What’s Inside

2022 February

The Show Must Go On

It is with great optimism that we at AWCI are putting the final touches on our 2022 annual convention. Having not met since 2019, we are long overdue. Now we are getting itchy (in...

January 2022

Thank You!

As I did last year, I want to give my sincere thanks to the AWCI members who made time to share their opinions and expertise with the readers of AWCI’s Construction Dimensions in 2021...

2021 October

New Look

It is with a great deal of pride (and a warm, fuzzy feeling in my gut) that I excitedly present to you a “new and improved” AWCI’s Construction Dimensions. We have updated the look...

2021 August

Codes & Standards

AWCI member contractors know they are not designers, but they may be put in that role at some point during the construction process. So how much do they need to know about building codes...

2021 July

My Impressions

This month we introduce you to Shawn Burnum, AWCI’s new president. AWCI’s presidential terms began July 1, which is the start of our fiscal year, and Shawn was more than ready to go months ago....

2021 June

Face the Strange

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. (Turn and face the strange.)—David Bowie I have seen many changes in my lifetime, and perhaps one of the best and most valuable is seeing how the roles of women and people...

2021 May

What Goes Up …

AWCI’s April board of directors meeting made me smile. Yes, it was good to see everyone even if it was virtual, but it was also heartening to hear that most of our board members’ companies...

2021 April

It Sounds Like Sci-Fi, but Its Reality

Don’t let our first feature article intimidate you. Going way beyond BIM and prefabrication, it presents the efficient and time-saving use of computational design, parametric data and digital fabrication methods employed by an AWCI...

2021 March

You Win!

I fondly remember winning an award for my writing when I was in the sixth grade. I was especially honored because the competition involved my classmates as well as those in the seventh and eighth...