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The Exodus of Women in the Facility Management Workforce
This paper shows that women in facility management are present in the workforce but are much less represented in senior leadership roles, even though their education levels and pay are comparable to or higher than men’s. For practitioners, the main takeaway is that organizations should look beyond compensation and focus on promotion pathways, retention practices, mentorship, succession planning, and workplace culture to better support women’s advancement in FM.
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Enhancing Project Scheduling with AI Driven Analysis: A Case Study on Helipad Construction
This case study shows how AI can help project teams improve schedule quality in Primavera P6 by finding logic gaps, unrealistic durations, missing links, and other common planning errors. The approach uses an Excel export of the schedule for AI-assisted checks and recommendations, improving confidence in the schedule for project control and decision-making.
Where Do Preconstruction Schedules Go Off Track? An Evidence-Informed Industry Commentary
Preconstruction schedules most often go off track in eight recurring domains, including vendor information and equipment, permitting and regulatory pathways, utilities and power availability, site due diligence, workforce capacity, owner planning discipline, community engagement, and contracting strategy timing. This commentary provides early warning signals and practical controls teams can implement to reduce preconstruction variance, based on interviews and a targeted practitioner survey triangulated with literature.
Togal.AI vs On-Screen Takeoff: A Comparative Analysis of Time Efficiency and Accuracy
Using Togal.AI delivered about 70% time savings for common takeoff tasks while keeping accuracy within ~5% compared to On-Screen Takeoff, with the biggest discrepancies showing up in smaller quantities. The paper emphasizes that AI improves productivity when paired with human review and manual adjustments, rather than replacing professional judgment.
Independent Cost Estimation (ICE) in Public and Private Project Delivery: Definitions, Statutory Frameworks, and Delivery-Method Comparisons
Independent Cost Estimation is an important oversight tool for negotiated delivery methods (Design-Build, CM@R/CMGC, Progressive Design-Build) because owners cannot rely on bid competition alone to validate price. It is recommended to engage a qualified independent estimator early, set clear rules for information sharing and reconciliation, and use the ICE to make transparent budget and risk-allocation decisions without slowing collaboration or innovation.
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