Tag: requirements
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Lack of information requirements devalues asset data
Poor definition of information requirements at the tender stage is making it harder to unlock the value of built asset data, according to Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB). In its latest Procurement Trends Survey, RLB interviewed 108 main contractors from across the UK and across sectors. According to the respondents, half of tenders feature either no…
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Navigating the impact of new Buy America requirements on FHWA projects
Michael Peloso and Dan McCrave-Bessette are associate director and director, respectively, at the Construction Advisory Services practice of J.S. Held, a global consulting firm based in Jericho, New York. Opinions are the authors’ own. The Federal Highway Administration has issued a final rule to implement the Build America, Buy America Act, which will impact transportation…
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Does a pergola attached to a house have special requirements?
You might think of a pergola as a freestanding garden feature, but one of the most popular trending pergola ideas of the moment is to attach the structure to one side of a house. Known by the outdoor lifestyle trade as ‘wall-mounted pergolas’, these structures bolt onto one wall of a building, extending out into…
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Proposed New York law would expand prevailing wage requirements
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Lawmakers in Albany, New York, are weighing a change that could significantly expand the number of private construction projects required to pay prevailing wages. The proposal, which labor groups are hoping to include in the state budget…
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Boston expands net-zero emissions requirements to new buildings, large additions
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Boston Zoning Commission has approved an amendment to the city’s zoning code that requires most large new buildings to have net-zero carbon emissions from the day they open, according to a release Thursday from Boston Mayor…
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Digitalizing the Hospital Design Requirements Process
Decisions made at the early stages of a hospital project can have a huge impact on its life cycle value. To make sure that a hospital will be a good investment, its future users should be involved in helping set out the design requirements. A Finnish team of experts wanted to see if they could…
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BIM Requirements for Infrastructure Released in Finland
Built infrastructure clients, consultants, contractors, and software developers assembled yesterday to celebrate a milestone in Finnish BIM history. The release of InfraBIM requirements took place at Dipoli in Otaniemi. The development of the guidelines has been a cross-disciplinary venture. The resulting documents are to be used as general technical references and modeling guidelines during procurement and…