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Welcome to the Golden Age of collaboration

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Welcome to the Golden Age of collaboration

Project teams today can interact as never before, collaborating in real time and brainstorming on shared multitouch screens.  Not everyone is adapting as quickly but the hand-writing is on the wall that a new day is here, writes ENR's Tom Sawyer.

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Smart City solutions for urgent global challenges

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Smart City solutions for urgent global challenges

Smart Cities are emerging as a civic reaction to a gathering 'perfect storm': the convergence of market conditions, technology innovation, social wants, government needs, and the largest mass migration of humans to urban habitats in world history.

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Where waste was king, efficiency now can rule

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Where waste was king, efficiency now can rule

Are large projects with zero change orders actually possible? Boston-based mechanical contractor John Cannistraro believes so. Read his blog about how technology and collaborative planning are moving our industry toward a much more efficient future..

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Smart cities are more than sensors, big data and traffic cams

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Smart cities are more than sensors, big data and traffic cams

Investing billions in big data and smart technology isn’t the only answer to building more sustainable urban areas. We need to focus on the big levers, writes Emma Stewart in The Guardian.

Wellness at the intersection of medicine + design

Wellness at the intersection of medicine + design

In a recent symposium hosted by Perkins+Will, experts in Health Sciences and Education gathered for a deep dive into the evolving world of medical education, allied health/science fields, and their effect on modern design and construction. 

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Designed in ArchiCAD, energy efficiency finds a home in NJ

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Designed in ArchiCAD, energy efficiency finds a home in NJ

Relying heavily on ArchiCAD software as a design tool, architect Andrew Passacantando designed a complex, energy-efficient house that "went up without a single hiccup".

Our first 'Speak & Connect' hits it out of the park!

Our first 'Speak & Connect' hits it out of the park!

Thanks so much to everyone who attended our first-ever 'Speak & Connect' event on Nov. 6. We definitely feel the momentum building here at BuiltWorlds and the electricity that arrived with you all that evening is still illuminating our offices today.

Mobile tech saves time, boosts productivity on job sites

Mobile tech saves time, boosts productivity on job sites

Mobile solutions can’t take all labor out of construction, writes AT&T's Maureen Backe, but they can simplify workforce management by handling timecards, tracking job and worker status, automating dispatch, delivering work orders, allowing mobile payment and using digital forms for approvals and data collection.

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From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities, Mapping Digital DNA

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From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities, Mapping Digital DNA

If Big, Infinite Data is a key for cities evolving into Smart Cities, then a question arises as to the hierarchy of data prioritization. In other words, where does a city start?

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Bridging the built environment, 'BW' now means 'BuiltWorlds'

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Bridging the built environment, 'BW' now means 'BuiltWorlds'

Our apologies to Daniel Burnham, whose great-great grandson even 'friended' us on Facebook this fall, but from listening to you and surveying our expanding marketplace, we came to the conclusion that it was time to broaden our identity...

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