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Lack of organizational readiness is biggest hurdle to artificial intelligence adoption

Managers of companies in the industrial sector, including construction, have bought the hype of artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, but their organizations are not ready to realize its promise, according to research from IFS, a global cloud enterprise software company. An IFS survey of 1,700 senior decision-makers found that 84% of executives anticipate massive organizational benefits from AI. 




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Smart Buildings | Aug 5, 2015

8 cities win Bloomberg's 'open data' award

The competition, called "What Works Cities," promotes innovation in city government by making the massive amounts of city operations data more publicly accessible to better improve issues like job creation, public health, and blight. 

Smart Buildings | Jul 27, 2015

Perkins+Will imagines new opportunity for Atlantic City

The architecture giant believes it has a solution that could put Atlantic City’s existing infrastructure to good use—by turning the Jersey Shore city into a research center for climate change and coastal resiliency.

Green | Jul 27, 2015

MUST SEE: Dutch company to test using plastic waste for road construction

KWS Infra is piloting a program to make roads from plastic garbage, including bags and bottles extracted from the ocean.

Smart Buildings | Jul 12, 2015

Office of Management and Budget asks agencies to consider climate change when budgeting for construction projects

For the first time, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to submit budget plans that consider the effects of climate change on construction and maintenance of federal facilities.

Smart Buildings | Jul 9, 2015

St. Petersburg Pier’s dramatic makeover gets green light from city officials

The Pier Park will be a platform for a multitude of smaller and more flexible programs and experiences for tourists and the local community.

BIM and Information Technology | Jul 1, 2015

World’s first fully 3D-printed office to be produced in Dubai

A 20-foot-tall printer will be needed for the project, spewing out construction material consisting of special reinforced concrete, fiber reinforced plastic, and glass fiber reinforced gypsum.

Smart Buildings | HDR | Jun 28, 2015

Why does an American city of 400,000 feel more compact than a European city of 2.4 million?

HDR’s Jim Thomson brings home some insights from a recent trip to Paris. 

BIM and Information Technology | Jun 23, 2015

A steel bridge in Amsterdam will be 3D printed

To complete the bridge, multi-axis industrial robots will be fitted with 3D printing tools and controlled using custom software that enables the robots to print metals, plastics, and combinations of materials.

Smart Buildings | Jun 16, 2015

Former Studebaker plant to become mixed-use tech hub in South Bend, Ind.

Once the nation’s fourth largest automobile manufacturer, employing as many as 23,000 people in South Bend, the Studebaker campus closed in 1963. 

Smart Buildings | Jun 15, 2015

NIST releases guide for community resilience planning

The guide lays out a six-step process that starts with the formation of a resilience team drawn from the community and culminates with the development and implementation of resilience strategies that are updated regularly. 

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