In recent years, telematics systems have advanced and now offer even more benefits than earlier versions. If you aren’t already taking advantage of these systems, you may be surprised to learn how much information is available to help you better manage your fleet. You...
That if furniture could have superpowers? That’s the concept Hasier Larrea toyed with as he and his fellow MIT Media Lab graduate students—Carlos Rubio, Chad Bean, and Ivan Fernandez de Casadevante—explored how to use robotics to make interior spaces more efficient...
More than half of contractors say their methods of collecting and analyzing data from their jobsites need to get better over the next three years, in part for their companies to use these data to predict employee and project performance. That’s a key findings in a new...
The evolution of technology and the Internet of Things, in particular, is transforming how and where we work, the ways in which we collaborate, and our daily experiences with colleagues. The entrance of younger generations into the workforce is further impacting the...
Investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are pouring money into construction startups, betting that the industry is on the verge of sweeping changes. The money could jumpstart automation in a highly labor-intensive business that has been a rare source of...
Historically, the tenant-landlord relationship has been fairly transactional: the tenant occupies a space and pays the landlord rent to use it, in a deal that often lasts years or even decades. With more and more companies growing rapidly and offering employees...
For years, real-estate technology startups watched from the fringes as big banks and venture-capital firms lavished attention on financial-technology firms. Now “proptech” has joined the party. Startups are raising more cash than ever while landlords are adopting a...
Then it comes to adopting advanced AEC tech tools and processes, the nation’s largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms are feeling good, but not great, about their progress when compared with their direct competitors. About half (42%) say their firm...
Next month, nine remodeled gates inside Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport will reopen, with another nine scheduled to reopen in March 2020. The $2.4 billion remodel of this terminal should be completed in 2023. This 1.2-million-sf net-zero-energy...
Today’s investment managers must increasingly stay on top of their technology game in order to keep up with the competition—as well as savvy investors and their advisors. This communicates that they are both strategic and well-equipped to lead their investors to...
Open seating plans, collaborative environments, and a highly mobile workforce: These are office hoteling best practices that have brought fresh energy to workplace design. Yet as with many new strategies that are favorably viewed by a wide cross-section of...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) received a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America to support the LEED for Cities and Communities Program. The money will be used to support LEED certification of 15 U.S. cities and communities. The grant provides financial...
Three organizations have teamed up on an initiative to “catalyze the development of a speedy and scalable process for zero-carbon retrofits in the multifamily home sector.” Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), the U.S. Dept. of Energy, and the California Energy Commission...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is soliciting proposals to advance its goal of autonomously building a variety of military structures via 3D printing. Responses are due by May 7. The solicitation seeks proposals for a...
One of the U.K.’s biggest supermarkets has opened a till-free store. All customers at the Sainsbury’s convenience store, in Holborn Circus, London, will scan and pay for their shopping using an app that they download to their smartphone. As shoppers walk around the...
By some accounts, the third era of digital retail (the first era began with Amazon in 1995 and the second began with the launch of the iPhone in 2007) will be more digital, while feeling more human. One of the top technologies that fulfills these seemingly...
Expansion in medical research around DNA is driving growth in the biotech sector and boosting demand for life science space. Advances in technology over the last decade changed the way medical scientists work, first modeling their theories or ideas on computers before...
As the donations pour in to aid the reconstruction efforts of the fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris and the French government opens the question of whether to rebuild the 850-year-old landmark as it was, engineers, architects and contractors can turn to 3D...
echnology is changing how construction projects are delivered. From utilizing virtual reality to create immersive owner experiences, to capturing and tracking real-time data, technology plays a vital role in delivering consistently successful projects. With what seems...
We’re finally beginning to see supply eclipse demand in multifamily markets across the nation. Owners and operators can no longer rely on the high rent and occupancy rates they’ve enjoyed in recent years. Accordingly, multifamily leaders are being pressed to operate...
Innovative building and construction materials, such as pollution-absorbing bricks, light-generating cement, photovoltaic paints, and self-healing concrete can make buildings more sustainable and durable. Manufacturers of these construction chemicals and advanced...
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