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Chicago team wins CIRT-ACE Mentor Nationals
Earlier this week, the Construction Industry Round Table hosted presentations from the three finalist high school teams at the 9th Annual CIRT-ACE Mentor Program National Design Competition in Washington DC. Mentored by VOA, Chicago's Team #1 emerged the winner. Here are the details.
China Trade Mission yields Smart returns
BW Sessions: XOEye Wearables
Wearables are the new black, and now they offer myriad job site applications. BuiltWorlds caught up with XOEye's Aaron Salow to talk about his firm's first wearable product launch this May, and how it plans to wow the MCAA Construction Technology Conference in Chicago this June.
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On buying spree, CBRE adds ESI + Johnson Controls unit
Los Angeles-based real estate giant CBRE has acquired both Environmental Systems, Inc., a leading systems integrator, and the Global WorkPlace Solutions unit of Johnson Controls.
Turner takes lean pulse at DC hospital
Gensler: Academic Incubators on the rise
Collaborative design in the form of academic incubators is helping universities all over the world to rethink their role in preparing the next generation. Design giant Gensler here launches a series on how the creation of these entrepreneurial environments is speeding innovative ideas from concept to reality.
Forward Motion: A Techweek Detroit Recap
For the second time around, Techweek in Detroit leveled up. After the inaugural edition last year saw them occupy the Federal Reserve building, with popularity swelling and an expected doubling of 2014 attendees, they found the building with the largest capacity in the city. Ford Field was the spot where it all went down this year. With the Motor City's rich manufacturing background, we were eager to get our paws on what Techweek had scheduled for the Lion's den this time around.
More owners drawn to modular solutions
Homemade BluVue speaks contractors language
It’s rare for a contractor to devise a tool for a job, but Ed Bell Construction in Dallas saw a way to incorporate technology into the worksite to benefit itself. In the process, it found a way to help others. Jonathan Barnes reports.
Sustaining people, profit and our planet
7 Easy Earth Day Tricks
Forty-five years ago today, environmental activist Denis Hayes coordinated the first Earth Day. Now, the world's largest secular holiday it is celebrated annually in over 192 nations. With mankind now harnessing more renewable energy than every before, there isn't a better time to take a look at this list below of seven easy things you can do right now to make your life, and our planet, more green.
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You be the judge: Threader by MEP Ally
Every project ends with at least some materials and equipment left over. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors traditionally operate on the thinnest margins, so they need to make every dollar count. Threader is a mobile application designed and built by MEP Ally that combines an internal inventory tracking tool to help subs support each other, avoid restocking charges and maximize value. It's Earth Week so let's reduce, reuse, and recycle!.
You be the judge: DynaLifter
You be the judge: SmarterShade
Bio-what? Biophilia's impact on architecture and design
It's Earth Week, so what better time to look at how biophilia is influencing design? No, not Bjork's last album. Biophilia is the love of life, so it rests on the notion that humans innately respond positively to nature and the outdoors. Yet we spend 90% of our time indoors. VOA's Susan Heinking suggests how the built environment can help.