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How This Civil Engineer Used Early Leadership Experience to Launch a Thriving Construction Career

Mashal Ali was thrust into leading her family’s engineering firm at a young age, an experience that provided myriad lessons that have since translated into a successful career

Larry Bernstein

Land Development Quantities in Bluebeam

Troy DeGroot

Construction Worker Shortage Highlights Need for Enhanced Benefits

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

This New Building Tech Aims to Cut Costs, Increase Energy Efficiency

Emily Beyda

With Construction Worker Productivity Down, Firms Are Turning to These Improvement Strategies

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Environmental Sustainability in Construction

Built Celebrates Construction’s Sustainability Push

Frank Kalman

The Power of Digitizing Quantity Takeoffs

How Archeologists Keep Builders Building

These Australian Hiking Cabins Are a Sight to Behold

Videos

People

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

People

How One Engineer Is Dismantling Stereotypes of Women in Construction

People, Projects

5 Things Superintendent Chad Czerwinski Can’t Live Without

Projects

Inside Gothenburg’s $100 Billion Sustainable Building Spree

From Flight Attendant to Crane Operator in Under a Year

What Causes Urban Blight – And What Can Be Done About It

Projects
Hamish Champ

Cities across the globe have experienced urban blight, where districts that have seen a significant downturn in fortunes are abandoned and residential and business properties left vacant. Responding to this change in fortunes is becoming an industry in itself.

5 Fundamental Principles of ‘Slow Architecture’

Projects
Diana Kightlinger

The design approach that grew from the slow food movement emphasizes functional and beautiful spaces that prioritize sustainability and an appreciation for nature

Managing Chaos: The Vital Skills Brittany Martin Used to Break into Construction

People
Larry Bernstein

The senior project manager exudes resiliency, a skill she learned growing up in a single-parent household—and one she says is paramount for women in construction

How the Internet of Things Can Help Construction

Innovation
Hamish Champ

The construction sector’s productivity challenges are well known. The advent of the Internet of Things – part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – could see the industry’s processes and resulting buildings become more efficient.

This 3D-Printed House Is Made Entirely of Bio-Based Materials

Innovation
Diana Kightlinger

The fully recyclable structure could provide an eco-friendly solution to the affordable housing crisis, skilled labor shortage and supply chain disruptions

Building—And Tearing Down—Fast: Inside the World of Temporary Construction

Innovation, Projects
Emily Beyda

In an industry where most projects take years—even decades—to complete, some contractors are in the business of erecting buildings in a matter of weeks