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Best Practices for Resolving and Preventing Construction Project Issues

October 12, 2021 By EMI

 

Preventing Construction Project Issues

Best Practices for Resolving and Preventing Construction Project Issues

Nearly every project experiences some level of impact during its design and construction lifecycle. Many books (and even more court documents) have been written on the topic of change management in construction. This article presents a brief overview and best practices for civil engineers who find themselves serving in roles for owners, agencies, or leading project design or construction teams.

All members of a project team, including the owner, designer, construction manager, and builder, should endeavor to anticipate issues before they occur and prevent them from happening, or to mitigate issues as quickly as possible to minimize impact and maintain positive relations among all project stakeholders.

Contributing Factors

Construction is unique among industries in that every project is a prototype — no two are ever exactly the same. Even seemingly similar projects, such as chain stores and residential communities, are all built on different parcels of land that can contain any number of surprises below the surface. The nature of this work leads to the reality that the final product is never a perfect match to what was envisioned or designed.

The common causes of changes on construction projects include:

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Tagged With: changes on construction projects, contributing factors, cost and time impacts, design and construction, Document existing conditions, impacted period, Issue Prevention, Issue Resolution, Preventing Project Impacts, Project Impacts, project team, schedule impact, scope or schedule, timely communication

TGEP 17: Design and Construction Around the Water Table

February 11, 2021 By EMI

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Water Table

In this episode, we talk to Cassandra Wetzel, the District Office Manager and Principal at GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., about design and construction around the water table. She describes what the water table is, discusses water table considerations for design and also some of the factors you must consider with soil or when working with rock during construction around the water table.

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water table

water table

Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask Cassandra:

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Filed Under: TGEP - The Geotechnical Engineering Podcast Tagged With: Cassandra Wetzel, construction means and methods, de-watering program, design and construction, elevation of stabilized water, GZA GeoEnvironmental, hydraulic gradient, lime treat soils, observation wells, reduce water content, soil boring, stabilized groundwater table, test pits, Water Table, water table considerations, water table level, workable gravel subbase

TCEP 163: An Exclusive Look Into the Largest Construction Project in Virginia’s History

February 10, 2021 By EMI

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Largest Construction Project

In this episode, I talk to Douglas Frost, P.E., a Senior Vice President at Dewberry. Douglas currently serves as the Quality Assurance Manager for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion, and in this episode I talk to him about this project, which is the largest construction project in Virginia’s history. He also talks about Dewberry’s involvement in the project and discusses some interesting aspects around the project.  He even offers an amazing piece of career advice that was given to him by Mr. Sidney Dewberry!

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Largest Construction Project

Largest Construction Project

Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Douglas:

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Filed Under: Project Management, TCEP-The Civil Engineering Podcast Tagged With: An Exclusive Look, congestion problems, cutting-edge technology, design and construction, Dewberry, Douglas Frost, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion, improve safety, inspection business, Largest Construction Project in Virginia’s History, learn unique methods, Quality Assurance, safety professionals, slurry walls, transportation congestion problems, tunnel boring concept, tunnel boring machine, unique projects, Virginia’s History

TSEC 09: The New ASCE Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design with Don Scott

September 20, 2019 By EMI

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TSEC 09: The New ASCE Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design with Don Scott

In this episode of The Structural Engineering Channel podcast, we talk to Don Scott, PE, SE, F.SEI, F.ASCE, who is the Senior Principal at PCS Structural Solutions. Don will be breaking down ASCE’s new Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design. He also provides some great examples of when you should use this prestandard and explains the importance of why you should use it. 

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Performance-Based Wind Design

Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask Don in This Episode:

  • SEI received a research grant from the Charles Pankow Foundation for $150,000 with co-funding from the ACI, AISC, ASCE Industry Leaders Council and the MKA Foundation. Can you tell us a little bit about the Charles Pankow Foundation?
  • What is the purpose of the ASCE/SEI Pre-standard for performance-based wind design?
  • What should structural engineers know about these prestandrad?
  • How does performance-based design differentiate from traditional prescriptive procedures?
  • Do you see this trend with performance-based design expanding across structural engineering and possibly into other industries of civil engineering?

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About the New ASCE Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design:

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