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

smart cities

Virginia to build $500M 'smart city in-a-box'

Virginia to build $500M 'smart city in-a-box'

Get Smart: Some 30 miles NW of DC, a high-powered team of designers, developers, builders and technologists is forming to create a $500-million, 2.5-million-sq-ft, 'Smart City In-a-Box' platform they expect will be transferrable all over the world.

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8 steps to a brilliant, Connected city

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8 steps to a brilliant, Connected city

Cities have never been more important, nor the competition between them more intense. Those positioned to excel through this time of global change are pursuing broad, integrated strategies. AECOM's Stephen Engblom looks at eight. 

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Smart City solutions for urgent global challenges

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Smart City solutions for urgent global challenges

Smart Cities are emerging as a civic reaction to a gathering 'perfect storm': the convergence of market conditions, technology innovation, social wants, government needs, and the largest mass migration of humans to urban habitats in world history.

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Design for Sharing: New take on age-old sustainable practice

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Design for Sharing: New take on age-old sustainable practice

Dr. Colin Harrison, the engineer behind IBM's Smarter Cities initiative, here previews an upcoming Sustainable Society Network event in London that will focus on sharing in unprecedented ways.

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