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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.

Oct 19, 2011

THOUGHT LEADER: Samuel S. Unger, RA, MCR, SLCR, MBA, is the Americas Real Estate Leader for Ernst & Young, LLP

Samuel S. Unger,  RA, MCR, SLCR, MBA, is the Americas Real Estate Leader for Ernst & Young, LLP, Atlanta. He also serves as president of the CoreNet Global Atlanta chapter. In addition to managing 6.8 million square feet of real estate in North and South America, his responsibilities include real estate strategy for area practices, management of external professional alliances, requirements definition, business case development and approval, real estate negotiation and lease development, and oversight of construction projects for the portfolio. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, an MLA and MArch from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Temple University.

Oct 19, 2011

Another drop for Architecture Billings Index

Positive conditions seen last month were more of an aberration.

Oct 19, 2011

System for installing grease duct enclosures achieves UL listing

 

Updated installation results in 33% space savings.

Oct 18, 2011

Michel Bruneau wins 2012 AISC T.R. Higgins Award

The AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award is presented annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and recognizes an outstanding lecturer and author whose technical paper(s) are considered an outstanding contribution to the engineering literature on fabricated structural steel. 

Oct 18, 2011

Dow Building Solutions invests in two research facilities to deliver data to building and construction industry

 

State-of-the-art monitoring system allows researchers to collect, analyze and process the performance of wall systems.

Oct 18, 2011

Architectural leaders join Gehry to form strategic alliance

Alliance dedicated to transforming the building industry through technology.

Oct 18, 2011

St. Martin’s Episcopal School expands facilities

 

Evergreen commences construction on environmentally sustainable campus expansion.

Rob Cassidy | Oct 17, 2011

What AEC professionals can learn from Winston Churchill

Recently, I gave a talk to some 75 architects under the title “Winston Churchill and You: Lessons…
Oct 17, 2011

Austin's newest urban apartment complex under construction

Complex sits on a four-acre waterfront site along Lady Bird Lake with spectacular city and lake views, and is slated to open spring 2013.

Oct 17, 2011

Aerialogics announces technology partnership with CertainTeed Corp.

 

CertainTeed to provide Aerialogics’ Aerial Measurement Services to its credentialed contractor base and utilize the technology in its Roofing Products Division.

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