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.
Reverse sprawl? Cities lure back suburban stars
From Boston and Seattle to Chicago, San Diego, and points in between, the
urban exodus that saw U.S. businesses and residents flee to suburbia in the
latter half of the 20th century is now at and end. (Thanks, millennials!)
John Gregerson reports.
After Asian Success, AEC Hackathon Returns to BuiltWorlds
After Asia’s first AEC Hackathon wraps up in Singapore, the BuiltWorlds
team prepares to host Chicago’s second weekend-long AEC hacking
competition.
Coworking Is Trending, But How Far Can It Go?
Today’s workplaces are changing. For entrepreneurs, freelancers and other
remote workers, traditional office spaces and cubicles aren’t part of the
equation — and working from home leaves a lot to be desired. So what’s the
new order of things? Enter shared workplaces.
76 yrs later, county reboots transportation plan
1940. Just think how much our world has changed since then. Global
population, alone, has more than tripled. Incredibly, since that year, the
nation’s second most populous county had not updated its long-range
transportation plan. Until now. Read on…
Missouri DOT testing solar-powered roadways
Follow the solar-paved road. Missouri motorists may soon have that option.
To kick off Year 2 of its Road to Tomorrow program, MoDOT will install
solar panels along historic Route 66 to see if they can generate energy,
melt snow, and even produce light.
Panama’s epic, wider path between the seas
Think the world is in decline? Depressed over intractable, global
conflicts, old and new? Well, then watch these joyous, jaw-dropping videos
from the opening of the new Panama Canal and marvel at the century of
progress upon which so many industries can now reflect.
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