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7 Things We Learned @ the AEC Hackathon
BuiltWorlds hosted the first ever Chicago AEC Hackathon over the weekend.
With so many brilliant minds inside our West Loop offices, it was the
opportune time to take our brain to the gym. Here are seven things we
learned from the weekend that was.
IPD a Lean Crowd-Pleaser at BP Fire Station
Stringent design guidelines and tight construction controls for BP’s new
Emergency Services Building at its Whiting IN refinery posed intimidating
challenges. But thanks to integrated project delivery (IPD) and a
frictionless team effort, the $22.5-million project is now successfully in
the books.
Chicago atwitter in wake of 1st AEC Hackathon
Chicago’s first-ever AEC Hackathon took over BuiltWorlds this past weekend,
filling our space with creative engineers, architects, coders, hackers,
students and volunteers. Teammates eagerly reached across competitive silos
to collaborate on solving industry problems. Some took home prizes, but all
left energized and blessed with new friends.
Unpredictability and the Cost of Construction
Arcadis recently published its international construction costs report,
ranking 43 countries for their competitive prices.
AEC Hackathon Nears, Special Guests, Final Agenda Set
With Chicago’s first built environment coding competition now just
days away, BuiltWorlds and the nonprofit AEC Hackathon are pleased to
announce that both the former and current chief technology officers for the
City of Chicago, John Tolva and Brenna Berman,
Can modular construction solve NYC’s housing shortage?
Experts recently convened in NYC to tackle this question: Can modular
construction lower costs and utilize space efficiently enough to
‘solve housing’ in one of the world’s most crowded and expensive real
estate markets?
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