Jeff Yoders

2 days ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

The House Committee on Homeland Security forwarded budget recommendations April that could fund 700 additional miles of border wall, 900 miles of river barriers and 630 miles of secondary walls if approved by Congress as part of a budget reconciliation bill President Donald Trump has requested the legislature to pass by Memorial Day.

5 days ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Experts at ENR's FutureTech Conference May 6 and 7 shared optimistic visions of a not-too-distant future where architecture, engineering and construction practitioners have more connected workflows, more reliable data pipelines, more proactive approaches to cope with jobsite uncertainty and more tools such as Internet of Things and digital twins to replace meetings and work phases.

1 week ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Startups and established players are all vying to replace desktop and file-format-bound design tools with something that utilizes the power of the internet to enable true design collaboration. One player already has support from executives at the top of the design software game—with its platform being used by design firms large and small. Paul O’Carroll started Arcol in 2001 in his native Ireland after seeing how limited desktop design tools were.

1 week ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Turner Construction Co. on May 6 launched xPL Offsite, a wholly owned subsidiary that leverages design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) techniques to develop construction products and enable projects to be delivered via offsite manufacturing (OSM) capabilities. xPL Offsite draws from Turner’s more than 20 years of real-world application in offsite manufacturing, prefabrication and modular construction, according to the company.

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Zags Roofing, a small roofing contractor based in Northbrook, Ill., filed a lawsuit in federal court April 2 against equipment pricing and information services Rouse Services and its corporate parent Ritchie Bros. Global, the auctioneer/data provider; as well as equipment rental firms United Rentals, Sunstate Rentals, Sunbelt Rentals, Herc Rentals and its corporate parent Herc Holdings and H&E Equipment Services, alleging all of them colluded to increase rental prices for construction equipment.