Tag: technology

December 5, 2017

The future is a scary place when you’re in a red hot industry such as solar construction, because there’s a lot of uncertainty about what’s going to happen next. You’re constantly wondering: Will this keep up? Will some new innovation […]

September 18, 2017

Northern California is known as a wine lover’s paradise. Vineyards stretch as far as the eye can see and history runs deep through every bottle. Established in 1933 by brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo, the E & J Gallo Winery […]

September 13, 2017

Offsite construction has been around for years, but interest in this construction method has grown rapidly in the past decade. Benefits of offsite construction include decreased costs compared to conventional construction methods, shortened project schedules, reduced waste and safer working […]

August 30, 2017

One critical factor in the proliferation of smart buildings is how security is handled. Connecting a building’s systems to the internet makes the structure and its occupants vulnerable to a new host of threats. A new Market Research report notes […]

August 28, 2017

WeWork has grown its digital competency through acquisitions — and it hasn’t had to go far to do so. In 2015, WeWork picked up BIM consultancy Case, a company it had already been working with to design and build out its tenant […]

August 28, 2017

FullStack was borne from assets of Forest City Ratner Companies’ FC Modular business unit. The Cleveland–based national developer sold the division to FullStack last fall after wrapping up construction on 461 Dean, a 32-story, 363-unit residential high-rise in Brooklyn, NY. […]

July 5, 2017

Building tall with structural wood is the aim of many research-minded project teams these days. But the building type is largely outside the scope of current building codes in the U.S., meaning each project requires ample — and often costly […]

July 5, 2017

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has hit the UK construction industry with full force since the government implemented the BIM Level 2 mandate as a minimum requirement within construction and design companies back in April 2016. This approach and transformation has […]

June 15, 2017

The investment from a traditional construction company signals that 3-D printing’s foothold in the industry continues to strengthen. While 3-D printing entire structures likely won’t become industry standard anytime soon, the technology offers the ability to quickly fabricate components and […]

June 5, 2017

Viewpoint, the established leader in providing construction ERP solutions, launched the next evolution of its hosted services with Viewpoint Enterprise Cloud (VEC) at the 2017 ENR Future Tech conference. Unique in the world of construction cloud solutions, VEC is built […]

June 1, 2017

The paper largely serves as a call to action for engineers to continue to press for resilient building design that considers both current and future climate conditions. In the U.S., members of the AEC community have voiced concern over the […]

May 25, 2017

The Better Buildings Initiative Progress Report comes as more individuals and organizations within the public and private sectors are searching for ways to improve energy efficiency. Earlier this month, U.S. mayors launched the new Mayors for 100% Clean Energy initiative […]

May 19, 2017

The most recent Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) collected new information about lighting control technologies and strategies in the United States in 2012. Compared with other investments in energy efficiency—such as upgrading heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems or replacing […]

May 19, 2017

Until recently, the words “modular construction” likely evoked images of boxy, utilitarian overflow classrooms, and “prefabricated” connoted an inevitable sacrifice in style. However, today’s offsite construction industry is an entirely different proposition. In the last few years, general contractors and […]

May 18, 2017

Parrot aims to compete with the dominating drone hardware company, DJI, which is based in Shenzhen, China. DJI’s Phantom line of quadcopter drones has boosted its share of the U.S. commercial drone market. Even with DJI’s strong grip on the market, […]

May 17, 2017

Following a saga of legal challenges and competition among potential host cities, filmmaker George Lucas earlier this year settled on Los Angeles as the home for his new museum, which will display his personal art collection and memorabilia from the […]

May 10, 2017

In South Boston’s busy Seaport District, a former wartime logistics hub has been given new life as a nurturing, collaborative home for 21st-century technology — all 1.4 million square feet of the place. Instead of fixing ships and storing goods, […]

April 27, 2017

Structures built with this system could be produced faster and less expensively than traditional construction methods allow, the researchers say. A building could also be completely customized to the needs of a particular site and the desires of its maker. […]

April 26, 2017

Despite being a newcomer to an active and growing market segment, Katerra has so far managed to pull in major investor interest. That is likely due in part to its executive chairman, Michael Marks, who previously served as the CEO […]

April 26, 2017

There’s no question that mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have made our lives easier. Mobile construction apps allow you to get instant access to project information in the field and communicate real-time data back to the office or […]