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KC startup raises $5M for owners platform
Light bulbs that replace themselves? Sure. At least that’s one of the goals
for Site 1001, a startup that just raised millions in venture funds to
build out a new app that aims to help owners operate and maintain
increasingly complex ‘smart’ buildings.
4 Building Lessons from Hurricane Matthew
In the wake of the storm. Hurricane Matthew is just the latest example of
why public officials, planners, engineers, and builders are putting greater
emphasis on the importance of resilience building. Here, one researcher
offers lessons she hopes are getting through.
Autodesk opens builder workshop in Boston
VR and AR may be revolutionary, but sometimes you still have to feel
something before you can truly make it better. That’s the thinking behind
Autodesk’s new 70,000-sq-ft BUILD Space, opened last week in Boston to
robots and humans alike. Read on to learn more.
Surging construction jobs highest since ’08
In like a lamb, out like a lion. It took eight years, but after adding
23,000 jobs last month, U.S. construction employment is back to where it
was when the economy cratered before President Obama took office. Even as
hiring climbs, though, clouds are gathering.
Making history: Virtual museum now real
Born online in 2008, the $500M National Museum of African-American History
& Culture now has a home on the National Mall. But it has none of DC’s
signature marble, limestone, or colonnades. So how did the building team
still create such a good fit?
Green line: Skanska delivers on rail vision
‘Envision’ sustainability. For the first time, Greenbuild this year
featured a transit project among its success stories: the new light rail
line between L.A. and Santa Monica. Read why design-builder Skanska thinks
green infrastructure is here to stay.
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