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Infrastructure Boom and EPC Firms—Take the Gain While You Can

October 24, 2024
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The once-in-a-generation effort to upgrade and expand American infrastructure that is well underway by industry EPC firms also will safeguard their long-term sustainability and indispensable role in shaping that market, say top managers of investment firm Lazard.


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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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Politics Muddy Needed Energy Policy

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Richard Korman
October 10, 2024
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A commentary on the  fast-track, rhetoric-amplified national election.


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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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ENR Southeast Editor Derek Lacey Gets the Big Picture at Lock Project

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Richard Korman
September 26, 2024
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The first thing you might notice about the recent report by ENR Southeast region editor Derek Lacey on the $1-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ lock replacement project at Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga, Tenn., are two descriptive wide angle photographs of the project to complement his narrative.


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Governor Hochul, Don't Forget The NYC Subways

Why reinstating congestion pricing is the right thing to do
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Richard Korman
September 26, 2024
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A commentary on congestion pricing and New York City infrastructure.


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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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Viewpoint: It's Time for The Great Civil Engineering Overhaul

William A. Wallace
August 29, 2024
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Cutting carbon and hardening infrastructure both requires a revolution in how civil engineering is practiced, says veteran engineer and sustainability guru Bill Wallace.



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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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Lawsuit Gives Teeth to Massachusetts Pay Law

Joseph A. Barra
August 7, 2024
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A commentary explaining court decision about Graycor's handling of a subcontractor payment.


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