CannonDesign names Hilda Espinal as firm’s first CTO
Despite both technology and architecture being male-dominated, CannonDesign selects Hilda Espinal as the international design firm’s first Chief Technology Officer.
Paramount Decisions makes Choosing by Advantages simpler
The young company has created collaborative software that makes the Choosing by Advantages decision-making process—already popular with construction firms such as The Boldt Company and DPR Construction—easy and easier to explain to others.
BuroHappold, Flux launch free planning app
Real-time master planning. Two weeks ago in Singapore, engineering giant BuroHappold and data connector Flux excitedly unveiled the fruit of their partnership, a first-of-its-kind spatial analysis app that may soon find its way into every planner’s digital toolbox.
CEO Q&A: Scarangello passion is innovation
What is it about The Bronx and BW Summit keynotes? Last spring, Bronx NY native and famous big thinker Peter Diamandis wowed our crowd. Next month, Bronx-born Thornton Tomasetti CEO Tom Scarangello will tell us all about his own inspiring vision.
CBRE’s Kyle Kamin on changing 21st-century infrastructure
What’s changing? WiFi is a must, microgrids have yet to establish themselves — at least in Chicago — and ridesharing is emerging as a major disruptor, Kamin says.
Atlanta bridge fire, collapse sends warning
Even for a city historically linked to fire, the blaze that brought down a 350-ft-long stretch of I-85 in Atlanta last week was one for the ages. Now, every U.S. city is on notice to make sure it doesn’t happen to them. Here’s
what investigators know so far…
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