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Once Upon a Time in the Future: Understanding the Risks & Uncertainties of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development In Complex MEGA Construction Project Environments
Recently, significant construction projects have been announced for extensive AI development, necessitating vast amounts of construction resources. These MEGA projects will require substantial quantities of steel, cement, lumber, electrical equipment, and miles of...
Once Upon a Time In Construction, The Impossible Hotel Completion: When Miracles Come At A High Price
Our client attentively listened to the project review regarding the challenges and delays associated with the forty-story hotel and shopping center. After some time, they expressed their confusion, stating, “I do not understand how this happened! I thought we were in...
Once Upon A Time In Construction: When Promises Fall Apart
Our client was distraught and blurted out “ they said it would work” and now we have to demolish it. How did this happen? During the mid-90’s it was feared by the EPA that landfills would soon be at capacity to accept sewage sluge and the EPA had recently banned ocean...
MDCSystems® Taking Off with Commercial Drones
MDCSystems® has recently entered the commercial drone industry with its drone for various inspection and engineering evaluation services. The future for the commercial drone industry looks very bright. In 2015 the U.S. commercial drone market size was an estimated...
Change Orders: Maximizing Benefits for Owners
Ronald F. Parisi, P.E.
Former MDC Systems® Project Director
Owners involved in ongoing construction projects are virtually unanimous in recognizing the need to minimize the number and amount of change orders as a way to keep the project costs within budget. In viewing change orders with only this in mind, however, owners may tend to overlook the benefits that the change order process offers to owners. The primary benefits afforded by the change order process are that it allows owners the flexibility to respond quickly, to capitalize upon opportunities and to mitigate problems — both of which frequently arise during the course of construction.
Privatization of American Water Utilities
Donald R. Keer, P.E., Esq. MDCSystems® Consulting Engineer The pressure is growing on local municipalities to consider privatization of their water and wastewater systems. Both the EPA and the Bush Administration favor privatization as a way for local municipalities...