Tag: Work
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How hard work helped this couple stay within budget on their house extension
Emily and partner Jack had ideas for building an extension as soon as they viewed their east London Victorian terrace. In fact, they sketched out some initial ideas on the back of a pub menu straight after they had visited the property. The house needed extensive renovation work, but that didn’t put them off as…
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Solving Construction’s Productivity Puzzle: Quickbase’s New Work Management Platform
Quickbase has launched the Quickbase Work Management Platform for Construction. It connects teams and streamlines projects from pre-construction to close out. The announcement took place at Procore Groundbreak on November 20, 2024. The platform includes pre-built “Pro App” solutions, AI-powered tools for insights and workflow automation, and access to mobile form capabilities for field teams.…
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How to Make LLMs Work in Construction
During the Building 2030 Week, I hosted three panel discussions, one on AI in construction (pictured). Artificial Intelligence was one of the week’s key themes. LLMs are already delivering value at Jatke Much of the communication in construction is verbal or written and unstructured. Therefore, Large Language Models are perfect for analyzing, summarizing, and alerting…
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Construction Collaboration Today: Making File Sharing Work for You
As construction workflows become digitized, efficient file sharing stands out as a crucial success factor for collaboration. How do you succeed with it? A bit of history The question of collaborative construction file management is not new. My first CAD project was in the mid-1980s. File sharing was simple because the design disciplines worked on…
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Gray Work – When Technology Doesn’t Work for You
Eric Olson, CMO at Quickbase, is Aarni Heiskanen’s guest in this episode of the AEC Business podcast discussing “Gray Work.” It is the work done in ad-hoc solutions to make do and get by when your technology doesn’t work for you. It is in systems that aren’t connected, built on the fly, and not conducive…
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The Productivity Paradox: Insights from Quickbase’s 2024 Gray Work Index
The modern workplace is at a critical juncture. The influx of technology tools intended to streamline productivity is paradoxically making work harder and less meaningful. Quickbase’s second annual “Gray Work Index” delves into this phenomenon, providing a rich analysis based on a survey of 1,923 US and UK workers. The findings from this study are…
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The Future of Construction Work with Mark Ehrlich
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Ehrlich, a veteran of the construction industry from the USA and the author of “The Way We Build: Restoring Dignity to Construction Work.” Our conversation delved into the evolving landscape of construction work and the challenges faced by construction…
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Duuers: Better Proposals with Less Work
Small contractors, consultants, and design professionals have a love–hate relationship with responding to RFPs. Duuers, a Finnish startup, wants to turn this struggle into an inspiring experience. “We followed a day in the life of a hand-picked group of entrepreneurs,” says Paula Viinamäki, co-founder of Duuers. “We were flies on the wall, observing how small…
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Evolution of Work Environments – AEC Business
Work environments are changing dramatically. In this video Eric Richert, Senior Advisor of Optimaze Inc., explains how we’ve moved from standardized industrial age offices to company towns and collaborative open platforms. The inevitable development is both a threat and an opportunity. We have already seen how old, inflexible office buildings are becoming obsolete and losing value. On the other hand,…
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4 Essentials for Maintaining Good Client Relations during Construction Work
If you are currently providing construction or contracting work on a commercial property, the business owners may be wary of intrusions of a construction crew and the interference of the work being carried out. Rather than having to field heated questions from business bosses, implement these techniques to ensure a smooth relationship. Provide Optional Back…