At a recent presentation to Bethesda, Md.-based National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), Janice Burse, coordination manager at Dynalectric, Dulles, Va., reviewed the current state of ...

DALLAS - Building Information Modeling, or BIM, is a quickly developing trend in building design, and it goes deep into building mechanical systems in a way that contractors are finding to be very ...

BIM, a 3D model representation of the physical and functional attributes of a facility, continues to shape the landscape for building construction. For MEP contractors, BIM provides significant cost ...

CONTRACTOR: Both BIM and prefabrication have become more and more important to mechanical contractors in the last few years. Are we now starting to see the convergence of the two? KEN SMERZ, CEO of ...

The race to the bottom of the construction market during the economic downturn has been fierce and bloody. The current perception of the marketplace revolves around being the low-priced provider with ...

VIATechnik, a Chicago-based engineering firm, partnered with Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and LCS Constructors, Inc. on a reconstruction project of the Steven Spielberg Building. "The ...