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How Window/Door Contractors Can Best Use Bluebeam Revu

What are window and door suppliers doing in Bluebeam to finish the job faster? Here are a few tools to count, detail and install windows and doors for both residential and large commercial construction projects

Troy DeGroot

The Hidden Danger Posed by Jobsite Contamination

Emily Beyda

Meet the 22-Year-Old Carpenter Fighting for More Women in Construction

Elisa Silverman

Can Construction Solve Its Concrete Conundrum?

Diana Kightlinger

National Association of Black Women in Construction

The Women Working to Improve Black Representation in Construction

Emily Beyda

Is Concrete Seawall Construction the Answer to Coastal Threats?

Hamish Champ

This Architect Designs Stunning Treehouses. Here’s How He Does It.

Can Bamboo Construction Replace Timber and Steel?

How Deep Learning Is Redefining Building Management Systems

An earthquake motivated Chimaelle Goureige to dedicate a career to building, but the young project engineer is now giving back by encouraging young women hesitant about joining the industry

This Young Project Engineer Is Inspiring Women to Join Construction

Videos

Innovation, Projects

Southbank by Beulah: Building the World’s First ‘Greenscraper’

People, Projects

5 Things Superintendent Chad Czerwinski Can’t Live Without

People, Projects

Does Construction Have a Noise Problem?

People

Meet Lashanna Lintamo, Welder-Turned-Social-Media-Mogul

Are Malls Dying? It’s Complicated

Go Inside Window Washer Thompson Touch’s Sky-High Ambitions

People
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Josh Thompson bootstrapped a window-washing business with just $800; now, as that company has grown into a full-fledged family enterprise, Thompson has larger ambitions

Construction Equipment Undergoes a Power Shift

Innovation
Diana Kightlinger

The evolution from diesel to electric offers advantages that include lower fuel consumption and emissions—and improved ownership cost and health

The Secret to This Construction Manager’s Successful 30-Year Career

People
Elisa Silverman

Nicolle Wilkinson has a message for women pursuing construction careers: forge your own path. Here’s how she did it

What Can Engineers Do To Strive Toward Net-Zero Engineering?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

Engineers have a crucial role to play in making the built environment greener, particularly when it comes to delivering infrastructure that impacts the world around us. In an interview with Bluebeam, expert Tim Chapman of Arup and the Institution of Civil Engineers spells out what needs to be done.

Using Cryptocurrency and Blockchain To Manage Construction Cash Flows

Projects
Hamish Champ

The collapse of contracting giant Carillion offered a lesson for the construction sector. It reminded the industry of the need to carry out jobs for the right amount of money and to maintain good cash flow. It has also led to the sector looking at new technologies such as cryptocurrency to smooth out cash flow issues.

What Is Embodied Carbon in Construction and How Can It Be Reduced?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

The construction industry needs to address not only the operational carbon of a building – what it emits throughout its use – but the embodied carbon in buildings, which is linked to the materials used to deliver it, along with the construction activity itself.

3 Amazing Chicago Houses Not Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

People, Projects
Elisa Silverman

The venerable architect’s creations are constantly praised and worth seeing—but so are these area architectural landmarks (from 2021)

Why More Small Contractors Are Adopting Digital Collaboration Software

Innovation
Scott Van Voorhis

Some of the greatest strides the construction sector has made recently with technology haven’t been with robotics or artificial intelligence, but with work collaboration and design software