MAY 2023CONSTRUCTIONBUSINESSREVIEW.COM9invested in BIM, it is not going to go anywhere anytime soon. Perhaps we could talk a little bit about how you typically operate in this space. Is there an approach that you employ to identify the right partnerships or solutions providers from the lot when you're looking to leverage technologies in this space?Yeah, regarding them, I think we do. Turner is a pretty big company. So, we've been around for a long time, and we're pretty risk adverse, so we do a lot of a lot of research. We communicate a lot about who we want to partner with in those types of spaces. And, it's usually kind of a trial period that we will roll out. When we brought Procore years ago, it was only a couple of projects here and there. Now, you know, Procore is used across the board with a lot of general contractors and design firms. So, I think, our strategy is to not jump in feet first to partner where we can with some of these technologies or platforms. We're just like anybody else, we've probably partnered with some and maybe it just wasn't the right team and right fit. But then, there are other ones that have been very successful and we're able to utilize those tools every day on our projects.Another aspect we'd want to talk a bit about is, if there's any interesting, or impactful projects or initiatives that you're currently overseeing. So, are there any thoughts you'd like to share on that?I wouldn't get into specific projects because we might have non disclosure agreements with some of them, so, I wouldn't want to bring up any specifics. But, in a broader overview, I will say that we do anticipate a lot of work in 2023, 2024 and beyond. So, as we're continuing to get out of the pandemic, and get away from the uncertainty, we feel like it'll bring confidence back into the market and it already has with some of the larger projects. We feel the office tenant improvement spaces will continue to move forward and figure out what each client wants to do as far as either consolidating some spaces or expanding spaces as needed to keep the employees more comfortable. So, I think those are two items that I think are out there that we see coming up and we're pretty excited about them. Technology is doing very well, there's a lot of support for the data centers and clean rooms and things like that, which we will continue to see here in the Silicon Valley. Currently, are you observing any common misconceptions when it comes to value engineering or BIM in the space? How would you advise your peers accordingly based on your experience?Yeah, I think some of the misconceptions for value engineering is, client might want to remove one item but not necessarily take into account the impact of another item that might be indirectly affected from the item being removed, so, there's always a give and take, and there's always a cost associated depending on where the design drawings are. If you are making a switch as a client or contractor, we want to make sure the end users are going to be happy with that switch. The benefit of getting it a little bit earlier might not benefit the end users at the end of the day as they had thought. So, just to say simply, I think having a whole look at the value engineering items as they progress and are introduced and what impacts would there be to the design and the end users should be considered every time. How do you see the evolution a few years down the line with regard to any particular disruptions and transformations within the broader civil engineering arena? Are there any thoughts that you'd like to share about your predictions? What would you expect in a broader context of civil engineering?I think value engineering is going to be here to stay. There's always going to be ideas and opportunity to improve costs, and function that would decrease costs or time as well. So, I do see it continuing to progress. We anticipate a lot of these data engineering efforts in pre-construction these days just because we were seeing it so much. So, some standard practices may be developed and considered to discuss value engineering, and constructability reviews. So, the plan would always to be for the client, architect and contractor and end user to be open to some value engineering efforts and changes and incorporating that into the early process would be helpful for the industry. Turner is a pretty big company. As a result of our extensive experience and risk aversion, we conduct a ton of research and we communicate a lot about who we want to partner with
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