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Cities, data drive BW Summit conversations

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.

BIM hops aboard $29.5B overhaul of Paris subway system

BIM hops aboard $29.5B overhaul of Paris subway system

3-D modeling is helping to streamline the historic 15-year, 204-kilometer undertaking, which seeks to spur economic development while consolidating Paris's standing as one of the world's top global cities. 

Aviation Q&A: Fortune still favors the bold

Aviation Q&A: Fortune still favors the bold

Chicago Dept. of Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans is an engineer and a builder, an award-winning manager of complex airport construction projects. For #InfrastructureWeek, we spoke with her about the market now and her upcoming talk at the BW Summit.

BuroHappold, Flux launch free planning app

BuroHappold, Flux launch free planning app

Real-time master planning. Two weeks ago in Singapore, engineering giant BuroHappold and data connector Flux excitedly unveiled the fruit of their partnership, a first-of-its-kind spatial analysis app that may soon find its way into every planner's digital toolbox.

Floating platforms could change approach to structural strength

Floating platforms could change approach to structural strength

BuiltWorlds contributor Greg Henderson of Arx Pax Labs argues that structural strength has reached a point of diminishing returns. How do we rethink the way we build with steel and concrete? He suggests floating platforms are an answer.

Cityzenith’s Michael Jansen aims to map the entire built world

Cityzenith’s Michael Jansen aims to map the entire built world

The chairman and CEO is set to launch his company’s signature 5D Smart World software suite at the BuiltWorlds Summit on May 3. The product is a manipulable Google Earth for the AEC industry, offering the latest data on buildings and streets in 100 of the world’s biggest cities and counting and providing tools for designers and contractors to import data of their own.

Atlanta a growing land of promise for construction tech

Atlanta a growing land of promise for construction tech

The ATL's construction tech scene is heating up with news from VC firms such as the Combine, incubators such as ATDC, and start-ups such as Pointivo and Kahua, among others. The Combine's K. P. Reddy walks us through the local places to see and be seen as an aspiring innovator and entrepreneur, including Tech Square.

Arx Pax's Greg Henderson on his floating foundation system

Arx Pax's Greg Henderson on his floating foundation system

Henderson and his wife, Jill, founded Arx Pax in 2012, and their first patent was for a three-tiered foundation system, the SAFE Building System, meant to protect structures from flooding and earthquakes by floating them. Learn how it works and where Arx Pax is looking to build pilot projects as sea levels continue to rise.

Q&A: Tolva talks CityFi, a new urban player

Q&A: Tolva talks CityFi, a new urban player

Now more than ever. 'Champion of change' John Tolva has been one of our biggest fans since before we were born. We caught up with the former City of Chicago CTO, now living in Denver, to learn about his new venture, CityFi, which aims to make cities better, not just smarter.

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Cyber security: How worried should you be?

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Cyber security: How worried should you be?

New reports on Russian hacking and the safety of the US electricity grid have given an unsettling cyber start to 2017, leaving many cities, utilities, AEC firms, and others nervous. Here, we take a closer look at fear versus reality.

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Top 10 BuiltWorlds Videos of 2016

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Top 10 BuiltWorlds Videos of 2016

In the last year, our original video series brought together the built environment’s most impactful firms and powerful thought leaders. As we wrap up 2016, we look back at the top 10 videos we produced.

Reconnecting cities with their waterfronts

Reconnecting cities with their waterfronts

In the past, when urban waterways were used as major avenues for industry, cities turned their back on them as polluted eyesores. We took a look at several cities that have reconstructed their waterfronts, changing how tourists, residents, and businesses experience them.

Urban Waterways Week Q&A: Bill Wenk on reworking the LA River

Urban Waterways Week Q&A: Bill Wenk on reworking the LA River

Landscape architect Bill Wenk explains his firm Wenk Associates' work on the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan and discusses the complexities of urban waterway redevelopment.

Flint thankful for $119M in U.S. cleanup aid

Flint thankful for $119M in U.S. cleanup aid

Happier Thanksgiving. Residents in lead-tainted Flint MI have had a horrible 2016, but the ongoing environmental disaster there appears to be ending the year on a hopeful note. Federal funds announced last week should help locals to improve water safety. 

VOTE! Stadia, schools, solar on U.S. ballots

VOTE! Stadia, schools, solar on U.S. ballots

Hold your nose and head to the polls, America! Like it or not, the AEC industry has much riding on votes that will be cast all across the U.S. on Nov. 8. In a year dominated by a U.S. presidential race like no other, we take a closer look at some of the bigger projects in play.

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.

Zurich, Singapore top sustainability index

Zurich, Singapore top sustainability index

Americans love competition; everybody knows that. It's in our DNA. Well, then how do we feel about being shut out of the Top 25 on Dutch design giant Arcadis's Sustainable Cities Index 2016? Read on to see where the sustainability is strongest around the globe.

Green LA maps road to 100% renewables

Green LA maps road to 100% renewables

Just weeks before it hosts USGBC's Greenbuild 2016, the City of Los Angeles has set its sites on an epic Hollywood makeover. The birthplace of smog now is aiming to clean up its act and switch from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy sources ASAP.

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