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Analyst Briefings, News From Around the Network & Verified Member Contributor Posts

With news making headlines every day in the built world, Analyst Briefings, News From Network Members, and Expert Contributor Posts help keep member connected and up to date.

In addition to our own Analyst Briefings, our Verified Contributor Program empowers members to submit analysis in their fields of expertise, while our News from Around the Network pulls updates posted by member companies from their company pages to help keep the network connected.

A strategic approach to solving U.S. infrastructure inefficiencies

June 12, 2017

Contributor Ryen Tarbet talks about three big inefficiencies with today’s American infrastructure and proposes some strategic solutions.

Round up: Modular gets funded, tech acquisition and launches

June 9, 2017

Some of these companies might look familiar — we’re doing a little reminiscing with this week’s round up of news and announcements from members of the BuiltWorlds network. Want to be included? Send your press releases or story ideas to news@builtworlds.com. 1. FULL STACK MODULAR RAISES SERIES A Amidst ongoing […]

Clayco, Goettsch, CannonDesign join forces on Zurich HQ

June 8, 2017

Project Innovation Zurich NA Headquarters Inspired by his visit to Zurich Insurance Group’s new headquarters, Walker Thisted, BuiltWorlds producer and resident architect, talks to us about how the project originated and the design concepts and elements that were used in the final building. Many options were available to Zurich Insurance […]

Building NYC’s $20+ billion, 28-acre Hudson Yards

June 7, 2017

Walker Thisted, BuiltWorlds producer and resident architect, traveled to New York last month and took a look at Hudson Yards, the big redevelopment project on Manhattan’s west side. Here’s his take. In cities around the world, we’re seeing surface level infrastructure buried to accommodate the demand for increasingly dense urban […]

3 IoT technologies aimed at the AEC

June 6, 2017

Last month, Rob Risany, worldwide innovation executive for IBM Watson IoT, stopped by the BuiltWorlds at last month’s Data-Driven Design event and asked: “If I can ask Siri for directions, why can’t I walk up to a bulldozer and ask it how much life it has left on its treads?” Risany […]

Fifth Wall: Could this $212M real estate fund be the new norm?

June 5, 2017

Brendan Wallace and his partner Brad Greiwe have just announced Fifth Wall Ventures, the largest commercial real estate-focused venture fund to date (well, as far as we know). Among its investors are heavyweight players such as CBRE, Equity Residential, Hines, Host, Lennar, Lowe’s, Macerich, and Prologis. Following the official announcement, […]

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