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Protecting construction schedules: five strategies to minimize supply chain disruptions. By Daniel Stilling

Iain — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:32:46 +0000

A construction company’s track record of delivering projects on or (better yet) ahead of schedule has been a longstanding benchmark for evaluating a firm’s capabilities. Construction professionals often highlight their skills in effectively managing schedules, procuring materials, and efficiently coordinating critical project aspects to ensure jobs are successfully delivered and closed out by the…

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Four-billion-dollar EV project to take shape under HOCHTIEF Group leadership

Finelight Media — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:42:16 +0000

The rapid growth of the electric vehicle market has brought the HOCHTIEF Group several mega contracts. A contract was awarded to one of HOCHTIEF’s US subsidiaries, Turner Construction Company (Turner), to build an initial phase of a four-billion-dollar building program for a battery factory in De Soto, Kansas. Together with a joint venture partner, Turner will build a manufacturing facility for…

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How tangled supply chains upend relationships and shift profits throughout industry By Andrew Zukoski

Iain — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:46:05 +0000

Our snarled supply chains are upending not just the working lives of project teams engaged in design, planning and preconstruction but the business relationships that define our industry. A few weeks ago, I had conversations with two very different stakeholders who shared a common theme. One was a senior leader at a major university. The other was an executive with a national building product…

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