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Great Solutions

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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Engineers

Engineering goes hand-in-hand with design, putting a practical lens on the architect’s vision and finding the best way to make it happen. Without a talented engineer, the project will never reach completion, and certainly will not reach the standards of functionality and sustainability that the architect and client are seeking.

May 14, 2012

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture design Seoul’s Dancing Dragons

Supertall two-tower complex located in Seoul’s Yongsan International Business District.

May 14, 2012

SMPS and Deltek announce alliance

A/E/C industry leaders partner to advance technology’s role in design firm marketing and business development.

May 14, 2012

ArchiCAD e-Specs integration unveiled

Architects, engineers and construction professionals use InterSpec’s e-SPECS products on thousands of projects annually to maintain synchronization between construction models, drawings, and project specifications.

May 11, 2012

2012 White Paper: High-Performance Reconstructed Buildings: The 99% Solution

Download the complete White Paper, Chapters 1-10

May 11, 2012

Chapter 10 Action Plan: 18 Recommendations for Advancing Sustainability in Reconstructed Buildings

We offer the following recommendations in the hope that they will help step up the pace of high-performance building reconstruction in the U.S. and Canada. We consulted many experts for advice, but these recommendations are solely the responsibility of the editors of Building Design+Construction. We welcome your comments. Please send them to Robert Cassidy, Editorial Director: rcassidy@sgcmail.com.

May 11, 2012

Chapter 9 The Key to Commissioning That Works? It Never Stops

Why commissioning for existing and renovated buildings needs to be continuous to be effective.

May 11, 2012

Chapter 8 High-Performance Reconstruction and Historic Preservation: Conflict and Opportunity

What historic preservationists and energy-performance advocates can learn from each other.

May 11, 2012

VFA to acquire Altus Group's Capital Planning division

Strategic move strengthens VFA's facilities capital planning market osition in North America.

May 11, 2012

Betz promoted to senior vice president for McCarthy’s San Diego Office

He will oversee client relations, estimating, office operations and personnel as well as integration of the company’s scheduling, safety and contracts departments.

May 11, 2012

CRSI appoints Brace chairman

Stevens also elected to board of directors and vice-chair.

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