Recent Posts by Corie Cheeseman

Executives at Swinerton rely on thousands of schedules to keep its $4 billion in projects on track. But when Michael Murphy, the firm’s corporate manager of project controls, looks at these resources, he doesn’t see schedules. “That's like a big shopping mall” full of data, he says. The company is using the Oracle Cloud and Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management. It's enabling Swinerton to turn up-to-date information from this data mall into custom...

E&C organizations generate a lot of data across multiple complex projects – from work practices and schedules to materials inventory and expenses. But as McKinsey has noted, companies are “data rich but insight poor.” Recognizing this challenge, leading organizations are working to harness their data effectively to make smarter business decisions and drive exceptional outcomes – and then replicate them over and over to maintain their competitive edge. Such initiatives took...

In Part I of this month's "Trailblazers" series, Dr. Atul Khanzode, technology and innovation leader at DPR Construction, discusses his company's approach to delivering predictable outcomes leveraging innovation technology in construction and engineering. In Part II, Atul speaks about three construction trends he feels can help strongly influence digital transformation in the industry. Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu, executive director, innovation officer at Oracle Construction and...

In this month's "Trailblazers" interview, we speak with Dr. Atul Khanzode, technology and innovation leader at DPR Construction. Atul talks with us about his professional background and his thoughts on where E&C innovation is heading. He also discusses how he fosters a culture of innovation at DPR and where he sees the biggest challenges for the industry, including the way projects are procured and teams are organized. Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu, executive director, innovation...

New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation’s manages about 600 capital projects each year with the admirable goal of keeping 30,000 acres of land and 5,000 properties safe and enjoyable for residents. But keeping citizens and elected officials informed about the status of a capital plan projected to reach $4.6 billion over the next ten years was becoming a challenge.  “We determined very quickly that [we needed] a public website to [present] data related to all of our...

How can property owners and developers increase efficiency, visibility, and control in subcontractor payment processes? Three executives representing the public sector, a real estate investment trust, and a nonprofit healthcare organization shared their insights during a panel discussion at the Oracle Industry Connect 2018 conference in New York City. Although each organization hails from a different industry sector, they’re all optimizing payment processes with the help of Ora...

It’s clear that engineering and construction is in a new era, with technology rapidly changing how companies design, plan, and execute projects. E&C spends an impressive $10 trillion on construction-related goods and services each year, and is “ripe for and capable of transformation.” Several intrepid innovators are helping to drive transformation in this evolving E&C landscape. We recently started a blog series exploring frontiers in construction and engineering, in which we...

In Part I of our interview with venture capitalist Jesse Devitte, co-founder, Building Ventures and Borealis Ventures, Jesse shared his professional history, the state of innovation in E&C, and the challenges the industry is facing. In Part II, Jesse continues his discussion with Oracle Construction and Engineering Innovation Officer Burcin Kaplanoglu, addressing emerging technologies that have either been adopted or are gaining traction in the industry as well as how...

In the blink of an eye, the digital construction revolution blazed through 2018. And the pace for new construction technology will only increase in the new year. As we look ahead to the events to come, we thought it would also be informative to look back at what topics garnered the most interest in 2018. Here, then, is a look back at our 10 most popular posts as we wrap up a year of remarkable digital transformation. Themes within our top 10 include: BIM, innovation,...