The Smithsonian’s Switch to Construction Manager-at-Risk Delivery

Women are vastly underrepresented in architecture, engineering and construction. Achieving gender diversity starts with acknowledging the AEC industry’s breadth of sexism.

For 30 years, McKissack & McKissack has helped reinvent the landscape of Washington, D.C. with its work on historic landmarks, K-12 schools and public works.

Completing new electricity substation projects on time and on budget is a challenge when new power transmission lines must cross under highways and waterways.

As COVID-19 puts the brakes on travel, construction management firms in the aviation industry face changing priorities as they build airport cities. Planning is key to maximizing recovery.

As students go back to school under COVID-19, construction management in k-12 school projects plays a critical role in lowering the risk for students, teachers and families.

Looking to the future keeps landmark construction on a historic path. McKissack’s landmark construction practice helps keeps public spaces true to the past and sustainable for the future.

Aviation program management and project controls are the nerve center of airport expansions. For two decades, McKissack’s aviation expertise has helped major U.S. airports get the job done on time and on budget.

In the AEC industry’s competitive job market, McKissack has found new ways to attract the best talent to join a unique organization with transformative projects.

Technologies that sustained architecture, engineering and construction management during the coronavirus crisis will make the AEC industry faster and more efficient in a COVID-19 recovery.

Project controls provide risk management expertise to clients, and their cost and scheduling discipline is the glue that holds the project together.

COVID-19 forces construction site safety innovation now and for the future. More stringent risk assessment procedures are keeping workers healthy.

Despite the COVID-19 crisis, most construction projects are going forward. McKissack sees 5 immediate and significant changes that will shape the future of design and construction management.

Written by McKissack's Stephen D. Lisse, PE, DC Clean Rivers (DCCR) Project Commercial Manager, this paper describes the step by step approach used in the DCCR Project to manage risk at different stages of the project (preliminary design, procurement and contract award, and construction/startup).

At O’Hare International Airport (ORD), tracking and reporting funding to the various profiles—Airport Improvement Program Grant, Passenger Facility Charges, and General Airport Revenue Bonds—and third-party financing was critical on a monthly basis.

At O’Hare International Airport (ORD), our project controls team identified and tracked potential risks from project conception through construction and helped negotiate solutions that supported the best interest of the airport.