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Is this job surveillance video useful, or just kinda creepy?

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Is this job surveillance video useful, or just kinda creepy?

Jobsite tech promises huge improvements… but lately, is it getting a little too creepy? As more science fiction becomes fact every day, odds are that live streaming data displays are coming, writes FieldLens' Daryl Lang.

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Lessons from Australia: Slaking a global thirst

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Lessons from Australia: Slaking a global thirst

The World Economic Forum considers water crises to be the biggest risk facing the planet today. And shortages threaten to get much worse. So, what to do? Engineering giant Arup recommends we learn from Australia.

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Ten years after Katrina, delta picks competing 100-year visions

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Ten years after Katrina, delta picks competing 100-year visions

On Aug. 20, the nonprofit Changing Course announced the winners of its design competition and the teams’ 100-year visions for restoring and sustaining the Mississippi River Delta for the people and industries that call it home.

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Games People Play Engage Skills AEC Firms Now Seek

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Games People Play Engage Skills AEC Firms Now Seek

Don't be so quick to kick Junior or Princess off the computer next time you think they've spent too much time gaming. After all, the next Bjarke Ingels or Jeannie Gang may be behind that pitter-patter on the keyboard or game controller.

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New ArcSite Pro app anticipates your every pen stroke

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New ArcSite Pro app anticipates your every pen stroke

If you perform site investigations for a living, then your job and your life just got easier. Michigan startup Arctuition has launched a new mobile app that aims to do away with pen and paper for field inspections.

White House energy plan offers solar to the masses

White House energy plan offers solar to the masses

Speaking this week at the National Clean Energy Summit, President Obama pledged $1 billion in federal loan guarantees to encourage U.S. homeowners to install rooftop solar panels. Many more energy initiatives were also announced.

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Early tech skills buttressed legendary engineering career

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Early tech skills buttressed legendary engineering career

In a passage from his elegant memoir, structural engineering icon Charlie Thornton recounts his early days in practice, his first two projects, and how an elemental knowledge of computers gave his career a leg up in 1964.

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3 Ways Keeping Your Technology Up To Date Can Pay Off

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3 Ways Keeping Your Technology Up To Date Can Pay Off

No matter the company size or where it fits into the AEC space, technology offers advantages that far outweigh the costs. But the continuous process of keeping your tech up to date is a must, writes Procore's Alisa Snyder.

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Cascading & cumulative, BIM benefits multiply on complex projects

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Cascading & cumulative, BIM benefits multiply on complex projects

Despite its split from ENR, Dodge Data & Analytics this summer has released another SmartMarket Report. Entitled Measuring the Impact of BIM on Complex Buildings, it finds that the bigger the job, the bigger BIM's benefits.

See how mobile appsters are creating the paperless jobsite

See how mobile appsters are creating the paperless jobsite

If you missed our Mobile Apps + Construction event last month, you're in luck. The full video from that night is now available, including talks by Procore, Newforma, Penta, Hard Hat Hub, Snappii, InfoTech and more. Check it out!

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MacArthur Foundation doubles down on climate change

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MacArthur Foundation doubles down on climate change

The MacArthur Foundation has announced $50 million in grants, a down payment on a major new commitment to help curb global climate disruption by significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Mechanical trades ratchet up training, grow tech toolbox

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Mechanical trades ratchet up training, grow tech toolbox

In the ongoing battle to win over owners, the building trades unions have long known that to staying competitive means being even more tech-savvy than the other guy. With that in mind, the UA has taken its training to a higher level.

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7 Must-Have Marketing Apps for the Built Environment

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7 Must-Have Marketing Apps for the Built Environment

The Society for Marketing Professional Service is kicking off their Build Business 2015 conference in sunny Los Angeles today, so we decided to take a look at the 7 Must Have Marketing Apps to make your AEC business stand out from the pack.

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Cybersecurity concerns still climbing in wake of giant federal hack

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Cybersecurity concerns still climbing in wake of giant federal hack

When news broke in June that 4 million federal employees had been hacked, it sent shock waves through every industry. Now that the number of victims has soared past 20 million, agencies are scrambling to improve defenses.

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Big Data Designs the Ideal Swedish Home

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Big Data Designs the Ideal Swedish Home

One nagging aspect of the massive "Big Data" harvest that continues to plague those mining it has been what to do with all that digitized information? Sweden's most popular real estate website, Hemnet, may have an answer. 

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Burning Man, Urban Plan: Black Rock City Calls for Design Ideas

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Burning Man, Urban Plan: Black Rock City Calls for Design Ideas

For three decades, the week-long Burning Man festival has burned its imprint on the wilder creative scene. Now as the 2015 edition nears, Black Rock City has launched a global competition to redesign the festival site. 

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Gaming + visualization: Sharing tools, creating experiences

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Gaming + visualization: Sharing tools, creating experiences

As video games have evolved, the tools used to create them have advanced rapidly to mimic reality. Such visualization through game technology can now help designers serve clients better, say two Gensler designers.

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