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New $1.4B Falcons Stadium will soar on sustainability
Atlanta’s Falcons are already on vacation, but construction crews are
working through the winter on the team’s new home, on track to make it the
first-ever LEED platinum-certified football stadium when it opens in 2017.
Connectivity, BIM conquer complexity with collaboration
Could we be moving into a world where project partners are selected on
capability rather than price? Arup’s experience at UCSF’s Mission Bay
Hospital suggests that tantalizing possibility. Yes, welcome to the Big
Room.
Trimble, Clayco among those cleared for drone takeoff by FAA
In a significant move by the FAA, four U.S. firms have been cleared for
commercial drone use, two of them from the built environment. All
indications suggest many more are to come.
Bridging tech divide to bring safe access to remote villages
Bridges to Prosperity’s work in Rwanda has served as a proving ground for
the fusion of simplicity + technology, with the aim of eliminating poverty
wherever isolation is to blame. B2P alum Andrew Seelaus reports.
Youth, not just gender, will shape our tech future
Gender isn’t the only factor when it comes to the evolution of tech
leadership. When BW reached out to three industry experts for their
thoughts on the gender issue, they all brought up age.
‘BIG DATA’ draws crowd, blows minds, feeds buzz
Reflecting on last week’s successful joint program here, the Chicago
Architecture Foundation (CAF) and BuiltWorlds could hardly have been more
pleased with the SRO turnout and content-rich environment created by ‘The
BIG Idea: Experience Data’.
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