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What AEC Firms Need to Know: A Guide to Responsible AI Adoption

Some simple rules for AI adoption can help your firm
Jeff Albee
October 17, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence has huge potential to transform AEC processes, but firms should set some guide rails for outside adoption and internal development.


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Embracing AI's Transformative Power Has Massive Potential for Design and Construction

Brett Susany
October 3, 2024
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By embracing the transformative capabilities of artificial intelligence, engineers can conserve time for employees to work on engineering and contractors can head off problems before they become so on the job site. However, governance and responsibility to the client must remain the bedrock all AI processes are built on.


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Patent Publication Discloses Advances in Moon Mining Technology

Kate Nuehring Su
September 5, 2024
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Why are space agencies and the nations that run them so interested in Moon habitats? A renewable source of Helium-3 could lead to moon mining. Interlune is already patenting the technology.


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AEC Leaders Share Construction ‘Secrets’ in New Anthology

“Secrets of the Construction Industry,” released earlier this year, includes more than 30 narrative entries from industry professionals on lessons learned and how to prepare the next generation of leaders
Emell Adolphus
Emell D. Adolphus
August 14, 2024
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Author Elinor Moshe talks with ENR about how the book’s narrative insights from AEC “industry titans and young guns” reflects the shifting scope of the construction business.


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Viewpoint

How a Bankrupt Theater Chain Stiffing Contractor Graycor Led to Pay Protections For Subcontractors

A commentary on Massachusetts' prompt-pay law
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Richard Korman
August 14, 2024
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The pandemic drove a theater chain into bankruptcy, leaving the prime contractor with unpaid invoices.


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Now Playing: Multimedia on Everything, From Everywhere

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Richard Korman
August 8, 2024
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These days material for video and audio recordings can come from almost anywhere.


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AI Has the Potential to Save Construction From Worker Shortages, It Should be Nurtured, Not Feared

Artificial Intelligence has great promise for construction's future, but an overview can help understand where the technology is now
Matt Byrtus
July 11, 2024
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AI will speed up our ability to run projects and address issues. It will also help people concentrate on becoming better builders, rather than simply learning systems.


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Editorial

NYC Congestion Pricing Plan: Down But Not Out

City transportation infrastructure is old and needs billions in investment
ENR Editorial Board
June 19, 2024
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II's time to loosen the governor's grip on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to keep critical infrastructure investment from falling behind.


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Construction History

Construction of the Pentagon Was an Unprecedented Effort

Scott Lewis
Scott Lewis
June 12, 2024
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In this selection of construction history from the ENR archives, a look at the successful rush to build in the middle of World War II what at the time was the world's largest office building.

 


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Technology First Read

Patent Filings Describe Materials Under Consideration for Moon Habitats

Several nations are filing patents for 3D printing on the moon
Kate Nuehring Su Ria Patel
May 29, 2024
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Additive manufacturing and 3D printing patents are being filed for everything from human urine-bound bricks to radiation shielding for construction on the moon.


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