Women Take Their Place to Meet New Construction Challenges
[ad_1] Showcasing determined effort and new-age tools to deliver complex projects and bottom-line returns in an increasingly challenged industry market, women leaders delivered strong messages at the ENR Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference held June 9-10 in San Diego. Despite unfolding uncertainties linked to court rulings and
Hitting a New Octave, Hexagon Splits Into Two Separate Companies
[ad_1] On June 17 at its Hexagon Live conference in Las Vegas, Sweden-based geospatial measurement, tracking, construction and design software company Hexagon announced plans to spin off several of its business units—including its Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division and CAD design tool Bricsys—into a new standalone company called
Soccer Surveillance Limited Injury Payout: Holding Down NY Insurance Costs
[ad_1] There is more than a little irony when a gain toward limiting runaway construction liability insurance cost in New York state—driven in part by creatively exaggerated injury severity—is counted because a jury awarded damages of less than a half million dollars at a time when those
Bechtel, Worley Gain Big Awards on Texas, Alaska LNG Projects
[ad_1] U.S. liquefied natural gas producer NextDecade has announced final engineer, procure and construct contracts awarded to Bechtel Energy, totaling about $9 billion, for Trains 4 and 5 at its Rio Grande LNG export facility in Brownsville, Texas. The fixed-price contracts remain valid through Sept. 15, said
Austin Airport Selects Firms for Program Management Services
[ad_1] The City of Austin, Texas, has selected seven contractors to provide on-call program management services to support Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s landmark Airport Expansion and Development Program (AEDP), known as Journey With AUS, as well as other aviation-related capital improvement and infrastructure projects.The selected firms—Abadjis Systems Ltd.;