We love seeing the companies we've featured and worked with in the past (even since 2014!) roll out new updates and exciting news. Here's this week's community news round up.

BuiltWorlds' resident architect walks us through the site selection process, the players involved, and what went into the unique design of Zurich Insurance Group's new North American headquarters.

Walker Thisted, BuiltWorlds producer and resident architect, traveled to New York City last month and took a look at Hudson Yards, the big redevelopment project on Manhattan's west side.

There's a lot of buzz around "Internet of Things." Where are we seeing it in practice in AEC technology today? Here are three examples.

BuiltWorlds recently chatted with Fifth Wall Ventures, the largest commercial real estate-focused venture fund to date, who can name industry heavyweights as investors. Here's why we shouldn't be surprised to see more big venture funds in the built world in the very near future.

IrisVR's new multi-user collaboration software lets stakeholders in different locations "gather" in the same virtual environment, allowing them to tour and discuss project spaces during audio-guided walkthroughs. 

We're capping off this week with another round up of news and announcements from members of the BuiltWorlds network. This week: PlanGrid, Procore, DEWALT, Caterpillar, CBRE, Mortenson Construction

Yesterday, DEWALT, accompanied by Procore, announced their new WiFi Mesh, which promises to increase wireless connectivity on the jobsite. We talked to two DEWALT executives about the new product — here's what they had to say.

As parametric modeling and computational design head towards the industry standard for developing responsible, and beautiful, buildings, see what some of the industry leaders have to say on how the technology is being used now and could be in the future. 

"Data-driven design" suggests an impersonal, robotic process that replaces human creativity with cold numbers. But at our latest BuildIdeas Breakfast, we learned from IBM Watson and Detroit Mercy Hospital that it can mean greater customer satisfaction.

A year after announcing plans to construct a city within in a city in Chicago's South Loop, Related Midwest begins to home in on potential uses to bring the mammoth project to fruition, with offices retail, multi-family housing, hotels, cultural venues, green space and a riverwalk figuring into the mix.

Last month at the AIA Convention in Orlando, manufacturers came out in droves to push their building products and finishes on the expo floor. Here are Architizer's top picks from among the tech offerings for BIM modeling, collaborating, and documenting.

To cap off each week, we'll be rounding up news and announcements from members of the BuiltWorlds network. This week, see what Ozinga, Lithko, Triax Technologies, AECOM, and SoloInsight are up to.

Estimating Market Manager Walter Davis explains how 5D BIM is speeding up the work of estimators, why it still hasn't caught on entirely, and how Sage's own software addresses some of the pain points associated with it.

BuiltWorlds' own Walker Thisted recently traveled to New York City, where he caught up with Roger Krulak, founder and CEO of Full Stack Modular, whom we first saw at the BuiltWorlds CEO Tech Forum back in 2016. We catch up with him to see what he's up to.

Want to decrease financial risk? BuiltWorlds contributor, Nate Budde, suggests to increase stakeholder visibility on your projects. Having access to this information, he says, will help solve these issues. Is it time for the industry to change its mindset?

New Cities founder Peter Ellis asks: How might the Hyperloop radically transform public transport as we know it?

Electrochromic systems intuitively alter the hue of exterior windows based on conditions ranging from astronomical data, building orientation, latitude and longitude – even meteorological forecasts. Systems reduce heat gain and glare, maintain crystal-clear views, all while accruing significant energy savings over a reasonable payback period. 

Despite wavering venture investment, the clean energy market is still growing from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Here, the annual Clean Energy Trust Challenge gives us a welcome opportunity to check in on multiple, vibrant efforts to implement power innovation.

Enterprise tech company FotoIN gave BuiltWorlds the exclusive story on some recent, exciting news -- their visual documentation and data capturing system received a United States patent! Find out what this means for the company, their users, and others in the industry.

Cofounder and CEO Walter Davis describes his company's software as "Slack meets Google Earth," with job-site data gathered from both aerial imaging and smart phones and sensors on the ground.

As the data center construction market is projected to grow to nearly $75 billion in the next four years, we explore what makes data center construction unique, trends in the industry, and the likelihood of keeping up with the exponentially increasing demand for these systems. 

If cities will yield the richest data upon which tomorrow's most consequential decisions will be based, then it is no surprise they were a recurring topic at last week's BuiltWorlds Summit. To see some of the actionable insights that were shared, read on.

Innovations in drone, wearable, sensor, and machine-learning technologies are helping workers cultivate smarter data and create smarter approaches to issues ranging from safety to quality to productivity. 

We collected more of the top soundbites from day three of BW Summit 2017. Click through for comments from thought leaders at Moderne Ventures, MetaProp NYC, Buro Happold, and more.

Just days after the former First Lady urged architects not to neglect inner cities, she and her husband came home to Chicago this week to reveal their vision for a $500-million community hub that they hope will reinvigorate a long-struggling community.   

Our heads are filling up with all sorts of new ideas here on day two of BW Summit 2017. Check out this roundup of thought-provoking soundbites from just a few of the speakers sitting on our panels.

We create data in every part of the build process, and the ability to capture and analyze that data has only increased over the years. Now, professionals across the AEC tackle the issues of What do I do with all this data? How can I use it to benefit me? Well, if you're a designer, here are some big benefits for you.

The chief commercial officer of Chaos Group, maker of the V-Ray software that produces photo-realistic renderings for film, virtual reality, and architectural models, discusses how VR/AR will expand further into the AEC space in the near future and how his firm's product will develop with the trend.