This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders from BK Facility Consulting, cove.tool, and HMC Architects about:
• What two healthcare designers learned about the shortcomings—and happy surprises—of healthcare facilities in which they found themselves as patients.
• How AEC firms can use machine learning to optimize design, cost, and sustainability, and prioritize efficiency protocols.
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THE WEEKLY SHOW HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2021
BD+C's Group Director Tony Mancini runs down the highlights from this week's show.
SEGMENT #1
"Healthcare designer as patient"
Pam Maynard, a Design Principal with HMC Architects, and Bruce Knepper, a healthcare architect and President of BK Facility Consulting, discuss the shortcomings—and happy surprises—of the healthcare facilities in which they found themselves as patients. They talk about these experiences - and their advice for other healthcare designers—with Rob Cassidy, Executive Editor, BD+C.
SEGMENT #2
Machine learning and design, with Sandeep Ahuja of cove.tool
BD+C Senior Editor John Caulfield interviews Sandeep Ahuja, a sustainability expert and co-founder of Atlanta-based startup cove.tool, a machine-learning enabled app that helps AEC firms optimize design, cost, and sustainability, and prioritize efficiency protocols. Sandeep discusses the tool's benefits, as well as a new report on AEC Trends that her company just released.
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