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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Bayfield & Roberts, 2005, Hook & Stehn, 2008, Howell, 1999, McGrath-Champ & Rosewarne, 2009). Little benefit would be achieved by attempting to directly apply the Toyota Production System (TPS), or similar approaches to the AEC sector, exclusive of as a general background learning exercise. Alarcon (Ed.), Barrett, P.

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Insulation’s crucial role in creating habitable basements

Construction Specifier

By Mike Fischer One of the first questions to be asked when designing a basement foundation is “what is the desired functionality of the basement?” On the far end of the spectrum, the basement may serve as a structural foundation only and nothing more. In other words, it will be cold in the winter and damp during much of the year.

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JLL names Matt Coursen head of U.S. Healthcare Leasing

CCR Magazine

Coursen joined JLL in 2005 and has built an impressive career partnering with hospitals, health systems and investor clients with cutting-edge location analytics, strategic consulting and sophisticated transaction expertise. Based in Washington, D.C.,

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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

This ambitious project–owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT)–is intended to create a direct connection between Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and 6th of October City via a two-line rapid transit system. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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Construction Productivity is a Process Problem, Not People: Here’s How Autonomy Helps

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In 2017, McKinsey & Company released a 10-year analysis from 2005 to 2015 that found that construction-labor productivity in the United States hadn’t kept pace with other industries. The truth is that more technology solutions can fragment work in different applications and systems.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

When MEP (Systems as it was called then) appeared a year later they extended the concept to Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing lumped in with Mechanical till release 2013). Structural - Similar to architecture but hides non-load bearing walls and some hidden line behavior with respect to concrete floors/slabs and foundations.

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How Rajat Buildtech is Leading the Way with Digital Adoption and Benefits

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Ltd was founded in 2005 with the vision of creating landmarks and contributing to the urban infrastructure development in the newly formed state of Chhattisgarh. With the new system in place this time was reduced to less than 20 minutes. A part of Rajat Group, Rajat Buildtech Pvt.