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3 Science & Tech Construction Trends
March 29, 2012
| High-tech tools are more crucial than ever for planning and building complex facilities like the $21.5M bioprocessing center at UMass Dartmouth, says Suffolk Construction chief innovation officer Peter Campot. He ought to know: Suffolk starts on the center this April. | |
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| 1) Virtual building—Using BIM and iPads, structures are built virtually before the brick-and-mortar iterations go up. At Suffolk, the entire company uses mobile technologies to build more efficiently and provide owners with a 6D BIM of the building and its systems to modernize facilities management.2) Collaboration, start to finish— Using the Integrated Project Delivery approach, everyone on the development team works together from day one. All team members agree in a contract to share the risks and rewards of building the job on time and on budget. As for the $34.5M Lawrence & Memorial Hospital's Cancer Center in Waterford, Conn., Suffolk hopes to start in June. 3) Science and tech users predominating—Along the East Coast, science and tech companies continue to expand. Hospitals are more in a wait-and-see mode to assess the healthcare reform law now in front of the Supreme Court. As a result, more hospital construction projects are renovations, with some exceptions in the LMA and for Steward Health Care Systems, expanding in Massachusetts. Want to hear more? Join Peter and an expert panel for Bisnow'sConstruction, Development, and Tech RE event at the Boston Marriott Cambridge on April 18. Register here. | |
