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The next normal in construction: How disruption is reshaping the world’s largest ecosystem

– The COVID-19 crisis looks set to accelerate an overdue transformation of the world’s largest ecosystem. We expect nine shifts to radically change the construction value chain, and offer a blueprint for the next normal ahead.
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Agile delivery of capital projects
– Industry leaders are using the agile approach to reimagine how capital projects are delivered.
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Collaborative contracting: Moving from pilot to scale-up
– Despite the early successes of collaborative-contract adopters, the industry remains hesitant. Five steps can help project owners... better envision the transition toward more collaborative approaches.
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Beyond taller walls: Meeting the resilience challenge of climate risk
– Climate change poses serious threats to infrastructure systems and the human lives that depend on them. It’s time for industry... players to begin building resilience.
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Walking the talk: Best practices for digital construction
– We are taking the advice we typically give our clients and applying it to our own construction project—and we’ll be... sharing the challenges and lessons as we go.

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CIB’s Michael Sabia on the future of investment in Canada infrastructure
– Attracting private capital to help finance infrastructure projects is more important than ever, according to Michael Sabia, chair... of the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
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Data to the rescue: Embodied carbon in buildings and the urgency of now
– Building companies seeking to make informed materials-procurement choices may confront data that are either lacking or too complex.... A precompetitive consortium has responded with a free, open-source tool that anyone can use to help fill in the gaps.
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Remodeling infrastructure financing: A Q&A with CDPQ Infra’s Macky Tall
– Montréal’s Réseau express métropolitain (REM), a new light-rail network currently under construction,... serves as a model for how investors can help build crucial infrastructure quickly and sustainably.

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The Next Normal – The future of the high-rise: Creating people-centric spaces
As the world becomes more urban, more people will live and work in high-rises. What will that mean for builders, real-estate companies,... and tenants? In this edition, The Next Normal explores the high-rise of 2030.
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Bridging infrastructure gaps: Has the world made progress?
– Despite increased spending and pockets of progress, infrastructure investment gaps remain.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute

Reinventing construction through a productivity revolution
– To transform the sector, action is needed in seven areas or through broader adoption of mass-production approaches.

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Will infrastructure bend or break under climate stress?
– Infrastructure is the backbone of the global economy, connecting people, enhancing quality of life, and promoting health and safety.... But climate change is revealing infrastructure vulnerabilities.
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Is your workplace ready for flexible work? A survey offers clues
– Flexible work can deliver both better employee engagement and real estate savings. Here’s how tenants and investors can... prepare.
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In the near term, commercial real estate may not hedge inflation
– Rising cap rates could erode CRE’s power to outperform amid inflation. Real estate players can still take steps to thrive.
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From start-up to scale-up: Accelerating growth in construction technology
– To achieve scale, founders, executives, and investors in construction technology need to eliminate the barriers to efficient growth.... Here’s how.
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The strategic era of procurement in construction
– As the industry transitions to sustainable construction, chief procurement officers will play key roles in helping companies decarbonize... and improve profitability.
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Building the office of the future
– JPMorgan Chase’s head of global real estate explains how and why the company is investing in tomorrow’s workplace.
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Six new imperatives for real estate players
– Higher inflation, higher interest rates, and other challenges mean that the real estate industry needs new paths to success.
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The circular cement value chain: Sustainable and profitable
– Concrete and cement circularity could allow industry to rein in costs and reduce emissions, adding untapped value to the built... environment.
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Rekindling US productivity for a new era
– Regaining historical rates of productivity growth would add $10 trillion to US GDP—a boost needed to confront workforce... shortages, debt, inflation, and the energy transition.
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Decarbonizing cement and concrete value chains: Takeaways from Davos
– How can the cement and concrete industry reach net-zero emissions by 2050? McKinsey hosted panelists at the World Economic Forum... Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos to offer their insights.
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The future of commodity trading
– A new normal of commodity trading will call for new types of traders.
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