Construction, Meet High Tech
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by Cameron McGaughy,
Aaron Smith, Deryn Zakielarz, Jill Diffendal
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To the reader who wrote me that PM Network should have less on construction projects and more on IT/technology projects, we offer this compromise: An April cover story on cutting-edge technology taking hold in the world of building buildings. According to the story, 3-D building information modeling (BIM) is a prized tool for a new generation of construction project managers who use it to improve communication and reduce risks. The next step for many forwarding-looking firms is moving to 4-D BIM—incorporating schedule data, and then all the way to 5-D, which includes cost data.
Other innovative construction tools include using drones and GIS to speed surveying and make it more accurate; taking advantage of Internet of Things technology to track performance data for equipment and materials; and employing self-healing concrete, nanometals, preassembled modules and 3-D printing to cut costs and increase quality.
Shifting gears to the technology behind PM Network magazine, please use the comments to tell us how you prefer to read PM Network and why: In print? Via our digipub on a laptop? Digipub on tablet? On mobile phone? Or do you fancy our PM Network app on your mobile phone or tablet? Thanks for sharing your preference!
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Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Naomi Caietti
Senior Project Manager | ePMO | Higher Education | Healthcare & IT| Linkedin.com/In/NaomiCaietti
Thanks Dan; keep up the good work. Love the new mobile access.
Karthik T
Senior Engineering Manager| Nike
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Great step forward. Mobile/Tablet apps are very handy. Thanks for sharing.
Diego Canas
Project Coordinator | Civil Engineer | Planning Engineer| -
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
I like reading on my tablet or notebook. BIM is always a great subject to be explored. Thanks for sharing Dan.
I mostly read the magazine as I like it in print form. And I would love to see more IT projects featured. I work in software implementation and reading about other projects always gives me new ideas. Thank you.
Pier Luigi Calabria
Project Manager| INFORM Institut für Operations Research und Management GmbH, Aachen, Germany
Aachen, Germany
Somehow still old-fashioned paper, is the version I prefer. the BIM presentation is super! I just attended the webinar
Joe Campa
Senior Manager, Strategic Excellence Office| Ontario Power Generation
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Call me old fashioned as well, but I still prefer print versions.
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