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Mass Timber, Offsite Construction, and Other Sustainable Building Practices: Q&A with Swinerton’s Lisa Podesto
Lisa Podesto, the new director of mass timber and construction innovation at Swinerton, has long been enthralled by the opportunity mass timber presents for the built world. With over 15 years of experience with the material, Lisa’s journey into mass timber began at the intersection of her interests in sustainable design and innovative construction technologies.
Will AEC Disruption Follow Google’s Moonshot Approach? 10 Advances Likely to Change the Industry
In 2013, news emerged that Google X, the company’s secretive moonshot factory, had developed a technology called Genie to entirely disrupt the design and construction industry. Once completed and implemented, the platform would draw on vast storehouses of data to automate the process of developing a detailed, permit set building […]
Crossing the Startup Financing Chasm: Using FinTech Business Models to Scale CapEx-Heavy Startups
This is a sponsored message from Blackhorn Ventures. Many deserving start-ups in the core industrial sectors where Blackhorn invests get less attention because they are hardware-centered or project finance dependent and require significant non-dilutive capital beyond VC equity capital to fuel growth. In particular, costly hardware and large-scale project deployments are […]
To Scale, Climate Tech Companies and Funders Focus on Efficiency
Of the many buzzwords in environmental sustainability, resilience may be the most overused, but there’s good reason behind it. Resilience is about both the capacity to endure challenges (like flooding from once-in-a-century storms) as well as the elasticity to adapt to difficulty (like installing permeable concrete to absorb the runoff). […]
European Construction is Special—and Why You Should Care
This article was contributed as part of BuiltWorlds’ Verified Contributor Program. The construction industry showcases the ingenuity and innovation of societies, shaping the built environment that surrounds us. Beyond its iconic landmarks, European construction possesses some distinctive characteristics. In this article, we delve into the specificities of European construction firms, […]
Agile Alternatives for Construction Field Management Software Solutions
The successful completion of construction projects hinges on efficient coordination and precise management on jobsites. The emergence of field management software solutions has proven to be a critical step in the industry’s digital transformation efforts. Software solutions assist companies in collecting, capturing, and analyzing their data at every stage of […]
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