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.
This weekend, London will host the first-ever AEC Hackathon held outside the U.S. To set the stage, cofounder Paul Doherty here previews what the UK can expect. Now with a foothold in Europe, there may be no stopping our hacker pals!
Two dozen U.S. firms recently participated in the Smart Cities-Smart Growth U.S. Presidential Trade Mission to China led by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Our friend Paul Doherty was part of this group. Here's his report.
Due to the limits of modern digital architecture, Smart Cities expert Paul Doherty says we are now at the dawn of a new architecture, one that sits atop the current reliable substrate and takes its form from a new breed of bricks and mortar.
What's ahead this year? Archi-tech guru Paul Doherty predicts that the Internet of Things, digital fabrication, and real-time gaming environments for Smart Cities will lead the way.
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.
If Big, Infinite Data is a key for cities evolving into Smart Cities, then a question arises as to the hierarchy of data prioritization. In other words, where does a city start?
The design firm that harnesses the output of digital data to speed up its operations is going to outperform competitors, create new standards and be more successful.
AEC Hackathon co-founder Paul Doherty predicts that as our industry transitions from Tech 1.0 to Tech 2.0, the real power on projects will shift from traditional stakeholders like GCs and CMs to a new specialist: the construction information manager.