flexiblefullpage -

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. 


Codes and Standards

Updated document details methods of testing fenestration for exterior walls

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. 


MFPRO+ News

World’s largest 3D printer could create entire neighborhoods

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.

billboard - default
interstitial1 - interstitial
catfish1 - bottom
Aug 11, 2010

YKK AP makes LEED Accredited Professional status a key for promotion

AUSTELL, Ga. (June 24, 2009) þuYKK AP is making knowledge of green construction practices a key…
Aug 11, 2010

Gilbane's Fox Network Center earns National Excellence in Construction Award

Gilbane Building Company’s work on Fox Network Center in Houston, Texas, has earned the company an Eagle Award in the Commercial - $25-million - $100-million category of ABC’s Excellence in Construction Awards. Gilbane’s representatives received the award during the 19th annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration.
Aug 11, 2010

Environmental Systems Design (ESD) wins 3 ASHRAE awards for technology innovation

CHICAGO, IL — June 9, 2009 – Environmental Systems Design (ESD) was the recipient of three…
Aug 11, 2010

NAVFAC releases guidelines for sustainable reconstruction of Navy facilities

The guidelines provide specific guidance for installation commanders, assessment teams, estimators, programmers and building designers for identifying the sustainable opportunities, synergies, strategies, features and benefits for improving installations following a disaster instead of simply repairing or replacing them as they were prior to the disaster.
Aug 11, 2010

City of Anaheim selects HOK Los Angeles and Parsons Brinckerhoff to design the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center

The Los Angeles office of HOK, a global architecture design firm, and Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization, announced its combined team was selected by the Anaheim City Council and Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to design phase one of the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center.
Aug 11, 2010

Halsey Taylor drinking fountains selected for PlaNYC "Schoolyards to Playgrounds" program

OAK BROOK, IL– July 2009 – On June 12, 2009, Mayor Bloomberg attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at…
Aug 11, 2010

Kingspan Benchmark, Morin panels in St. Louis medical office building

  COLUMBUS, Ohio - June 9, 2009 - Metallic panels from Kingspan Benchmark and Morin sleekly clad…
Aug 11, 2010

BIG beats out Foster and Hadid in design competition for Kazakhstan’s National Library

                 Invited as one of five pre-selected architect-led teams, BIG was awarded first…
Aug 11, 2010

LAUSD selects Clark Construction to build new South Los Angeles High School

Los Angeles, CA – Monday, July 27, 2009 - The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) awarded…
Aug 11, 2010

Building Systems commissioning and retro-commissioning training program: Chicago, September 23, 2009

Building Systems: Commissioning and Retro-commissioning Presenter: Rebecca Ellis, P.E., LEED AP…
leaderboard1 - default