Project practices have been affected (improved) by the evolution of scalable project information solutions. more »
The NIST Study released a few years ago documented the cost associated with a lack of interoperability in the engineering-construction industries at more than $15B annually. more »
he human side of engineering has come to the forefront in the past few years due to the large increase in project work with an associated demand on personnel, the aging of the expert class in engineering which is rapidly headed toward retirement, and the global trends of outsourcing and/or work sharing. more »
It is common knowledge that the level of capital spending in most major plant-oriented markets is at record levels. more »
Having just attended the DaratechPLANT 2008 conference, there are ample examples of how, as an industry, we continue to wrestle with the issue of interoperability between automation systems and plant phases. more »
For a number of years, I have had the pleasure of observing the successes and challenges in applying information to the capital projects and operations world on the last page of each Insight magazine (unless you are mystery book reader, whereby you read from the back forward). more »