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.
New manual outlines how owners can optimize BIM
Owners can—and should—optimize BIM, the National Institute of Building
Science says, and its new manual points out steps they can take during
every project phase, including post-occupancy.
Surprising surge in AEC investor confidence
When the Dow Jones topped 20,000 this week, it only confirmed what many in
the AEC sector were already seeing: bullish optimism. Here, Brick & Mortar
Ventures’ Curtis Rodgers and others explain how that is helping to fund
even more next-gen technology.
Hightower and VTS merger marks major leap for CRE
The $300 million deal demonstrates wider adoption of high technology in a
sector that has been slow to embrace it.
INFOGRAPHIC: AEC tech investments soar
Disruption comes in many forms, and in this industry, investments are
accelerating all of them. Here, Lendlease’s Burcin Kaplanoglu offers an
exclusive snapshot of the last two years in AEC tech funding and how that
has fueled a continuing tech revolution.
BREAKING: EquipmentShare secures $26M
Airbnb for construction equipment? That simple concept has continued to
catch on among margin-wary contractors who are increasingly turning to each
other to rent heavy rigs. Impressed VC firms are now betting big on that
trend to really take off.
Investment Week Q&A: Brian Lowry on Caterpillar Ventures
Lowry hopped over from the engineering side of Caterpillar, and now he’s
the transaction manager for Caterpillar Ventures. He sat down recently for
a conversation about the investment group’s strategies as part of a larger
corporate entity.
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