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EDITOR‘S NOTE
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he era of smart home devices has dawned upon us. The advancement of technology has come a long way, from its first use in the military to the integration of smart gadgets in our very own homes. And with each year, we are taken a step closer to a fully automated home system.
Smart Products With the convenience and security these products offer, it is no longer surprising that smart products are starting to take over our once traditional homes. Our voices now act as a switch, capable of turning on and off the devices at our disposal. It was once a science fiction idea which is not being utilized in all sections of the industry.
Smartphones Smartphones are also starting to be integrated into the equation. This can be of great use and convenience, especially if, in the future, you can control your cookware from virtually anywhere with just a tap on your smartphones.
Artificial Intelligence The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also an excellent game changer. While AI is particularly at its infan4
Home Automation Technology cy, it is making a significant impact on home automation, specifically in the security sector. It is predicted to be used in plenty of applications, such as face recognition and threat detection. As AI continuously becomes sophisticated, we will no longer need to manually control our home devices as they will automatically adjust to our needs and preferences.
Wireless Technology The advancement of wireless technology has opened up to a wide array of opportunities for controlling virtually anything, from light bulbs to home entertainment. The range of smart devices in the market continues to grow
up to today. It will only be a matter of time before this intelligent home consciousness is spread across the globe. By then, we will be living in a world of smart lights, smart carbon monoxide detectors, and even smart cities.
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10 How to Choose the Right Paint and Color for Your Home
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Advantages of Installing Multi Variable DC Inverter VRF System in PH Buildings
18 Latest Technologies in Home Automation
34 Will you give your unwanted items a ‘second life’
38 Phinge Introduces Phriendle and Piccial, the first Rewards-Based, Interchangeable Social Media Platforms to Compete with Facebook and Instagram
42 Chinese Consumers Live on ‘Super Apps’ Thanks To In-App Payment System
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Yanmar Completes Acquisition of North American Loader Manufacturer ASV Holdings
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How to Choose the Right Paint and Color for Your Home Building your dream house is not an easy task; painting your dream house is a whole different story. The color of both your exterior and interior walls says a lot about the vibes of your entire house. But while it is easy to look at the broad array of color options in the hardware store, picking the best ones to fit your house might not be as easy. Whether it’s your first time or your second, the paint job is not always a piece of cake. But you need not worry about that anymore. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you in decorating (or redecorating) your home.
Pick your room color starting from the largest and most centrally located room. The biggest part of the house is always a great place to start imagining what your color palette would look like. It can be either your living room or kitchen. A soft, neutral hue for this room, like the colors of Rain or Shine’s ROS Classic, will make the color selection a lot easier for you. From there, it should be easy to move on to the next spaces in the house.
Create a palette with colors of the same hue. Once you’ve settled on the color of your main room, all you need to do now is to select the shades of the same hue for your walls and adjacent rooms. This will make the building of your palette easier and faster. Simply move on the next shade of that particular color and you’re done! The advantage of this trick is that you’re sure that the final colors of the rooms will blend well together.
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Separate the downstairs and upstairs rooms. When you’re working on two or three-story houses, it is best to work on the colors of both levels separately. Feel free to create one mood or theme for the downstairs space and another mood for the upstairs space. This will create a diversified vibe in your home and will not make it look monotonous.
Use neutral colors for connecting spaces. Halls and landings are best painted with neutral colors such as white, greige, or beige. This will put the highlights in the colors of the room and not on the blank spaces in between. However, if you chose the mentioned colors for your rooms, then the connecting spaces should be painted with hues that are about a shade or two darker from the colors of your room. Whether you’re looking forward to finally adorning your new home with inspirational colors or just simply want to redecorate your house and conceal ugly cracks and spaces, Rain or Shine Paint is ready to serve all your painting needs. Select from a wide variety of colors of the ROS Classic or the ROS Hi-Gloss for your interior paint. For your exterior walls, you can count on ROS Dirt Shield and ROS Hydro Lock to keep your walls free from leaks and cracks and prolong the exterior beauty of your house.
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hen the air conditioning system in the office is faulty, you must decide between investing in a replacement or spending for another costly repair. Whether these units have been performing poorly from the get-go or are nearing the end of their lives, these air conditioning systems, at their current state, cannot efficiently serve their purposes in the Philippines’ urban environment any longer. That being said, a Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) air cooling and conditioning system is one of the must haves in cooling the places the average, ordinary, everyday working Filipinos frequent. Compared to traditional HVAC systems composed of a large central unit pumping out air to a whole new space, VRF system installations are gaining traction to urban locations. And, if one thing is for certain, there are countless business districts and high-rise buildings all around the metro just waiting to be cooled by a more efficient air conditioning system. This urban setting is perfect for the more efficient TMV5 is a new generation of multi-VRF systems, integrating central air conditioning. Having a TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system in the facility, whether it’s the most peaceful resort or the busiest casino in the metro, has a handful of advantages. These advantages can be surmised to overall operational efficiency, which is important for the facility visitors’ comfort and the least harmful to the wallet. While efficiency and cost effectiveness alone is enough to attract any facility owner, here are 5 detailed reasons why the TOSOT TMV-5 VRF is a crystal clear front-runner compared to other HVAC systems for the Philippine urban setting.
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1. It does not interrupt the comfort of others A VRF system’s compressor unit is able to identify the requirements of each area and expel the exact amount of refrigerant needed to cool that room or area. The precision of these systems stamps out awkward cold spots, hot spots, and corrects off humidity issues. The TOSOT TMV-5 VRF steps it up by using an All DC inverter technology to improve compression efficiency
2. It is as silent as a breeze Instead of having one large, noisy central unit, the TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system is a quiet outdoor and indoor unit. They are much smaller and generate less sound. Since a VRF’s louder condensers are located outside the building, these contraptions operate silently, ensuring a quiet environment for visitors and workers alike.
3. It is energy efficient With up to 22 HP in a single outdoor unit and the ability to connect a maximum of 80 sets indoor units per system, you can cool more rooms at a lesser cost with the TMV-5. The system is also able to intercept heat and, as part of the cooling process, channel this heat to other locations in the building, which may need heating. This cyclical process is another indication of the VRF’s cost-effectiveness.
facility owners would be happy to know that these VRF systems are small-space friendly and have a beautiful, near seamless design. It will blend with the environment, operating effectively while staying invisible to the public eye. And, if you needs to move, this system also travels lightly. You can say goodbye to large maintenance room, service shafts, distribution pips, and water pumps. Lacking these results in an overall easier installation experience and a cleaner look. Still in the theme of cleanliness, The TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system also has an eco-friendly R410a refrigerant, lessening your carbon footprint while making you comfortable.
5. It talks to you Everything utilizes smart technology nowadays, so it should come as no surprise that even air conditioning and cooling systems are jumping on that technological trend. TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system boasts ease of use and a smooth user experience with technologies such as nonpolar CAN technology to improve communication efficiency and season setting and key card control functions for added security. These features allow users a less cluttered, less complex experience with the VRF system. It is like talking to the system itself.
So, whether you own a little coffee shop in one of the nooks and crannies of urban Manila, or looking over the rest of the world from atop a corporate building floor, you can rest easier knowing the 4. It is clean, compact, and takes little space cold breeze you are feeling right now is thanks to a TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system somewhere in the building. In response to the many minimalists and Marie Kondos who praise a clean, decluttered design, 15
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Some years ago, controlling your home with just the sound of your voice seems like an idea straight out of a sci-fi movie. But today, the smart technology market has grown to new heights, and by 2022, it will be at an all-time high of $53.45 billion according to Zion Market Research. Modern homes are now integrating smart devices like Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Alexa into their systems. These smart home gadgets
provide you with the convenience you need, on top of making sure your home is saving energy and cost and keeping out intruders. Although the integration of these devices is considered to be new, the amount of these devices coming out in the market is increasing by the minute. Here are some of the top favorites to date.
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Smart Security Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen to be of a massive impact on automating threat detection and alerting homeowners of any disturbance and abnormalities in the home. While it is yet to be integrated into the modern security cameras, today’s cams are just as flexible and intuitive. The Arlo Q security camera tops the list of the best smart cameras in the market. With its 22
1080p camera, it can capture high-quality video, both during the day and night. Its motion detection feature serves as an added security to capture live feed of real-time motion in the home. It also comes with free video storage for one week. Another top placer in the market is the August Smart Lock Pro that should go hand-in-hand with smart security cameras. It features easy installation and works with current technologies, such as Alexa, Z-Wave, Google Assistant, and Nest, to
name a few. It will let you know whether your door is ajar, although it lacks alarm features. While security cameras are on top of the line when it comes to securing the home, the Nest Hello doubles that security with a video doorbell camera. Its face recognition feature proves to be of significant use, especially if you want to keep strangers out of the house. It continuously records video in a 1600x1200 resolution, and it can easily be integrated with Google Assistant.
Smart Appliances The market today is focusing on making appliances smarter, not only for convenience but to also take more of the workload than what is expected of the homeowner. It is predicted that soon enough, there will be a fully functional platform where smart home devices can be interoperable. Among the best appliances in the market today includes the Ecobee, a smart thermostat aimed at keeping your home’s temperature as comfortable as possible. Ecobee can be fully integrated with Alexa, and now has built-in speakers for your Spotify needs. It comes with improved remote sensors with better range and longer battery life. Another impressive installation in the home is the Philips Hue 23
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The smart technology market has grown to new heights, and by 2022, it will be at an alltime high of $53.45 billion according to Zion Market Research.
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White A19 Starter Kit, a set of two bulbs and a hub for interconnectivity. This smart light bulbs can be connected to a wide array of other intelligent home systems, some of which are Apple HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Home. Although colors cannot be changed, it can be dimmed at your bidding and can be set to flash in time with your Mac or Windows PC’s music. Using a smart plug in a smart home makes perfect sense, and that is where the Koogeek 2-in-1 Smart Plug comes in. It comes with two plugs, both of which are remotely controllable and can be scheduled independently. You can set the plugs to turn on and off based on the connected smart devices and environment conditions.
Smart Kitchen Gadgets The integration of smart kitchen gadgets in our home is now becoming more commonplace, from asking Alexa how much time is left on a device to allowing smart crockpots to cook by themselves. Among the top competitors in the market is the Anova Precision Cooker Nano, a sous-vide machine which can cook your food to the exact temperature just with a hot water bath. It comes in a small size, so it doesn’t take up much of your kitchen space. It can be controlled via an app, which also happens to come with a wide variety of recipes as well. -end31
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Will you give your unwanted items a ‘second life’?
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ooking around, do you have any items sitting idle and unused for a long time? Smaller items such as makeup, an iPad, a pair of trainers or larger items such as a desk, a wardrobe or even a car? These may seem like unnecessary items to be put aside by you, but they could be just what someone else needs -- and that person may be your next-door neighbor, or somewhere far away. The second-hand trade, a kind of transaction which is both traditional and modern, is now very popular among young Chinese people. However, the scene has shifted from an offline flea market to an online app platform. Statistics show that, by the end of 2017, the volume of China’s second-hand goods trade had reached 500 billion yuan (about $71 billion), and is growing at an annual rate of more than 30%, most of which is from online transactions. The second-hand economy has enjoyed a mature development in the West. But in China, many people still prefer to own new items, and this habit makes them resistant to buying second-hand. However, people’s views change with changing times and the development of the Chinese economy. As living standards improve, consumption increases, 34
and so too does the number of idle items. Items such as cars and mobile phones have gradually changed from luxury products to daily necessities. Nowadays, cars are just a common means of transport, so a second-hand car with a moderate price and quality is a very cost-effective and smart choice, and it won’t make people feel embarrassed. From a social perspective in China, the idea of environmental protection and public welfare has found its way deep into people’s hearts. Many sell second-hand goods not only to make money, but also to avoid waste. This allows unwanted items to go to the needy, giving them
a “second life.” While buying and selling second-hand goods, people can experience the joy of haggling, sharing and engaging with buyers. Some even find it fun and rewarding to participate as a social event. Chen Weiye, the founder of Xianyu (Idle Fish), a well-known online trading platform for second-hand goods in China, said that the huge value created by Xianyu comes from the reuse of social resources as well as environmental protection and social progress.
has promoted the development of China’s shared economy. As a kind of shared economy, the second-hand economy will no doubt develop by drawing on earlier experiences and lessons, analyzing and solving the problems through technological and ideological innovation. In this way, more and more people will be confident to participate in the practice, which will allow them new ways to consume goods.
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Phinge Introduces Phriendle and Piccial, the first Rewards-Based, Interchangeable Social Media Platforms to Compete with Facebook and Instagram
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hinge announces the introduction of Phriendle and Piccial, the first social media sites to be launched on the world’s first rewards-based OS and platforms. In addition to earning rewards, these sites will offer unique and user-friendly features. Users will be able to switch between multiple Phinge apps with a simple side scroll and combine their storyline from multiple Phinge social media apps with a simple tap of a button. For improved efficiency, when combined, they may be filtered, sorted, and displayed by time and date, subject, friend name, media type and more. Social media use consumes increasing amounts of people’s time each day. Phinge believes users should have the option to spend less time on social media while enhancing and not limiting their experience. Why is this not possible on today’s major social media applications and platforms? Currently the industry’s social media companies make the majority of their revenue from advertisements targeting their users, and they benefit financially by keeping users engaged for longer lengths of time and exposing them to more ads. 38
Users cannot view their timelines and use the platforms without scrolling through the endless advertising clutter. In contrast, Phinge’s business model will be consumerfriendly. Phinge will partner with its users through its platforms and share its revenue. For example, Phriendle and Piccial will be the first and only social media platforms to reward their users when they post, like and share videos, pictures, comments and more on their social media accounts. Phinge and its platform users will earn rewards every time another
Phinge or platform user responds to those interactions by purchasing products or services mentioned or promoted by other users’ social media activities. Those earned rewards can then be spent by Phinge users the same as cash at any of Phinge’s network of participating online and brick-and-mortar merchants and businesses. In the future Phinge will be launching more unique social media platforms to compete with Twitter, Pinterest, Yelp, LinkedIn and more.
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Chinese Consumers Live on ‘Super Apps’ Thanks To In-App Payment System WeChat remains China’s king of social media with its 94% adoption rate towering over second-place Tencent QQ, which got 70% China’s ‘super apps’ enable a variety of capabilities from third-party service providers within a single app including ride-hailing, ordering food delivery, messaging and mobile payments. Many of these services started primarily as mobile payments platforms which is why WeChat Pay and Alipay are currently the two largest apps in China, boasting a 90% and 94% usage rate by adult internet users, respectively, with 86% reporting that they use both, according to results from a survey by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Among other mobile payments users, 45% of survey respondents indicated that they use UnionPay’s mobile payment system, with 43% of all respondents saying that they use both UnionPay and WeChat Pay, and 44% saying that they use both UnionPay and Alipay. “WeChat Pay, Alipay and UnionPay dominated China’s mobile payments industry, with 43% of our survey takers reporting using all three providers,” said Julber Osio, Research Associate for Kagan at S&P Global Market Intelligence. “In most emerging markets in Asia, including China, people access the internet primarily
through their mobile phones. This “mobile-first” culture meant that app developers had to find a way to capture a variety of services in the simplest way possible.” The 2019 China Online Consumer Survey includes over 10,000 data points based on feedback received from 1,000 online adults in China on mobile operator providers, mobile payment providers, video subscription services, device usage, device activities, attitudes towards new technology, social media and e-commerce platforms and basic demographics.
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Yanmar Completes Acquisition of North American Loader Manufacturer ASV Holdings
Yanmar has acquired 100% of ASV’s outstanding shares of common stock for total consideration of $70.70 Million, or $7.05 per share. ASV’s independent dealer network throughout North America, Australia, and New Zealand will join Yanmar’s existing global construction equipment operations. The company also sells OEM equipment and aftermarket parts, and owns and operates a 238,000 square-foot production facility in Grand Rapids, MN. “We expect ASV to realize significant, channel and product synergies after joining the Yanmar Group,” stated Mr. Giuliano Parodi, Executive Officer of Yanmar Holdings. 46
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James Fisher Offshore increases Middle East decommissioning activities with major offshore jacket removal project in Saudi Arabia. Innovative cutting solution deployed is capable of delivering time-saving efficiencies
James Fisher Offshore (JFO), a global provider of specialist offshore engineering solutions, has increased its oil and gas decommissioning activities in the Middle East with a new offshore platform jacket removal project in Saudi Arabia. The work will utilise its pioneering cutting solution which is capable of delivering significant time-saving efficiencies. This extensive project, which requires two full spreads of advanced abrasive cutting equipment to be mobilised in
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support of a leading regional contractor’s jacket removal programme, secures JFO’s integral role in this critical scope of work well into 2020. A regional supplier of ultra-high-pressure abrasive internal cutting solutions, JFO’s innovation has been well received – this new project comes in quick succession from a wave of recent regional scopes, with JFO continuing to broaden its decommissioning activities in the Middle East.
Offering enhanced accuracy and severing capabilities as well as proven time, cost and resource savings, the JFO system delivers benefits across subsea cutting scopes from piles and jackets, to well casings and well heads. Exceeding customer expectations during the initial regional deployment, JFO’s system adds value to customers’ decommission projects through speed, accuracy and reliability, supporting cost and time reductions.
Jack Davidson, managing director, JFO comments; “As a key market for JFO, the appetite for our solutions in the Middle East region is very encouraging. There is a clear recognition of our experience, track record and innovation in delivering measurable efficiencies for some of the region’s most notable decommissioning projects.
We are looking forward to adding both breadth and depth to these burgeoning regional relationships and continuing to demonstrate our growing decommissioning capabilities.” With the recent successful completion of multiple regional decommissioning scopes, this new project further validates JFO’s methodology and unique combination of experience and innovation - delivering tangible benefits to the global decommissioning sector.
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Rockwell Automation Expands Its Threat Detection Services Globally Cybersecurity services powered by Claroty protect supply chains from unknown threats and provide operational benefits
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threat detection platform. Rockwell Automation recently expanded the services globally to help more companies combat the unknown nature of today’s rapidly evolving industrial cybersecurity threats. “A scary aspect of security threats is what you don’t know about them – what techniques they’ll use, what attack vector they’ll leverage, what vulnerabilities they’ll exploit,” said Umair
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“The Claroty platform, used within the Threat Detection Services, can accelerate a company’s journey to more connected and digitally driven operations,” said Amir Zilberstein, co-founder and CEO, Claroty. “Most critically, the platform can help companies detect and quickly respond to threats that bypass their security controls. But it can also give companies a deeper understanding of their industrial
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The topic of the management and sustainable exploitation of wastewater, at urban and industrial level, has a high profile at Ecomondo (5-8 November, Rimini Expo Centre, Italy), the Italian Exhibition Group’s platform for the circular and green economy in Italy and Europe. With the Global Water Expo section, and thanks to the partnership with Utilitalia, Ecomondo provides a showcase for the innovation every stage of the integrated water service and wastewater cycle. The central role of Ecomondo in this context, on
the other hand, is borne out by an important event held in September precisely in Italy: The 3rd edition of the Resource Recovery Conference (www.iwarr2019. org) of the IWA (International Water Association), of which IEG expo was a partner: it is the major international summit on this matter, which brings together hundreds of world experts intending to implement projects of circular economy in the water sector. At Ecomondo, the expo section of Global Water Expo is constantly growing (two halls - D1 and D2 - are reserved for it at the 2019 edition), while a panel of very high profile scientific meetings, prepared by Professor Francesco Fatone (Marches Polytechnic University), responsible for the “water” area on the Ecomondo Technical-Scientific Committee, will ensure opportunities for in-depth networking on all the major topics connected with the water sector: from the combination of water and agriculture, to that of water and health, from the integrated management of wastewater and urban waste in cities (water and the city), to issues of governance and regulations. A focus will also be dedicated to digital solutions (water 4.0), with a view to improving efficiency, planning and management for better economic and environmental sustainability.
HORIZON 2020 EUROPEAN INNOVATION ACTION At this edition of Global Water Expo it will be again be possible to obtain close-up knowledge of the evolution of the innovation projects in the water sector co-financed by the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 action. As well as the conclusive results of the Smart Plant project which, in large-scale pilot plants, has validated for over two years, the possibilities of the recovery and reuse of cellulose, biopolymers and nutrients from wastewater and purification sludge, Ecomondo 2019 will enable attendees to know the characteristics and steps of the innovative Hydrousa project, which has the objective of responding to the problems of water shortage, typical of the Mediterranean islands in the summer tourist period, by means of innovative nature-based solutions: recovery of wastewater, collection of rainwater, low-cost desalination of seawater, replenishing ground-water
water and collecting air humidity. Innovative solutions that will be tested on three Greek islands (Lesvos, Mykonos and Tinos), while other areas of the Mediterranean (including the Tuscan archipelago) will be involved for the repeatability of the concept. New solutions for the reuse of purified wastewater in the Mediterranean basin are also at the centre of the European project Fit4rReuse. All innovative projects that combine research and applicability, and which in the context of Ecomondo will be covered in depth on Tuesday 5th November during the meeting entitled Water reuse in agriculture, sustainable irrigation and nature managed water cycle in the new European framework. The European project Digital Water City (DWC) aims at finding digital solutions for the optimization of urban water services and will be presented at Ecomondo on Thursday 7th November in the context of
the conference on Water and sanitation safety plans, organized in collaboration with the Superior Health Institute and Utilitalia. Professor Fatone explains, ”Digital technology can be of great use for efficient management of services and water resources, but also for properly planning investments and contributing to safeguarding the population’s health by means of smart systems and early warning experts.” The Digital Water City project involves five European cities: Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Sofia and, for Italy, Milan. On the other hand, the issue of legislation on matters of sustainable sludge management and valorization in wastewater treatment is the topic of the meeting being held on Thursday 7th November entitled Barriers and solutions for sustainable sludge management and valorization in wastewater treatment.
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ecoming a project engineer goes hand in hand with being a good project manager.
Engineers help build structures through accurate technical reading. Project managers facilitate the design-buildoperation process by managing people. What makes the two so distinct yet very similar? Their purpose— which is to put their individual strengths toward project completion. Managing the tech-
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nical and people side of the business isn’t a skill honed overnight; a project engineer jumps through many hoops to assimilate a strong culture of caring into tight bottom lines. Project management in engineering is a growing discipline where engineers apply project management techniques to better manage their role on site. Responsible for product design, engineers prepare detailed sketched and engi-
neering reports after reviewing drawings built by architects to ensure compliance with code and client specifications. Enormous technical detail and support go into materializing the final design, which creates an equally big room for errors if consistency and accuracy are affected. The bid-to-win ratio of construction contracts has diminished over the past two decades, where in the prefinancial crisis era more projects would be up for auction to a select few contractors in lo-
cal areas. Today, the sheer growth in construction activity has also generated a parallel growth in the number of contractors, except now those that are digitally inclined bring more business due to the cost and time saved in managing bids vis-à-vis manual processes. The reality can be improved by turning a fresh leaf in the way project engineers approach contracts. For aspiring engineers looking to join large construction firms as project engineers, mapping out your career doesn’t have to be daunting. Procore informs of the many aspects of project engineering to help you make a well-informed decision. In its essence, good project engineering draws from a good education as an essential first step. If you’re at the crossroads of choosing to study further, reading this might ease your decision-making process. Alternatively, those at the crossroads of applying for project engineer jobs often get stumped creating resumes; this post could inspire you to build a compelling application. Still hanging on to discover tricks to win more construction contracts? We might be onto something.
Project Management for Engineers How Construction Project Engineers Communicate PEs work with multiple teams for months until the end of a project. Communication about daily project events helps them collaborate even under
pressure—something that young PEs easily give in to before weighing their options to get to an agreeable solution. Construction projects are volatile and that brings ambiguity even to the most thoroughly-planned project items. The superintendent and PE are in close quarters which can lead to as much efficiency as anxiety for PEs to prove themselves on the job. When things don’t go according to plan, PEs can take on more than is reasonably manageable without raising queries, since they may view themselves as seeming incompetent if they raised difficult questions.
perceived interests of the project stakeholders. Hence, it’s always advisable to raise issues when they arise to ensure that everyone involved has enough bandwidth to arrive at a fair solution. Stabilized communication increases your chance to convey what’s deliverable to a client, resulting in greater accuracy in bid proposals which in turn is likely to improve your winning odds.
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rivals. If you’re on strong terms with your customers, you can glean valuable insights from their past engagements with contractors to prepare and price your projects accordingly. Many times, bidding at the lowest price isn’t feasible while coming in at a higher price point isn’t entirely risky since you must be on the same page with the client about the value your resources and expertise will deliver. Avoid speculating on what your client wants. Instead, actively work with them to form a proposal that appears to hit their targets. For instance, you can include a list of past projects showing how you surpassed the schedule and result expectations through pictures of similar proj-
ects. Draft a phased schedule of delivery to help your client think about how you intend to complete the project. Aim to include appealing added services to your proposal that prove you can reach your completion date with no pending work and all obligations met.
Onboard a Construction Estimating Software Using software is yet to become a universal SOP; however, a construction estimating tool is effective to centralize bid information and define workflows to control costs and schedule. Should your company find value in a digital solution, here’s a comprehensive guide on construction project manage-
ment software to move to the next level. Construction bidding software is widely integrated into project management software to cover a variety of activities across project phases. It automates costing jobs and comes with a range of integrations and product support that smoothens tasks from creating drawings to billing clients. Being a smart data management tool, it regularly notifies users of price fluctuations in the market, labour costs, material supplies, and offers a plethora of bidding resources that come in handy wherever you are in the construction bidding process. The database adapts to the method you use to cost jobs while updating with the incoming market and industry
trends. This minimizes errors and risks and gives contractors, engineers, owners, and clients the confidence to visualize the project to completion.
Lean Construction for Higher Bid Wins The most viable approach to greater bid wins is to have the lowest possible costs and the most efficient field project management process. Field teams must adopt lean and productive approaches to executing on project design requirements with zero downtime, lags, quality slip-ups, and errors. With everyone managed according to lean construction parameters, your jobsite will function as was laid
out during the planning phase. Here are some tactics to help you imbibe lean construction project management: • Present a realistic proposal • Onboard digital solutions and show their application • Offer specialized services • Offer a complete package of trained staff and value-added engineering services • Provide proof of being well-financed alongside permits and liability coverage • Give a walkthrough of a schedule to show faster project completion • Develop a partnership and promise to do whatever it takes to account for what you’ve proposed
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How Engineering Can Keep In-Person Casinos Alive The world we live in today is one that’s moving constantly toward new innovations and greater tech dependency. We’ve seen the rise of services that allow you to place orders for meals and groceries, experienced ride sharing’s transition from horror story to everyday utility, and watched as streaming services took over television. It’s not the first thing we think about as we consider these changes, but in all of these instances physical venues and product stand to suffer as a result of innovation. And when we think of things this way, another industry comes to mind as one that’s approaching a crossroads of sorts in its ongoing digital revolution. Internet-based casinos have become so sophisticated, and so widely available, that it’s become fair to wonder if in-person alternatives can continue to survive. That’s an open question, but thinking of it from a creative engineering standpoint, there’s more than a glimmer of hope for these traditional commercial venues.
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The Expansion of Online Casinos Online casinos are nothing new, but they do seem to have grown both in number and audience as of late. And while this seems in an overarching way to be a sort of natural evolution resulting from better software on gaming platforms (in some cases it really is that simple), there would appear to be a few more specific explanations for what we might call the second rise of online gambling. For one thing, the best games on the internet are easier to find than ever before. Fifteen or 20 years ago, finding the best online gambling opportunity meant testing out different poker sites - essentially to find the one that was least annoying. Now, it’s as simple as going to one of a handful of trusted, aggregator platforms hosting wellreviewed games from top genre developers. Furthermore, these same platforms and games can now be accessed easily via mobile, putting the best online casino games in history right in people’s pockets. There’s also the legal side of things to consider, and this is actually where we’re seeing the most evidence that the surge in online casino popularity could continue in the coming years. Specifically, new online casinos in the U.S. are beginning to expose the American market to the industry. It’s going to take state-by-state legislating to make the games legal to play with real money, but the first steps have been taken, and tens of millions of U.S. gamers could add significant revenue and attention to the market. It’s these developments that seem to be at least opening the door for physical, in-person casinos to see a decline in popularity. But as alluded to above, this is where creative designers and engineers can come into play.
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How Casinos Can Survive Casinos have long attracted crowds of people all over the planet, for a number of different reasons: bright, exciting visuals, a positively charged atmosphere on location, and of course, the dream of earning boatloads of cash. But with online gambling opportunities improving so rapidly, some of those attractions are becoming decidedly less special. Exciting visuals? These are easily replicated by modern casino gaming graphics, if not improved upon. The chance to risk and win real money? This is, if anything, more convenient online, and with more options at hand. This doesn’t mean people won’t continue to enjoy in-person casino floors, but it does mean casinos that want to continue thriving may have to emphasize other aspects of their appeal. And the things not even the best of the best online platforms can compete with are atmosphere and physical impact. To some extent we’re already seeing casinos acting on this. There does appear to be more emphasis being placed on live attractions, from shows to restaurants run by celebrity chefs. And some of the newer casinos in places like Las Vegas are clearly built with beauty and luxury as the first priorities, and gaming merely a feature. These trends, subtle though they may be, are likely to continue, and the thinking here is that they can be enhanced significantly by bold and exciting engineering projects. To explain this idea, look back at a previous post you may have seen here regarding Dubai’s push to attract more tourists. The famously
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innovative city is constructing the world’s largest ferris wheel, adding yet another engineering marvel to an impressive list that’s been amassed over a relatively short time period. Now think about this in the context of attractions like The Venetian Macau’s artificial canal network, or the miniature New York City at the New York, New York in Las Vegas, or even the sky-scraping infinity pool at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. All of these are effectively engineering and design achievements that have come to define casinos already, and in some cases entire towns! This, given all of the digital takeover potential described above, is what casino owners and operators will need to be thinking about in the next five, 10, or 15 years. Just another casino resort - even a beautiful and luxurious one with a massive gaming floor - is unlikely to offer much specifics appeal to the modern gamer who’s used to digital convenience and sees nothing special in an in-person slot machine or poker table. However, what if a new Vegas establishment hired an engineering team to beat out Dubai’s new ferris wheel? What if a major European city challenged the highest skyscraper in its country with a new casino resort? What if a country built an artificial island incorporating ferry service to a faux-tropical casino venue? These features and attractions can still make an impact that online gaming can’t match. It’s for this reason that we might expect a significant push toward innovative and daring engineering in this particular space.
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