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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.

Feb 14, 2012

Angelo State University opens doors to new recreation center expansion

 

Designed by SmithGroup, the JJR_Center for Human Performance offers enhanced fitness options, dynamic gathering space.
Feb 14, 2012

SAIC selected for architectural and engineering design services at Lajes Field, Azores

SAIC’s services will include a broad variety of new construction projects and maintenance and repair projects

Feb 14, 2012

Skanska promotes Aparicio and hires Leintz in Southern California

Aparicio and Leintz are both based in Skanska’s Los Angeles office.

Feb 14, 2012

The Jackson Laboratory announces Gilbane Building Co. as program manager for Connecticut facility

Gilbane to manage program for new genomic medicine facility that will create 300 jobs in Connecticut.

Feb 14, 2012

Thornton Tomasetti names Al Hashimi vice president for its Middle East Operations

Al Hashimi is joining the company to help expand Thornton Tomasetti’s business in the region and support clients locally.

Feb 13, 2012

WHR Architects renovation of Morristown Memorial Hospital Simon Level 5 awarded LEED Gold

Located in the Simon Building, which serves as the main entrance leading into the Morristown Memorial Hospital campus, the project comprises three patient room wings connected by a centralized nursing station and elevator lobby.

Feb 13, 2012

Center for Sustainable Building Research launches CommercialWindows.org

Resource aims at reducing commercial operating costs and energy consumption.

Feb 13, 2012

New medical city unveiled in Abu Dhabi

SOM’s design for the 838-bed, three-million-square foot complex creates a new standard for medical care in the region.

Feb 10, 2012

Task force addresses questions regarding visually graded Southern Pine lumber

Answers address transition issues, how to obtain similar load-carrying capabilities, and why only some grades and sizes are affected at this time. 

Feb 10, 2012

Atlanta Housing Authority taps Johnson Controls to improve public housing efficiency

Energy-efficiency program to improve 13 senior residential care facilities and save nearly $18 million.

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