Construction
Do We Have the Skills to Build $1-trillion in Infrastructure?
If the debated $1-trillion infrastructure legislation passes through Congress, many people are wondering whether the US construction industry has the skilled labor to see the intended projects come to fruition. ...
How BIM 360 Relates to Autodesk Unified Platform
Autodesk Unified Platform (UP) is part of Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC). For all practical purposes, this is the updated version of BIM 360 and was put into place to accommodate ...
Roundtable Recap: Sharing the Success Story – Overcoming the Marketing Problem
With a panel that included a marketer, a VDC manager, an MEP industry professional, and an innovation leader, the discussion about sharing construction success stories was bound to be full ...
MEP Force Keynote Recap: Angie Simon
When it comes to discussions around the construction industry, the worldwide reaction to the pandemic is front and center in many people’s minds. Angie Simon, President of Sheet Metal and ...
MEP Force 2021: Reflections from the Denver Block Party
It was a beautiful, warm evening to have an open-air get-together, and King of Wings was the right kind of place to do it. Every event planner realizes that you ...
MEP Force 2021 Keynote Recap: Clay Smith
Despite shortages of people and materials, Clay Smith, COO of eVolve MEP, had some good news for MEP contractors. But first, he summarized a few pressing issues that contractors are ...
MEP Force 2021 Roundtable Recap: Amplifying the Growth and Potential of Technology
The MEP Force 2021 Roundtable participants in this first-day session were: Amy Peck, Tim Speno, Jake Olsen, and Scott Ellison. Amy Peck was adept at reminding us all that construction ...
MEP Force 2021 Roundtable Recap: Industrialized Construction
The subject of industrialized construction was discussed by the roundtable panelists Amy Marks, Simon Waldren and Michael Albanese. If you have an hour, I strongly encourage you to go to ...
MEP Force 2021 Kicks Off with McCarthy’s Insights
As explained by Dan McCarthy, CEO of Dodge Data & Analytics, “digital transformation” is a big subject and poorly defined. During his opening keynote of MEP Force 2021, “5 Keys ...
6 Futuristic Jobs Involving Construction
A 2019 white paper by Cognizant took a look at the future of employment and proposed 21 jobs that will emerge in the future. While the report admits that certain ...
The ROI of Industrialized Construction
Down through the years there have been tremendous internal and external pressures on construction companies to make a profit on every project. Expectations are high for a return on investment ...
How to Survive the Unstable Materials Market
Although many consumers are just starting to take notice, contractors have been dealing with the unsettled pricing of raw materials for residential and commercial construction since 2014. In 2018, The ...
