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.
Design Duel: Obama Center Contests Eye Finish
Democratizing architecture? What better place to start than with a U.S.
Presidential Library? This spring in Chicago, while the official contest
nears a winner, here is an update on our own fun and surprisingly popular
crowd-sourced alternative.
IIT Design: What Touring the World Taught Us
After months of fact-finding visits to the far-flung trenches of the global
maker movement, IIT’s Institute of Design is back home this week, hosting a
World Strategy Tour Conference to share lessons learned from Hong Kong,
Mumbai, Detroit, and San Francisco.
Using Technology to Reduce Risk on Construction Projects
There are physical and financial risks on any jobsite, and they can be
exacerbated by lack of communication or simply not having the most recent
project documents on hand. Document management technologies could be the
solution.
Got Bacon? AIA Members Seek Tech in Philly
This week, architects from all over the world are descending on
Philadelphia, where the late urban planner Edmund Bacon’s two sons will
entertain as attendees learn new technologies that will help them transform
tomorrow’s cities.
Infrastructure Weak? Yes, So Let’s Spend Wisely
As if we hadn’t heard, ASCE has issued yet another report chronicling how
deficient U.S. infrastructure is. But this national Infrastructure Week,
just back from NYC, our own Rob McManamy fears some big public spending may
be sending the wrong message.
Northwestern Engineers Approach Concrete 3D Printer Demo
And down the home stretch they come! Our favorite Wildcats from
Northwestern Univeristy Mechanical Engineering capstone class ME398 are
running short on time, but fortunately their project’s progress is rapidly
moving forward.
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