Integrated Project Delivery approach. See how the job can get ...

This month’s B2B focuses on a new cooling tower to serve a pharmaceutical facility’s new process water system. This tower will be a closed-loop, evaporative condenser to operate 24/7/365. The pharma ...

After more than 10 years working on integrated project delivery (IPD) teams, Degenkolb Engineers has learned many lessons. As IPD becomes more prevalent and accepted by owners as a viable project ...

The Project Management Institute recognises the need for companies to employ proven project management practices in order to be successful A number of reports indicate that many organisations around ...

Alternative project delivery methodologies can lead to better outcomes than the traditional design-bid-build process, with projects being completed102% faster along with the ability to reduce costly ...

Market uncertainty related to federal policy changes raises the stakes for project delivery firms after a year of strong revenue growth Top 100 Project Delivery Firms saw demand for design-build and ...

GPSM is scalable based on delivery complexity and is also oriented to customer alignment based on schedule and cost control. There are six phases in GPSM with decision gates and clear deliverables for ...

This is the second post in our series examining the basics, benefits and boundaries of building commissioning. Read part one of the series here. In our previous post on building commissioning we ...