Construction
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 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 ...
Design and Make: The Importance of Construction Collaboration in Antarctica
When the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) decided in 2017 to update its research facilities in Antarctica, the companies chosen to complete the work decided to collaborate on the project using ...
Reality Capture and 3D Modeling to Assess, Manage Aging Infrastructure
Lake Powell, held behind Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Arizona, has been in the news frequently in 2022 because of the effects of a 22-year drought on the dwindling supply ...
How to Look Smarter by Leveraging Your Data
The term “data intelligence” includes the analytical means and methods companies use to collect information they need to improve their business. Data intelligence helps companies answer questions and develop insights ...
Sustainability: 4 Energy-Saving Earth-Sheltered Houses
As explained in a Crux Home article, an earth sheltered house is a unique dwelling with a building envelope covered or partially covered by the ground. Using the earth’s mass ...
Recent Washington, DC Commercial Project Incorporated Mass Timber
In a nod to sustainability, a recent three-story vertical addition to the commercial office structure at 80 M Street SE in Washington, DC used mass timber in its construction. According ...
