As many of you know, I am involved in the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, which is the largest organization of construction lawyers in the United States and abroad. The mid-winter meeting is coming up on January 20, 2011 in New York City. The one-day conference focus is “Do You Think it’s
January 2011
Lessons from the North: New Canadian Program Promotes BIM
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Posted in Building Information Modeling
Since I only had a few minutes to review my RSS feed this morning, I skipped over hundreds of headlines. But the following words caught my attention: "New federal program helps defray cost of adopting Building Information Modeling." I thought someone finally got it right in our Congress! But, alas, when I clicked…
I Am No Construction Prophet, But Expect More Economic Challenges in 2011
By Matthew DeVries on
Posted in Best Practices
Last week, I was selected as a Top 20 Under 40 professional by McGraw Hill’s South Central Construction magazine. (…Thanks @SCConstruction…I’m humbled…) In an exchange of emails, one of the editors asked me to identify some of the challenges for the construction industry in 2011 and how contractors should manage and deal…