President and CEO Tony Ragucci and Vice President of Product Development Victor Palmer talk about creating a tool, BIMtrace, that could revolutionize project workflow by allowing workers on job sites to link photos of the sites to BIM models to make direct comparisons and note issues.
Avery Bang: A bridge-builder in every sense
New engineering considerations as prefab/modular work grows
A new report from FMI indicates that prefabrication and modularization work is increasing. Aine Brazil, vice chairman of Thornton Tomasetti, explains how the trend might impact the work of structural engineers, using her firm's work on Stavros Niarchos Foundation–David Rockefeller River Campus at Rockefeller University as a case study.
Universities engineer real-world system and product solutions
From sustainable stormwater management and the mapping of urban infrastructure to “Smart Trees” and net-zero tiny homes, institutions such as Northwestern University, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois–Champaign-Urbana are seeking to bringing innovative design solutions to market
Inspiring future engineers, Hollywood-style
Developer Hines showing sizable interest in wood buildings
Pat Allin: Contractors should use supply chain financing
During Pat Allin's time leading Textura, he partnered with Lex Greensill of Greensill Capital to create Early Payment Program, a supply chain financing solution for the construction industry. Now, as chairman of Greensill Capital, North America — USA, Allin provides us insight on how supply chain financing works and how he sees it progressing in the future.
Autodesk CEO search is on, as Bass exits
SF's Millennium Tower deemed safe, for now, as legal issues rise
After detecting water intrusion and stress on electrical raceways, city inspectors have indicated that a permanent engineering solution is required for San Francisco's Millennium Tower. In the meantime, the building's homeowners association has hired a celebrity lawyer to take the developer and others to court.
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.
Willis Tower sinks $500M into lower-floor renovation
Buildings 2.0: Cisco flips new digital switch
Dodge Data report: Collaboration key to managing project risk
NFL stadiums: Raiders relocation imperiled, Chargers on the move
Top takeaways from World of Concrete
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.