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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.

Apr 30, 2012

Gilbane to manage retrofit of the Fraunhofer CSE R&B structure

Building is a first-of-its-kind research and demonstration building for sustainable technologies in Boston's Innovation District.

Apr 30, 2012

KBE Building completes renovation at the ConnCAT

The $1.2 million project consisted of a 16,000-sf interior renovation.

Apr 27, 2012

GreenExpo365.com to offer webinars on EPA’s WaterSense Program

Architects and builders interested in developing water-efficient buildings invited to attend free sessions featuring experts discussing water-efficient building practices.

Apr 27, 2012

APA launches wood design web portal for building and design pros

Design professionals who are members of APA’s Professional Associates are automatically enrolled in the APA Designers Circle program.

Apr 27, 2012

China Mobile selects Leo A Daly to design three buildings at its new HQ

LEO A DALY, in collaboration with Local Design Institute WDCE, wins competition to design Phase 2, Plot B, of Campus.

Apr 27, 2012

CSM Group names Comerford as senior project manager

Comerford’s responsibilities include directing and verifying contract compliance by the trade contractors to ensure the owner’s expectations are met in respect to a quality finished project.

Apr 27, 2012

Hampton Bays Middle School winner of the first National Green Ribbon Schools Program

School was the first LEED-certified public school in the state of New York.

Apr 26, 2012

USGBC announces inaugural Green Apple Day of Service

On Sept. 29, 2012, participants from all over the world will volunteer to make the schools and campuses in their communities healthier and more sustainable.

Apr 26, 2012

Gensler's Leiserowitz: Employs holistic philosophy to foster clients' creativity, comfort

Leiserowitz became regional managing principal in Chicago for San Francisco-based architecture and design giant Gensler a little more than a year ago.

Apr 26, 2012

Blackney Hayes Architects launches new engineering division

The new division, BHH Engineers, will be led by Mark Hershman, PE.

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