Tag: Adopting
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Why adopting better helmets in construction is a no-brainer
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Steve Rowson is a professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics and the director of the Helmet Lab at Virginia Tech. Opinions are the author’s own. Across the U.S., construction accounts for one in five workplace deaths and…
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Adopting technology is a team effort: Skanska exec
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Adopting new technology requires everyone to buy in, said Danielle O’Connell, senior director of emerging technology for Skanska USA, the U.S. arm of the Swedish builder. The contractor uses what O’Connell calls its Eight-Step Plan, a tech…
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Adopting a Culture of Experimentation in Construction
I’ve attended numerous seminars and workshops that came to the same conclusion: construction must become more customer-focused and, at the same time, productivity must go up. In spite of even substantial investments in development projects and change programs, very little has changed. Could a culture of experimentation come to the rescue? The challenge Recently, I’ve…