Botanical garden aims to become ecological, cultural attraction in Portland

Phase 1 of a Portland city project has introduced changes to a historical site to create Leach Botanical Garden—which reflects the founding couple’s values for environmental stewardship and creates a regional attraction for Portland. The post Botanical garden aims to become ecological, cultural attraction in Portland appeared first on Construction Specifier.

Tim’s Vardo Build

Tim Smith contacted me and shared with me his Vardo project that he completed recently. Here is what he had to say. For more details be sure and click on the link at the end of the story. I built a teardrop trailer a while back after seeing a Vistabule camper at the Minneapolis RV ... Read more The post Tim’s Vardo Build first appeared on Tiny House Blog.

Vietnam seeks foreign contractor for $1.5bn airport terminal

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has launched a fresh effort to find a contractor to build a 373,000-sq-m passenger terminal for the Long Thanh Airport project, news site VNExpress… The post Vietnam seeks foreign contractor for $1.5bn airport terminal appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Turner breaks ground on $300M Connecticut resort

The Great Wolf Lodge project includes a 91,000-square-foot indoor waterpark. 

Project delays curb Ardmore growth ambitions

Refub and housing specialist sees profit fall after challenging year of delays and supply chain failures

Avoiding collusion in construction: advice for project directors and managers

Guidance: Avoiding collusion in construction: advice for project directors and managers

NEC Accepted Programmes: a practical guide

When administering projects under NEC forms of contract one of the topics most regularly discussed concerns Accepted Programmes. This excellent article by Claire King of Fenwick Elliott with input from Ankura is written in plain, easy to follow language and is well worth reading.

A Main Contractor's wish list for the perfect project

A short presentation we prepared a few years ago to try to help an MEPH subcontractor understand why Main Contractor's get frustrated.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 9 – Euro 2020 special, at the greenest site on the project!

This month, James and Taylor are at Barn Elms to visit the greenest site on the Tideway project... and to recreate Ireland's famous goal against England at Euro '88.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 7 - Creating new land in the Thames

With 24 construction sites, many right in the heart of London, how does the Tideway project create enough space to build the #SuperSewer? This episode of Tunnel Vision looks at how cofferdams are constructed, how fish are rescued as these structures are built into the Thames, and how some will be turned into new public spaces for London.

Could anyone point me in the right direction for construction software. A system to process purchasing, sales, project management etc

(BIM)How you would ensure that information is issued throughout the project and at handover in an easily accessible and timely manner;

Require a construction co. for air space projects in London to build 4 flats and also convert office space to residential flats approx. 30k sq m.

What is business case? How it is linked with project management. Can anyone explain it by example.

I have been asked for a Project Implementation Plan for a major development. It was described to me as a Plan for HOW to implement the Execution Plan