Construction
Rob McManamy
DEWALT shifts to solve jobsite WiFi woes

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.

DEWALT shifts to solve jobsite WiFi woes
Architecture + Design
Rob McManamy
Data-driven design propelling collaboration

"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.

Data-driven design propelling collaboration
Business
Rob McManamy
Hawaii, Vermont, RI see clean energy surge

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.

Hawaii, Vermont, RI see clean energy surge
Cities
Rob McManamy
Cities, data drive BW Summit conversations

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.

Cities, data drive BW Summit conversations
Architecture + Design
Rob McManamy
Obamas unveil Presidential Center design

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.   

Obamas unveil Presidential Center design

Australia

Solar wrap: Aussie tower aims to go off-grid

Solar wrap: Aussie tower aims to go off-grid

Developers down under have unveiled plans for a soaring 60-story apartment tower to be wrapped in more than 3,000 sq m of solar panels. The Sol Invictus Tower aims to be the nation's first to use a solar-based engineering scheme in its building frontage.

 

AECOM greenlights 2020 carbon cuts

AECOM greenlights 2020 carbon cuts

Green Giant: An $18-billion, multidisciplinary player has pledged to shrink its carbon footprint 20% by 2020. Home to many familiar industry names, the LA-based multinational with 100,000 employees now seems bent on leading a sustainable revolution. 

High hurdles: Olympic Village another Rio fiasco

High hurdles: Olympic Village another Rio fiasco

The 2016 Summer Games start tonight in Rio de Janeiro. But for many of the athletes, their first trials came when they tried to move into an “uninhabitable” Olympic Village. At press time, workers are still trying to fix and finish the massive P3 project.

Tired of waiting, Doherty calls BIM end run

Tired of waiting, Doherty calls BIM end run

Never one to shrink from a challenge, or tread lightly when 'bold' is an option, Smart Cities evangelist and AEC Hackathon founder Paul Doherty has started the BIM Company, a bold play to reclaim the promise and purpose of BIM as a tool.

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Lessons from Australia: Slaking a global thirst

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Lessons from Australia: Slaking a global thirst

The World Economic Forum considers water crises to be the biggest risk facing the planet today. And shortages threaten to get much worse. So, what to do? Engineering giant Arup recommends we learn from Australia.

C-Suite Corner: Q&A with Textura's Patrick Allin

C-Suite Corner: Q&A with Textura's Patrick Allin

BuiltWorlds recently had the opportunity to speak with the Chairman & CEO of Textura Corp., a 10­-year­-old, Deerfield, IL­-based provider of cloud­-based collaboration and productivity solutions. The company's phenomenal growth in the last few years is evidence that its paperless ethos is catching on.

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