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$57M Settlement Keeps Red River Diversion Project Dispute Out of Court

ENR Construction

The Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion project broke ground in 2017. The P3 mechanism allows the Fargo-Moorhead part of the overall project to be constructed 10 years sooner than if the Corps was building it alone, saving millions of dollars. Its 30-mile-long channel is the first public-private partnership done in conjunction with the U.S.

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$57M Settlement Keeps Red River Diversion Project Claims Out of Court

ENR Construction

The Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion project broke ground in 2017. The P3 mechanism allows the Fargo-Moorhead part of the overall project to be constructed 10 years sooner than if the Corps was building it alone, saving millions of dollars. Its 30-mile-long channel is the first public-private partnership done in conjunction with the U.S.

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2015 BIM Experience Survey - Preliminary Results

Construction Dive

Building information modeling (BIM) is a controversial topic. BIM champions have been extolling its virtues of design efficiency, construction cost and time savings, and maintenance economies for owners. Yet BIM has not become as widely used as expected in the United States. Read more.'

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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Building Information Modeling (BIM) isn’t a new concept in construction. Many contractors have been using this 3D design method for years now to improve collaboration, often with impressive results for efficiency and ROI. The 2017 report found the industry hasn’t made much progress in this regard.

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Is a BIM Mandate Coming to the US?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As we discussed in a recent blog post , the JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology report found that building information modeling (BIM) adoption in the United States has been fairly slow, with only 27 percent of construction companies having a BIM department. BIM Adoption Abroad.

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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. Through our own research, we’ve seen measurable improvements in productivity among industry professionals who use digital tools to collaborate.

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Reality capture, BIM and AI – Imerso, XYZ Reality and PointFuse

Extranet Evolution

Nemetschek has led a financing round for Norway’s Imerso, whose platform combines reality capture, AI and BIM – areas also targeted by UK players XYZ Reality and PointFuse. Imerso’s cloud-based platform automatically analyses the captured 3D scan data against the plan in BIM.