The sheer number of different building materials is staggering. There are millions of different products ranging from anchor bolts to Z-bar flashing. Because we can’t cover them all here, let’s focus ...

When details are addressed early, fewer resources are spent fixing avoidable problems later”— Elwin Ordoyne SLIDELL, ...

Ready to turn some "trash" into treasure? Before finding salvage materials for your project, check your local builders' association and your state or provincial environmental agency for information on ...

Effective procurement involves detailed planning, scheduling, and coordination across management, project teams, and vendors to meet project deadlines. Material handling encompasses ordering, ...

Ask a project executive where productivity slips away and you’ll hear familiar culprits: labor shortages, change orders, and weather. But if you trace most schedule slips back to their first domino, ...

A new study has unveiled a cutting-edge framework that harnesses deep learning and remote sensing to identify building materials with remarkable accuracy. This innovative approach enables the ...

More than two decades ago, research conducted for the electrical construction industry identified that the ideal amount of inventory on a job site equals about three days of installation-ready ...

The Indianapolis Airport Authority received an Envision award by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure for the innovative and environmentally sustainable approach to a reconstruction project ...

Design flexibility and structural performance have opened the door to a much wider range of building applications”— ...