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Cost Reduction Strategies for Major Excavation Projects
Wielded properly, today’s tools boost construction efficiency and performance, while minimizing onsite challenges and risks—a solid foundation of savings for general contractors and developers.
By René Morkos
October 27, 2021
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by René Morkos
René Morkos is the founder and CEO of ALICE Technologies. The son of a civil engineer, René grew up in the construction industry, working on a wide range of projects with international impact managing infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, building an underwater pipeline in Beirut, engineering the automation of a gas refinery project in Abu Dhabi and leading development of virtual design and construction models for Amsterdam’s cruise ship terminal—before creating the world’s first Artificial Intelligence for use in construction.
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