Ivan Skinner Award winner inspired by real-life earthquake experience

Witnessing the human cost of the Canterbury earthquakes inspired Ben Exton to become an earthquake engineer and find solutions to make New Zealand homes more resilient against future seismic events. Exton recently received the Ivan Skinner Award at the New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) annual conference to recognise his innovative work as a […] The post Ivan Skinner Award winner inspired by real-life earthquake experience appeared first on Building Today.

Record level of weather-related insurance claims puts pressure on government to invest in resilience

A record £13M a day average was paid out by property insurers in 2023 to homeowners and businesses affected by unexpected events like flooding, leading insurers to plea to government for more protection against climate breakdown. The post Record level of weather-related insurance claims puts pressure on government to invest in resilience appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Capital allocation 101

By Ezequiel Tovar, Ownership Transition Analyst, Zweig Group From The Zweig Letter In turbulent times, strategic capital allocation is crucial for firm survival. This year arrived with many unexpected events: wars raging around globe, a crazy election cycle, and downturns in the economy. Firm owners must be cautious and aware of how to face these […]

Mountain States On the Scene: April 2024

Reports from key industry events across the Mountain States region.

CCCT with InsureTEK’s Founder & Chief Risk Management Officer Peter Piecuch

CCCT with InsureTEK’s Founder & Chief Risk Management Officer Peter Piecuch-Video Apple Podcast Spotify Podcast CCCT sat down with InsureTEK’s founder & Chief Risk Management Officer Peter Piecuch. What if you could mitigate or prevent catastrophic water events before they happen-saving billions of gallons of water and minimizing damage? At InsureTEK, that’s at the heart […] The post CCCT with InsureTEK’s Founder & Chief Risk Management Officer Peter Piecuch first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 14 - Festive Rewind

In the festive season, it's tradition to look back at events of the last year. Now 14 episodes into our series taking you behind the scenes on London's #SuperSewer - one of Europe's largest infrastructure projects - we're revisiting some of the best bits of Tunnel Vision with James and Daniel from our team behind the camera, over a year and half like no other.

How to prepare your contract for NEC3/4 weather events - An article by Luke Parham of GVE Commercial solutions

An update on the changes between how NEC3 and NEC4 deal with the risk of extreme weather.

LET’S GET METAPHYSICAL: MITIGATING THE CREDIBILITY CRISIS IN FORENSIC DELAY ANALYSIS - An SCL paper by Anders S Alexson

Over many years, the Society of Construction Law (UK) (SCL) and the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers International (AACEI) have sought to codify, standardise and improve the methods used by the construction industry for the purpose of forensic project delay analysis. Some six SCL methods and thirteen AACEI methods of analysis (the ‘protocol methods’) have now been articulated, largely by distilling pre-existing practices from within the industry.

How to determine the dominant cause of delay ? Is it simply first event dominates until overtaken and therefore substituted by subsequent events.

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