Tag: prefabrication
Connected Construction: The Next Frontier for Sustainability
By Eric Harris
These days it's hard to find a company that isn’t talking about adopting more sustainable practices. Although it’s become a buzzword, environmental...
The Benefits of Prefabrication in a COVID-19 World
By Jamie Hodges
The construction industry is no stranger to prefabrication – it’s been used for decades as an efficient way to build components of...
Safer, Faster, Smarter: Prefabrication is Vertical Construction’s New Normal
Sarah Bowers, Fraley Construction Marketing
Nearly every builder is experiencing at least a little coronavirus panic these days. Schedules and budgets are up in the air....
Mechanical Contractors Reap the Benefits of Using BIM
By Donna Laquidara-Carr, Ph.D., LEED AP and Sean McGuire
In the past, most BIM research has focused on use by designers and general contractors, but...
Under Construction: Taylor Yard Bikeway and Pedestrian Bridge Over Los Angeles River
By Surur Sheikh
After 22 years in the City of Los Angeles’ books, the Taylor Yard Bikeway and Pedestrian Bridge is underway. Earlier this year,...
Autodesk investment in Project Frog helps link architectural design to fabrication
Project Frog, a technology and building systems provider, announced an alliance with Autodesk to develop a transformational cloud-based platform to standardize and simplify data flow between the architecture studio, the factory and the jobsite.
Digital tech poised to disrupt building industry and help create construction multinationals
The ongoing digital revolution has the potential to disrupt the building and construction industry, bringing significant savings in time and cost, and perhaps superior quality as well, according to Lux Research.
