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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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Nov 11, 2011

Streamline Design-build with BIM

How construction manager Barton Malow utilized BIM and design-build to deliver a quick turnaround for Georgia Tech’s new practice facility.

Nov 10, 2011

Grousbeck Center for Students & Technology opens doors

New Perkins School for the Blind Building is dedicated to innovation, interaction, and independence for students.

Nov 10, 2011

Thornton Tomasetti’s Joseph and Choi to co-chair the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Outrigger Design Working Group

Design guide will describe in detail the application of outriggers within the lateral load resisting systems of tall buildings, effects on building behavior and recommendations for design. 

Nov 9, 2011

Lincoln Center Pavilion wins national architecture and engineering award

The project team members include owner Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York; design architect and interior designer of the restaurant, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York; executive architect, FXFOWLE, New York; and architect and interior designer of the film center, Rockwell Group, New York; structural engineer Arup (AISC Member), New York; and general contractor Turner Construction Company (AISC Member), New York. 

Oct 27, 2011

ASSA Abloy, MAXXESS Systems announce U.S. Aperio integration

Aperio will integrate with MAXXESS's eAXxess  and Efusion Event Management Software packages.

Oct 25, 2011

Ritner Steel CEO elected to AISC Board

Freund will begin serving on the AISC board of directors, assisting with the organization's planning and leadership in the steel construction industry.

Oct 25, 2011

Commitment to green building practices pays off

The study, conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, built on a good indication of the potential for increased productivity and performance pilot research completed two years ago, with similarly impressive results.

Oct 24, 2011

BBS Architects & Engineers receives 2011 Sustainable Design Award from AIA Long Island Chapter

AIA LI also recognized BBS with the 2011 ARCHI Award Commendation for the St. Charles Resurrection Cemetery St. Charles Resurrection Cemetery Welcoming and Information Center in Farmingdale, NY.

Oct 24, 2011

Kolbe adds 3-D models of direct set windows to BIM library?

Beveled Direct Set SketchUp and Revit Models available.

Oct 20, 2011

Johnson Controls appoints Wojciechowski to lead real estate and facilities management business for Global Technology sector

Wojciechowski will be responsible for leading the continued growth of the technology vertical market, while building on the expertise the company has developed serving multinational technology companies. 

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