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BW Summit 2017 hones in on enhanced field management
Yes, we’ve heard it before, and, until conditions improve, we’re likely to hear it again: construction is among the least innovative of industries, a point driven home by Tom Scarengello, chairman and CEO of structural engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, during his keynote address at BuiltWorlds Summit 2017, a gathering of […]
More Insights from Day Three of BW Summit 2017
The ideas didn’t stop at the end of day two. Here’s a few more inspiring and informative quotes from the panel speakers on day three of BuiltWorlds Summit 2017. VENTURE INVESTING “I don’t spend a ton of time thinking about the infrastructure of the built world beyond the data […]
Obamas unveil Presidential Center design
Just days after former First Lady Michelle Obama urged architects at the annual AIA Convention to remember the inner cities in their work, she and her husband, the 44th President of the United States, were in Chicago this week demonstrating exactly what she meant. “If we’re going to have cities, […]
Leading Insights from Day Two of BW Summit 2017
We’re deep into day two of BuiltWorlds Summit 2017, and we’ve already heard tons of key insights from thought leaders across a broad spectrum of industry disciplines. Last night, for instance, in his keynote, Stan Pepper, chairman and CEO of The Pepper Companies, spoke about how the different generations in […]
Five big benefits of data-driven design
People create data in everything they do. Sketching a building. Drilling a hole for piles. Placing a glass-pane window. Only recently has it been possible to capture that data in precise and vast measures. But what does one do with all that data? How can one use it to their […]
Q&A: Lon Grohs on the future of VR and V-Ray in AEC
Virtual reality was never going to look like The Lawnmower Man forever. As VR/AR use continues to grow, users are demanding clearer, crisper immersive environments, and they’re not likely to stop till the line between the virtual and real is seamless. This is where Chaos Group comes in. The digital […]
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