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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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Oct 3, 2011

Cauceglia to lead Allsteel’s global accounts

Cauceglia is responsible for developing new global business strategies and expanding existing business within the Fortune 500 sector.

Sep 29, 2011

Kohler supports 2011 Solar Decathlon competition teams

Modular Architecture > In a quest to create the ultimate ‘green’ house, 20 collegiate teams compete in Washington D.C. Mall.

Sep 23, 2011

Curtainwall façade installation at Ohio State Cancer and Critical Care facility

A sophisticated curtainwall facade will be installed at the new OSU Cancer and Critical Care facility.

Sep 23, 2011

Smart windows installed at NREL

The self-tinting heat-activated filter allows solar heat into the building when it is desired, such as on a sunny winter day. 

Sep 23, 2011

Okanagan College sets sights on Living Buildings Challenge

The Living Building Challenge requires projects to meet a stringent list of qualifications, including net-zero energy and water consumption, and address critical environmental, social and economic factors. 

Sep 20, 2011

PPG, Pleotint to co-market environmentally adaptive glazing technology with low-e glass

 Laminated between two lites of glass, SRT interlayer may be used monolithically or within an insulating glass unit. 

Sep 14, 2011

Empire State Building achieves LEED Gold ?

The 2.85 million-sf building is celebrating its 80th anniversary while nearing completion of its renewal and repurposing to meet the needs of 21st Century businesses.

Sep 14, 2011

Thornton Tomasetti’s Poon named to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Board of Trustees

 

During his 30-plus years of experience, Poon has been responsible for the design and construction of super high-rise structures, mixed-used buildings, hotels, airports, arenas and residential buildings worldwide. 

Sep 12, 2011

LACCD’s $6 billion BIM connection

 

The Los Angeles Community College District requires every design-build team in its massive modernization program to use BIM, but what they do with their 3D data after construction is completed may be the most important change to business as usual.

Sep 12, 2011

Scan, Deconstruct, Rebuild

How laser scanning helped improve construction schedules, plans, and final designs for a major reconstruction project.

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