January 18, 2019 | BIM and Information Technology | Kevin Miller, AIA, President/CEO, GSBS Architects
Sharing of and reliance on BIM data is central to the idea that BIM will lead to a more efficient, more eco...
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Skanska USA is one of the largest, most financially sound construction and development networks in the country, serving a broad range of industries including healthcare, education, sports, data centers, government, aviation, transportation, power, energy, water/wastewater and commercial. Skanska USA is committed to a set of core values which they call the Five Zeros: zero loss making projects, zero environmental incidents, zero accidents, zero ethical breaches and zero defects. Constructive Thinking is Skanska USA’s blog, where team members share their experiences and viewpoints on Skanska’s core values and explore trends in U.S. construction, development and infrastructure.
Building Team | June 22, 2018 | Constructive Thinking Blog Julie Hyson
Outside of drawing up a well-written contract, owners often overlook a key attribute that can significantly impact the success of a design-build pr...
The Living Building at Georgia Tech is on track to become the first Living Building Challenge 3.1-certified facility of its size and function in the Southeast. Image: The Miller Hull Partnership, in collaboration with Lord Aeck Sargent
Sustainability | December 07, 2017 | Constructive Thinking Blog Stacy Smedley
Sustainability, it’s a trendy term. The problem, however, is that it’s being used in so many different ways that people don’t even know what it mea...
Green | April 19, 2017 | BD+C Staff Elizabeth Heider, Chief Sustainability Officer, Skanska USA
When you consider that 90% of our time is spent in buildings, how these environments can contribute to workplace productivity, health, and wellness...
Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Photo: Wally Gobetz/Creative Commons
Sports and Recreational Facilities | November 13, 2015 | Constructive Thinking Blog Tom Tingle
Major League Baseball doesn't have official stadium design guidelines. Skanska's Tom Tingle has three ways the league can make the game safer for f...
The Raleigh (N.C.) Convention Center was designed and built with wireless infrastructure to support tech-heavy events. Image: Skanska
Building Team | June 19, 2015 | Constructive Thinking Blog Tom Tingle
Today's convention centers require more flexible spaces, the ability to blend virtual and in-person events, and meaningful sustainability, writes S...
To deliver a replacement terminal at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Skanska developed a multi-phased approach centered on taking as few of the existing aircraft gates out of service as possible. Image courtesy Skanska
Airports | April 21, 2015 | Constructive Thinking Blog MacAdam Glinn, LEED AP
Upgrades to aviation infrastructure have not kept pace with the increase in airport traffic or even at a level sufficient to accommodate the life c...
Following three weeks of intense competition between nine firms participating in Skanska's hackathon, Pickard Chilton of New Haven, Conn., was selected to serve as the design architect for the 2&U project in Seattle. Photo courtesy Skanska
BIM and Information Technology | March 23, 2015 | Constructive Thinking Blog Lisa Picard
Searching for a nimble, collaborative design firm for its 2&U tower project in Seattle, the construction giant ditches the traditional RFQ/RFP...
Photo courtesy Skanska USA
Architects | January 07, 2015 | Constructive Thinking Blog
PDFs are the de facto format for digital construction documentation. Yet, there is no set standard for how to produce PDFs for a project, writes Sk...
Phase one of UC Merceds construction comprises 700,000 sf of new buildings on 103 acres surrounded by a nature preserve the university set aside when it bought the land. Photo: Hans Marsen
Architects | December 01, 2014 | Constructive Thinking Blog
Minimizing lifecycle costs and transferring risk to the private sector are among the benefits to applying the P3 project delivery model on public b...
Airports | November 19, 2014 | Constructive Thinking Blog
Safety, consumer demand, and the new economics of flight are three of the major factors shaping how airlines and airport officials are approaching...
BIM and Information Technology | November 03, 2014 | Constructive Thinking Blog
More and more facility owners are seeing the benefits that building information modeling can bring to their projects, according to a new McGraw Hil...
In New Orleans, a National Guard helicopter helps close a breach in a canal during Hurricane Katrina, which caused more than $150 billion in damage. Photo: courtesy Skanska
Airports | May 29, 2014 | Constructive Thinking Blog
Moving critical elements to higher ground and designing for longer lifespans are just some of the ways cities and governments can make infrastructu...
Architects | May 08, 2014 | Constructive Thinking Blog
In honor of Safety Week, Skanska put together this nifty infographic on how to prevent deadly harm in construction.
Photo: renjith krishnan via FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Architects | April 09, 2014 | Constructive Thinking Blog
Beyond reducing the number of uninsured Americans, the Affordable Care Act is driving new types of healthcare facilities, especially patient-center...
Architects | February 26, 2014 | Constructive Thinking Blog
Using the iAuditor app, one of our Skanska teams developed electronic reports that make safety inspections more efficient, and that make it easier...