Stantec illustrates the benefits of prefab multi-trade racking.

Contractors expect to spend more time on prefabrication, according to FMI study

Get ready for a surge in prefabrication activity by contractors. FMI, the consulting and investment banking firm, recently polled contractors about how much time they were spending, in craft labor hours, on prefabrication for construction projects. More than 250 contractors participated in the survey, and the average response to that question was 18%. More revealing, however, was the participants’ anticipation that craft hours dedicated to prefab would essentially double, to 34%, within the next five years.

Affordable Housing

General contractor’s keys to a successful affordable housing project

General contractors can have tremendous influence over a project’s success in terms of schedule, budget, and quality. However, to ensure a project is put on this path, there are a few factors that must be considered.

AEC Tech

Lack of organizational readiness is biggest hurdle to artificial intelligence adoption

Managers of companies in the industrial sector, including construction, have bought the hype of artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, but their organizations are not ready to realize its promise, according to research from IFS, a global cloud enterprise software company. An IFS survey of 1,700 senior decision-makers found that 84% of executives anticipate massive organizational benefits from AI.

K-12 Schools

Tomorrow's classrooms: Designing schools for the digital age

In a world where technology’s rapid pace has reshaped how we live, work, and communicate, it should be no surprise that it’s also changing the PreK-12 education landscape.

Movers+Shapers | Apr 19, 2019

AEC angel investor

Jesse Devitte is among the prescient venture capitalists who’ve bet on the AEC industry finally coming around to design and construction technology.

AEC Tech | Apr 17, 2019

4 fundamental relationships between buildings and machines

If and when AI drives the entire process of design, construction, and operation, buildings could become exponentially smarter with resources, money, time, and performance.

AEC Tech | Apr 12, 2019

NBBJ creates Design Performance Group whose goal is to connect building design with occupant wellbeing

The firm also wants to advance energy efficiency in its projects.

2019 Accelerate AEC speaker lineup announced, May 13-14, NYC

AEC Tech | Apr 10, 2019

Speaker Update! Accelerate AEC Innovation Conference, May 13-14, NYC

BD+C's third-annual Accelerate AEC Innovation Conference (May 13-14, NYC) will explore AI in architecture, offsite construction, smart buildings, AEC business innovations, big data in construction, and much more.

AEC Tech | VIATechnik | Mar 26, 2019

Embracing collaboration tools from outside the AEC industry

Let's take a look at the available technologies from outside AEC that are seeing greater adoption within the industry.

AEC Tech | Proving Ground | Mar 24, 2019

5 ways designers and builders can use business intelligence with data they already have

Tricky construction budgets, large project teams, and unique designs needing extensive coordination are all problems increasingly being handled with new software tools and data.

AEC Tech | Feb 8, 2019

BI(m): BIM data without models

A new breed of data tools creates a valuable opportunity for the next wave of BIM and facilities management, one where “pure data” is at the center, writes John Tobin of SMRT Architects.