At a time when it seems that more firms are chasing fewer projects, BergerABAM President and Chief Executive Officer Arnfinn (Arnie) Rusten wants to make sure his firm takes care of clients as never before.

By Chris Weatherford, design applications technician, Perkins+Will and Joseph Najera, submittals administrator, Environmental Systems Design The architecture and MEP engineering firms for Rush University Medical Center use project information management software to heal an ailing submittals management process.  

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Confused about integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM)? As little three letter acronyms and similar concepts, it is easy to use the terms interchangeably or believe one necessitates the other, but this isn’t the case!

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Firms in the architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting arena appear to be investing in design process-enabling technologies that will help them face the competition and take their offerings to the next level. According to a recent online survey held by ZweigWhite’s weekly management publication The Zweig Letter, 37.5 percent of respondents said their firms are primarily investing or have primarily invested recently in technologies such as 3D design software.

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) currently is undertaking the largest bridge replacement project in its history. The new Interstate 5 Willamette River Bridge will be a milestone for ODOT in many respects, most notably for its use of the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) procurement method — an ODOT first.

Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen, the CEO of Gafcon, Inc. (San Diego), arrived in the United States from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1979 with only what he describes as a “great education.” Less than 10 years later, in 1987, he was starting Gafcon, a 110-person firm that has become one of Southern California’s most respected construction consulting firms, and No. 71 in The Zweig Letter 2010 Hot Firm List. In this interview, Gaffen talks about avoiding becoming a commodity in a very complicated market and how a true desire to take charge over one’s destiny can help explain success.