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41 Great Solutions for architects, engineers, and contractors

AI ChatBots, ambient computing, floating MRIs, low-carbon cement, sunshine on demand, next-generation top-down construction. These and 35 other innovations make up our 2024 Great Solutions Report, which highlights fresh ideas and innovations from leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms.


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As cities grow ever more crowded, multifamily housing construction is more necessary than ever. Finding ways to compress housing into smaller spaces while still creating true homes calls for a complex blend of innovative design and engineering.

 

Multifamily Housing | Oct 11, 2017

A 267-unit multifamily community is under construction in Summerville, S.C.

Summer Wind will be about half an hour outside of Charleston, S.C., in the rapidly expanding Summerville submarket.

Multifamily Housing | Oct 9, 2017

6 new products for the multifamily construction market

Bamboo wall panels, an adaptable prep sink, and a two-tiered bike parking system are among the product innovations geared for multifamily buildings.

Multifamily Housing | Sep 27, 2017

Pickleball, anyone?

Two-and-a-half million Americans are playing the game with the funny name.

Mixed-Use | Sep 25, 2017

One of L.A.’s most sought-after neighborhoods receives a new mixed-use development

The new development will feature 166 units and 9,000 sf of ground-floor retail.

Mixed-Use | Sep 21, 2017

Entire living rooms become balconies in a new Lower East Side mixed-used development

NanaWall panels add a unique dimension to condos at 60 Orchard Street in New York City.

Giants 400 | Sep 20, 2017

Bubble? What bubble?: Apartment and condo construction simply can't keep up with demand

Since the current multifamily boom took off in 2010, most activity has focused on large urban areas.

Multifamily Housing | Sep 20, 2017

New housing development rises from a historic textile mill’s ashes

Loft Five50 will add 137 housing units to Lawrence, Mass.

Multifamily Housing | Sep 19, 2017

Top 90 multifamily construction firms

Lendlease, Suffolk Construction, and Clark Group top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest multifamily sector contractor and construction management firms, as reported in the 2017 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Sep 18, 2017

Top 40 multifamily engineering firms

WSP, AECOM, and Thronton Tomasetti top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest multifamily sector engineering and EA firms, as reported in the 2017 Giants 300 Report.

Multifamily Housing | Sep 15, 2017

Hurricane Harvey damaged fewer apartments in greater Houston than estimated

As of Sept. 14, 166 properties reported damage to 8,956 units, about 1.4% of the total supply of apartments, according to ApartmentData.com.

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