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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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Dec 10, 2011

10 Great Solutions

The editors of Building Design+Construction present 10 “Great Solutions” that highlight innovative technology and products that can be used to address some of the many problems Building Teams face in their day-to-day work. Readers are encouraged to submit entries for Great Solutions; if we use yours, you’ll receive a $25 gift certificate. Look for more Great Solutions in 2012 at: www.bdcnetwork.com/greatsolutions/2012.

Dec 10, 2011

Energy performance starts at the building envelope

Rainscreen system installed at the west building expansion of the University of Arizona’s Meinel Optical Sciences Center in Tucson, with its folded glass wall and copper-paneled, breathable cladding over precast concrete.

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 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.

Dec 8, 2011

HOK elevates the green office standard

Firm achieves LEED Platinum certification in New York office that overlooks Bryant Park.

Dec 7, 2011

Autodesk agrees to acquire Horizontal Systems

Acquisition extends and accelerates cloud-based BIM solutions for collaboration, data, and lifecycle management.

Dec 7, 2011

ICS Builders and BKSK Architects complete St. Hilda’s House in Manhattan

The facility's design highlights the inherent link between environmental consciousness and religious reverence.

Dec 6, 2011

Mortenson Construction completes Elk Wind Project in Iowa

By the end of 2011, Mortenson will have built 17 wind projects in the state generating a total of 1894 megawatts of renewable power.

Dec 6, 2011

New office building features largest solar panel system in New Orleans

Woodward Design+Build celebrates grand opening of new green headquarters in Central City.

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