Author Archives: Carol Dunn
Sustainable Living Development: One River North in Denver
Upon first glance at the rendering, it looks like something’s gone amok with the high-rise. Then you realize it’s got trees and plants growing out of the enormous pronged “crack” ...
How Digital Innovation Helped Rebuild Sanibel Causeway
When Hurricane Ian roared through Florida in September 2021, the storm surge severely damaged a three-mile section of Sanibel Causeway, the highway portion of the bridge system that connects Sanibel ...
7 Sustainable Cities and the Construction Industry Behind Them
The news is full of examples of the ways advancements in sustainable construction materials and methods are being utilized in cities around the world. Following are 7 sustainable cities and ...
Using Vault Data Standard for Organizing Your Data
Having a company data standard allows administrators to customize dialogs that enforce a standardized workflow for entering Autodesk Vault data across the Vault Client, AutoCAD and Inventor applications. In the ...
How to Assess Embodied Carbon in Revit
A lot of attention on AEC industry sustainability has been heavily focused on operational carbon. For instance, Revit tools like Spacemaker and Analysis are focused on energy efficiency. Operational carbon ...
How to Speed Up Your Manufacturing Processes by 50%
When it comes to improving collaboration, companies are finding it important to be willing to adapt and take risks. To stay competitive, they need to be able to promote collaboration ...
How Safety Technology Can Also Improve Productivity
The investment construction companies make in safety technology is foremost about getting workers through every day as safely as possible. Now there is artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help them ...
Why the Future Will Require Buildings as Products
Opinions have been widely expressed that the construction industry doesn’t innovate from within very well. Because the cost of constructing built assets and infrastructure has increased faster than owners can ...
4 Things You Need for a More Efficient Prefab Shop
If you’re in the mechanical, electrical or plumbing (MEP) space and want to improve the operation of your prefabrication shop, you may need more than a full workforce or the ...
If You’re Working in Construction, You Might Be a “Fungi”
What’s something pizza and construction waste recycling have in common? Well, in light of sustainability developments, it might be mushrooms. An Australian company recently finished up a recycling pilot project ...
4 Ways A.I. Is at the Heart of Construction Progress
Companies in the construction industry have overwhelmingly been conservative in the adoption of technology. It’s not that owners and managers are averse to progress; it’s not that they wouldn’t like ...
7 Things You Can Do for a Competitive Business Advantage
If you’re a smartphone user, you understand the concept of apps. By itself, the phone fills needs that most people have, but maybe you need more. When you download and ...
