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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
The seemingly predictable, up-and-down world of elevators has thrown us a curveball. This month, ThyssenKrupp announced it will begin testing cordless elevators next year that can travel horizontally, as well. Stay tuned.
As urbanization drives demand for high-rises globally, making those buildings zero-carbon is one of the biggest challenges engineers face. Arup's Jimmy Tong says district energy systems with micro-grid schemes are the answer.
In a passage from his elegant memoir, structural engineering icon Charlie Thornton recounts his early days in practice, his first two projects, and how an elemental knowledge of computers gave his career a leg up in 1964.
Women make up 51% of the population, but less than 20% of engineers and architects. Thornton Tomasetti convened several prominent female leaders from our industry to discuss this issue and explore solutions for improving those numbers.
Most innovation sneaks up on us a little bit at a time. Eureka! moments are exceedingly rare and drastic change almost never happens overnight. By definition, evolution is a process, writes Arup's Malcolm Turpin.