This month I will continue addressing what can be done to reverse the trend of building owners prematurely accepting projects as substantially complete. Although this practice may seem expeditious for ...

Experiences over the last two years have shown a spotlight on potential influences and weaknesses affecting substantial completion that have rarely been considered.” — E. Mitchell Swann, P.E., FCIBSE, ...

While improvements at the city’s wastewater treatment plant are crossing the finish line, improvements at the water treatment plant remain off-track.  During the city council’s Dec. 16 meeting ...

Sanford Dam’s substantial completion is now expected in January, not December, though the shift will not affect plans to ...

Construction on the dramatic $456 million expansion of downtown Milwaukee’s convention center continues its remarkably setback-free progress and is on track for substantial completion by late March.

In the past, and probably in this column years ago, I was a passionate proponent of making functional performance test execution a prerequisite for substantial completion. This seemed to be an obvious ...