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Dodge Data report: Collaboration key to managing project risk

Dodge Data report: Collaboration key to managing project risk

A full 75% of respondents to a recent Dodge Data & Analytics survey have been slapped with a dispute claim in the past five years. Here are some suggestions on how to avoid one. 

Dodge forecasts 2017 construction rebound

Dodge forecasts 2017 construction rebound

Expansion recaptured. After four years of double-digit annual growth, the U.S. economy's long recovery from the Great Recession has slowed this year. But Dodge Data's 78th annual construction forecast predicts housing starts will lead a new surge in 2017.

5 Best Practices of Top-Performing Owners

5 Best Practices of Top-Performing Owners

What makes certain construction owners perform better than others in managing complex projects on a tight timeframe. In this report, Dodge Data & Analytics and e-Builder talked to 174 owners nationwide to reverse engineer their winning formulas. 

7 Memorable Moments from the AGC-IT Forum

7 Memorable Moments from the AGC-IT Forum

See IT... Learn IT... Build IT... That was the simple, bottom-line theme of this year's 8th annual conference of the AGC-IT Forum, which returned to Chicago earlier this month. Here is our unscientific roundup of some highlights that resonated.

July Jobs Jolt: Construction finds summer stride

July Jobs Jolt: Construction finds summer stride

Finally, construction workers across the land are donning their hard hats and returning to work, en masse. If most of you already knew that, then at least the numbers have finally caught up. Here, we take a midsummer pulse check of hiring and the economy. 

Calling All Hard Hats: Labor Still Lagging Demand

Calling All Hard Hats: Labor Still Lagging Demand

Despite a continuing stream of new work, the U.S. construction industry is continuing to see its labor pool drain. Now, the latest BLS jobs report has prompted AGC, ABC and others to express concern that the labor shortage will soon hold the economy back.

Safety Culture: Tech Helping Workers Take Lead

Safety Culture: Tech Helping Workers Take Lead

Safety first? Actually, according to an important new study released this month, safety appears to be gaining even more importance as AEC firms embrace new technology and practices to attract skilled workers and win new work. Download the report. 

Procore Launches New Index of Industry Vital Signs

Procore Launches New Index of Industry Vital Signs

For a firm so young in an industry so old, it may seem presumptuous for software provider Procore to position itself as a go-to resource for fresh data measuring the health of the AEC market. But heck, they just did it! So, move over Dodge, ENR, and BLS.

Dodge Data Acquires Ingenium Technologies

Dodge Data Acquires Ingenium Technologies

Just 16 months after its own sale to Symphony Technology Group, NY-based Dodge Data & Analytics is now making purchases of its own. Betting on bigger and better data, Dodge announced it has acquired Vancouver-based ConstructionPoints.  

Procore procures a bundle, Rides TsunamI Of VC Tech Investment

Procore procures a bundle, Rides TsunamI Of VC Tech Investment

Just days after celebrating its 1 millionth user, Procore ended 2015 on an even higher note. On Dec. 30, it announced new VC investment of another $50 million. That is only the latest good news in a wild flurry of AEC tech investment.

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BW NEWS: Our Top 10 stories of 2015

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BW NEWS: Our Top 10 stories of 2015

As a news and analysis site driven to develop and disseminate only the best in industry insight and innovation, BuiltWorlds clearly found its voice this year.

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Beyond Prefab: Component-based Design, Manufacture and Assembly

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Beyond Prefab: Component-based Design, Manufacture and Assembly

Recent growth in the use of BIM and model-based processes has spawned an enormous increase in offsite and near-site prefabrication, a trend that may well transform multiple aspects of our industry, writes Dodge's Steve Jones. 

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Greenbuild gives thanks, sends message to paris climate talks

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Greenbuild gives thanks, sends message to paris climate talks

Paris was on the minds of many at Greenbuild 2015 last week, but so was hope, as nearly 20,000 gathered to urge constructive action on climate change and responsible and sustainable practices from our industry.

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Dodge Data, isqft square off in federal antitrust suit

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Dodge Data, isqft square off in federal antitrust suit

From the Bible and Darwin to Shakespeare and The Lion King, the story of young cubs angling to take down the aging patriarch is as familiar on stage and screen as it is in corner offices and courtrooms. And now, industry eyes are on Ohio.

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Cascading & cumulative, BIM benefits multiply on complex projects

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Cascading & cumulative, BIM benefits multiply on complex projects

Despite its split from ENR, Dodge Data & Analytics this summer has released another SmartMarket Report. Entitled Measuring the Impact of BIM on Complex Buildings, it finds that the bigger the job, the bigger BIM's benefits.

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