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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.

Dec 10, 2011

Turning Balconies Outside In

Operable glass balcony glazing systems provide solution to increase usable space in residential and commercial structures. 

Dec 10, 2011

BIM tools to make your project easier to manage

Two innovations—program manager Gafcon’s SharePoint360 project management platform and a new BIM “wall creator” add-on developed by ClarkDietrich Building Systems for use with the Revit BIM platform and construction consultant—show how fabricators and owner’s reps are stepping in to fill the gaps between construction and design that can typically be exposed by working with a 3D model.

Dec 9, 2011

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: MHTN Architects

Serving Utah for nearly eight decades.

Dec 9, 2011

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: HMC Architects

Fostering a tradition of collaboration.

Dec 9, 2011

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: Gensler

Developing talent on a global scale.

Dec 9, 2011

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: Chapman Construction/Design

Taking sustainable practices to heart.

Dec 9, 2011

BEST AEC FIRMS 2011: EYP Architecture & Engineering

Expertise-Driven Design: At EYP Architecture & Engineering, growing the business goes hand in hand with growing the firm’s people.

Tim Gregorski | Dec 8, 2011

Accsys now offers red alder as part of modified-wood product line

Accsys Technologies now offers the North American species red alder as part of its line of modified…
Dec 8, 2011

Keast & Hood Co. part of Statue of Liberty renovation team

Keast & Hood Co., is the structural engineer-of-record for the year-long $27.25 million renovation of the Statue of Liberty. 

Dec 8, 2011

HDR opens office in Shanghai

The office, located in the Chong Hing Finance Center in Shanghai’s busy Huangpu District, will support HDR’s design efforts throughout Asia. 

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