October 2021

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Welcome to Tech Adoption Week 2021

Welcome to the first annual Tech Adoption Week! Over the next few days, we’ll be exploring fresh ways to help you navigate change and ease tech adoption at your organization.

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Tech Adoption Week 2021
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Going Digital Through Change Management

  • Technology & Innovation
Going slow, conditioning users well ahead of the transition and phasing in small aspects of the switch made the change to digital simple—even for the most resistant
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Builder, Spare Those Trees!

  • Sustainability
Indiana University’s online, interactive tree inventory offers a model for tree-safe construction projects
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Can You Reliably Build a Hospital in 10 Days?

  • Project Management & Efficiency
The Huoshenshan Hospital near Wuhan, China, famously came together in just 10 days in response to the region’s COVID-19 outbreak, but one expert says the feat is unlikely to be repeated in the U.S.
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Remote Work Sessions: Matt Dole

  • Bluebeam Tips and Tricks
The Lighthouse Electric construction design manager followed his initial remote-work experience with an early entrance back to the office to onboard new hires
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Bluebeam Office Hours: Tim Cuga-Moylan

  • People & Project Spotlights
The instructor talks about the biggest challenges facing AEC professionals as well as how he uses Revu in the classroom
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Affordable Housing Goes Modular in L.A.

  • Sustainability
Isla Intersections, the latest modular housing concept currently under construction in Los Angeles, represents many of the challenges inherent in the construction of affordable housing
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Inside Bluebeam: Jennifer Younes

  • Bluebeam Tips and Tricks
The senior product marketing specialist brings a civil engineer’s perspective to the role—and a wealth of knowledge from her more than half-decade run in the industry
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Construction During COVID-19: June Update

  • Construction & The Economy
As many states begin to re-emerge from lockdowns, here’s the construction industry’s status in each state, as well as some of the safety precautions it is taking moving forward
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Construction After COVID-19

  • Health, Safety, and Compliance
Experts predict enhanced jobsite sanitation, off-site work and remote working arrangements to be part of the ‘new normal’ after the COVID-19 pandemic ends
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Working Remote Sessions: Erin Khan

  • Bluebeam Tips and Tricks
Suffolk’s construction solutions director talks about her new work-from-home life and using state-of-the-art CoLab tech remotely
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Adjusting to Remote Work

  • Technology & Innovation
From using digital technologies to enacting new policies, here’s how these construction-industry firms are adapting to the “new normal” of operating during a global pandemic.
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Bluebeam User Group Meetings Go Virtual

  • Technology & Innovation
With COVID-19 halting in-person gatherings and events, Bluebeam’s passionate user community isn’t missing a beat—in fact, it’s taking BUG meetings to a new level entirely
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The Benefits of Meditation in Construction

  • Bluebeam Tips and Tricks
Meditation, particularly “mindfulness,” has become more prevalent in the workplace. Here’s why construction workers should consider the practice—if they haven’t already
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Jobsite Safety During COVID-19: A Moving Target

  • Health, Safety, and Compliance
Many construction sites are adopting augmented schedules and social distancing to protect workers from COVID-19, but the uncertainty surrounding the virus has made standardized safety measures a moving target.
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BUG Buzz: Meetings Go Virtual

  • Technology & Innovation
Bluebeam User Group brought enhanced attendance and engagement across the globe even as meetings shifted to virtual environments in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Working Remote Sessions: Jennifer Timmons

  • Bluebeam Tips and Tricks
Here’s how Davy Architecture’s Jennifer Timmons is staying productive with Bluebeam while working from home full-time amid the COVID-19 pandemic
The Basic Economics of a Construction Project

New to Construction? Welcome to Industry Econ 101

  • Construction & The Economy
Where does an owner get money to build? How do contractors get paid? Here, we answer these basic questions someone new to the industry may have about the economics of a construction project
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Cottee Parker Goes Paperless on Queen’s Wharf

  • Bluebeam Tips and Tricks
The Australian architecture firm transforms its operating structure with Revu to design one of the biggest construction projects on the continent in three decades
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Working Remote Sessions: Gautam Shenoy

  • Bluebeam Tips and Tricks
How are industry professionals adapting to working from home in light of COVID-19? We caught up with Gautam Shenoy to learn more about his experience