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The River Grove Elementary School in Oregon was designed for net-zero carbon and resiliency to seismic events, storms, and wildfire. The roughly 82,000-sf school in a Portland suburb will feature a microgrid—a small-scale power grid that operates independently from the area’s electric grid.
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.
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) updated a document serving a recommended practice for determining test methodology for laboratory and field testing of exterior wall systems. The document pertains to products covered by an AAMA standard such as curtain walls, storefronts, window walls, and sloped glazing. AAMA 501-24, Methods of Test for Exterior Walls was last updated in 2015.
The University of Maine recently unveiled the world’s largest 3D printer said to be able to create entire neighborhoods. The machine is four times larger than a preceding model that was first tested in 2019. The older model was used to create a 600 sf single-family home made of recyclable wood fiber and bio-resin materials.
When the University embarked on its first major addition since the opening of Hutchins Hall in 1933, preserving the Collegiate Gothic-style architecture was of utmost importance.
Delk to focus on healthcare construction programs and highly complex higher education facilities for Gilbane Building Company’s Southwest region.
$456 million Institute will be comprehensive heart center for 21st Century.
AGC officials said that construction employment likely benefited from unseasonably warm weather across much of the country that extended the building season.
Replacement or retrofit can help keep energy costs from going out the window.
A new software tool derived from virtual reality is helping Building Teams use the power of BIM models more effectively.
New products like cross-laminated timber are spurring interest in wood as a structural material.
The 63,500 sf building allows AIM to consolidate its previous two locations under one roof, with room to expand in the future.
The two buildings add 208,000 square feet of collaborative research space to the campus.
USGBC releases list of top U.S. states for LEED-certified projects in 2011.
