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Smart Cities: AT&T pushes holistic approach

Smart Cities: AT&T pushes holistic approach

As Smart Cities Week takes center stage in Washington DC, AT&T Smart Cities guru Michael Zeto here opines on the promise and progress of Big Data to help municipalities develop comprehensive strategies for maintaining and improving their infrastructure.

5 Best Practices of Top-Performing Owners

5 Best Practices of Top-Performing Owners

What makes certain construction owners perform better than others in managing complex projects on a tight timeframe. In this report, Dodge Data & Analytics and e-Builder talked to 174 owners nationwide to reverse engineer their winning formulas. 

IoT: Connected world faces benefits, threats

IoT: Connected world faces benefits, threats

The 'Internet of Things'. By now, it's a term we have all heard, but what does it really mean? And what does it mean for business? Technologist Burcin Kaplanoglu takes a deep dive into the mind-boggling promise and personal privacy concerns of Big Data.

Making 'little plans' on Burnham's big day

Making 'little plans' on Burnham's big day

Master planner Daniel Burnham turns 170 this Sunday. Now, as Chicago catches its breath in the wake of two big design decisions from George Lucas and Barack Obama, the late architect behind the Burnham Plan drops by BuiltWorlds for a surprise visit.

76 yrs later, county reboots transportation plan

76 yrs later, county reboots transportation plan

1940. Just think how much our world has changed since then. Global population, alone, has more than tripled. Incredibly, since that year, the nation's second most populous county had not updated its long-range transportation plan. Until now. Read on...

4 Tips from Flux's Emerging Architects Jury

4 Tips from Flux's Emerging Architects Jury

We all know cities are growing exponentially. That's why Flux recently hosted an Emerging Architects Design Competition to channel next-gen ingenuity into mounting urban challenges. Flux's Jen Carlile polled the judges afterward to gather their insights. 

Dr. BuildLove? Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Construction

Dr. BuildLove? Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Construction

Truly. Madly. Deeply. After another emotionally wrenching week for America, Procore's Bassem Hamdy takes a step back to pen this short but heartfelt love letter to the industry that has long inspired his family and generations of builders around the world.

IOT: How to make buildings more energy-efficient

IOT: How to make buildings more energy-efficient

Connected Emerald City. IoT wizards from all over the world descended on Silicon Valley last month. Here, Machina Research's Godfrey Chua talks to GE, PG&E, Trane, and others about the incredible, looming promise big data holds for building efficiency.

Cities' gravitational pull grows for firms, people

Cities' gravitational pull grows for firms, people

Rise of the City. It's more than just urban renewal. The era of Global Cities is upon us and a recent, high-level forum in Chicago focused on how to address human needs in the new, data-driven metropolis. Author and urban planner Alan Mammoser reports.

With BIM Mandate Here, UK Turns to Sensors

With BIM Mandate Here, UK Turns to Sensors

The UK's highly anticipated mandate for the use of building information modeling on all government projects is now in effect. Bechtel's Stephen Smith explains how all the new 'big data' sensors will make cities like London not just smarter, but better.

IIT Design: What Touring the World Taught Us

IIT Design: What Touring the World Taught Us

After months of fact-finding visits to the far-flung trenches of the global maker movement, IIT's Institute of Design is back home this week, hosting a World Strategy Tour Conference to share lessons learned from Hong Kong, Mumbai, Detroit, and San Francisco.

NextGen: CIRT-ACE Mentor Finals Bode Well

NextGen: CIRT-ACE Mentor Finals Bode Well

Nine high school teams from across the U.S. converged on Washington recently for the 10th Anniversary CIRT-ACE Mentor National Design Competition. Board member Paul Bonington here reports from the event on how bright our industry's future truly appears.

Earth Day 2016 Makes History, AEC Voices Support

Earth Day 2016 Makes History, AEC Voices Support

Generational: Holding his grandchild, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Friday at the UN, joining more than 170 other nations. But this is only the beginning, writes USGBC's Elizabeth Beardsley.

Concrete Countdown: It's Sink or Swim Time! (Part 3)

Concrete Countdown: It's Sink or Swim Time! (Part 3)

But will it float? That question is already causing engineering students on 19 different Midwest college teams to lose sleep as they bring their homemade concrete canoes to Chicago for tomorrow's regional finals. Here, host Illinois Tech shares its 11th-hour angst.

Students, Prepare to Launch your Concrete Canoes! (Part 1)

Students, Prepare to Launch your Concrete Canoes! (Part 1)

Who says engineers have no fun? If you are an engineer today, then you probably have at least heard of ASCE's National Concrete Canoe Competition. Starting here, BuiltWorlds this spring will follow one student team's hopeful journey to aquatic glory.

Take 6: Expert Views on the Internet of Things

Take 6: Expert Views on the Internet of Things

Last week, the Brookings Institution launched TechTakes, a new online series that collects the diverse perspectives of scholars within the policy think tank on technology policy issues. This is the first entry in that new blog series.

P3 Financing Needed to Rebuild Waterways

P3 Financing Needed to Rebuild Waterways

To address the crisis facing our inland waterways, public sponsors must be able to generate revenues that can be committed for project-specific purposes. Legislative changes are needed ASAP to address this neglected but vital infrastructure sector. 

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