nbbj esi design
Architecture giant NBBJ has acquired immersive tech studio ESI Design, a pioneer in building-integrated immersive and interactive digital experiences. ESI's notable projects include the Statue of Liberty Museum, Barclays Center, The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, and PNC Tower.
“By integrating the design of architecture and dynamic digital experiences, we will create boundless opportunities to energize the places we live, work, and play to stimulate our senses and inspire discovery, learning, and impact” said Steve McConnell, FAIA, NBBJ Managing Partner, of the acquisition.
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AIA 2019 Product Spotlight: AZON Azo-Core and MLP
Learn about the new AZON new energy-saving technology with the Azo-Core thermal barrier and MLP curtain wall. #sponsored.
Bryan Roof. 40U40 Video
Meet Bryan Roof (our Capital Planning Maestro), one of 40 architecture, engineering, and construction professionals selected by Building Design+Construction as a 2019 40 under 40 honoree. Roof is Director of Program Management with Cumming Corporation, based in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Among his current project work is an ongoing $2.5 billion Capital Improvements Plan for the Wake County Public Schools System. For that program, Roof developed the school district’s Strategic Improvement Initiatives, revised its cost models, and created a new Strategic Projects Department. #40Under40 #40U40 #AEC
Shaun Carvalho, Vice President of Safety, Shawmut Design and Construction, 2019 BD+C 40 Under 40 Winner
Meet Shaun Carvalho (aka Safety Crusader), one of 40 architecture, engineering, and construction professionals selected by Building Design+Construction as a 2019 40 under 40 honoree. Carvalho is the Vice President of Safety with Shawmut Design and Construction, based in Boston. During his 16 years with the firm, Shawmut has won AGC Safety Awards every year, and won the National AGC Safety Award in 2019. Carvalho oversaw the rollout of innovative safety technologies such as Smartvid.io, which uses AI to achieve desired jobsite behaviors. He formed a partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield to develop an opioid toolkit program—the only GC firm in the pilot program. #40Under40 #40U40 #AEC
Kelsey Gauger, Smart Lab Director, Suffolk Construction, 2019 BD+C 40 Under 40 Winner
Meet Kelsey Gauger, one of 40 architecture, engineering, and construction professionals selected by Building Design+Construction as a 2019 40 under 40 honoree. Gauger is the Smart Lab Director in the Boston office of Suffolk Construction. She oversees regional innovation for more than 50 teams using latest jobsite technology, and has run 19 pilots of technology initiatives in the last year, including IoT sensors, reality capture, AI, and VR. #40Under40 #40U40 #AEC
Women in Design+Construction Conference 2019
Thanks to all the amazing AEC women who participated in BD+C's Women in Design+Construction Conference this week in Scottsdale, Ariz.! Big thanks to the WIDC Advisory Board members in attendance, many of whom served as speakers, facilitators, and moderators. And to our sponsor companies for their continued support of this important event. #gowidc
Platinum Sponsor: Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings, @swcoilcoatings
Gold Sponsors: Safti First, @fireratedglass, and Vitro Architectural Glass @vitroglazings
Silver Sponsor: Nudura, @nuduraicfs
Association Partners: American Institute of Steel Construction, @aisc, and AEC Next Tech Expo + Conference @aecnexttech
AIA 2019 Product Spotlight: Kingspan Kooltherm Insulation
See how Kingspan's Kooltherm insulation can help slimline walls provide more internal space, advanced insulation performance, and better ROI at AIA 2019. [Sponsored]
AIA 2019 Product Spotlight: AISC Structural Steel Design Innovation
See how AISC is making steel and structural steel design more approachable for architects and designers at AIA 2019. [sponsored content]
AIA 2019 Product Spotlight: Rulon International Custom Wood Ceilings and Wall Systems
Learn how Rulon International has committed to sustainability and refreshed to help architects and designers create beautiful custom wood ceilings and wall systems at AIA 2019. [sponsored content]
AIA 2019 Product Spotlight: Huber AdvanTech and ZIP System
Discover how Huber Engineered Woods, makers of AdvanTech Subfloor Assembly and ZIP System Building Enclosures, is taking an innovative approach to continuing education, providing CEU credit for a hands-on guided tour through their mobile marketing trailer at AIA 2019. [Sponsored Post]
The Rise of AEC Superusers: Design Technology Specialists and the Future of AEC, Randy Deutsch
With new technologies and work processes appearing nearly every week, how can practitioners be expected to stay on top and thrive? In a word, Superusers: those who provide 20% of the effort but achieve 80% of the results. This talk by author, architect, and professor Randy Deutsch, AIA, LEED AP, will help you discover how they do it, identify who they are, the value they provide, and how you can attract and retain them.
Populous unveils design for 'glowing' MLS stadium in Cincinnati
West End Stadium, the future home of FC Cincinnati, was unveiled by the team’s ownership group. The $250 million, Populous-deigned stadium will feature “an interpretation of Cincinnati on the rise.” The stadium’s exterior will feature 513 vertical fins that form a wave-like external structure and enclose the stadium. Custom LED lighting on each fin will help the stadium appear to glow when lit for evening events. The fins will each have custom LED lighting and a lighting system that will allow for unique motion sequences to be displayed on the stadium’s east-facing façade. Check out renderings of the new stadium: http://bit.ly/2XXNN0G
Women in Design+Construction Conference 2018 highlights
Check out the highlights from BD+C's third annual Women in Design+Construction Conference, which took place Nov. 7-8 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. More than 130 leading AEC women attended the event, for professional development, leadership training, networking, and a bit of fun, too! #gowidc #buildingtogether
Accelerate Live! 2018 photo recap
More than 150 architects, engineers, and construction professionals attended Building Design+Construction's second-annual Accelerate Live! AEC innovation conference, May 10, in Chicago. The event featured 19 talks from 25 AEC visionaries on topics related to the changing built environment and the future of the AEC industry.
AEC Data Hunter: How a Fortune 500 Data Guru Is Transforming a Construction Giant
By Catherine Rose, PhD, MBA, Director of Staff Development, Skanska USA With a PhD in mechanical engineering and an MBA with concentration in finance, data expert Catherine Rose spent 15 years in supply chain management, finance, and product management a
Material Meets Data: How Advanced Digital Fabrication Techniques Are Driving Design Innovation
By Lucas Tryggestad, AIA, LEED AP, Technical Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Kyle Vansice, Architectural Professional, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill New fabrication techniques are driving design innovation. They have the potential to inspire new m
Accelerate Live! talk: Learning from Silicon Valley - Using Sa...
Straight from Silicon Valley, Sean Parham has spent nearly his entire career in the tech and telecom worlds, from Motorola to Cisco to launching his own startups.
Last July, he joined the executive team of one of the AEC industry’s hottest tech-focused startups: Aditazz.
As VP of Product Marketing and Management, Parham is leading the firm’s charge in shaking up the traditional design and construction approaches. The firm’s goal is to simplify and improve what is an inherently complex and messy process by adapting technologies and methodologies from the semiconductor and software development worlds.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Parham takes us through the "Aditazz way" for automating traditional AEC practices.
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Accelerate Live! talk: The ROI of innovation culture, Russ Syk...
Russ Sykes has seen it all.
He’s hiked 19,000 feet above sea level, to the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. He launched his firm’s operations in China. And he rose to become a Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board of the nation’s oldest and largest AE firms.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Sykes takes us through SmithGroupJJR’s ongoing journey to create a firm culture that ignites innovation and propels change across all levels of the organization.
He demonstrates how four mantras paved the way for new operational models, idea generation, and process improvements. They include creating a culture of engagement, nurturing "intrapreneurs," and building loyalty with unconventional rewards.
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Accelerate Live! talk: The future of computational design, Ben...
Since joining the Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign three years ago, Ben Juckes has worked on a wide range of typologies, from an award-winning hybrid student "maker space" and housing building at the University of Utah to cultural projects in Los Angeles and Jerusalem.
He is instrumental in developing a variety of DIY tools and custom workflows that challenge conventional practice and change the way we think about architecture.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Juckes discusses Yazdani’s tech-centric culture, where scripting has become an every-project occurrence and, as a consequence, each designer regularly works with computational tools as part of their basic toolset.
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Accelerate Live! talk: Gaming tech in construction, Lucas Rich...
Based out of Gilbane’s Milwaukee office, Lucas Richmond has spent the better part of the past decade building the company’s fledgling media studio into a multimedia powerhouse—and a critical piece of the firm’s client-service offerings.
High-powered graphics, 3D gaming environments, virtual and augmented reality, video, photography—Richmond’s team utilizes all of these tools to help clients and building teams realize their architectural vision.
A key to his success is his unconventional hiring practices, which includes looking outside the AEC industry when recruiting for his rockstar team. Richmond walks us through his hiring strategy during this 15-minute talk, from BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference.
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Accelerate Live! talk: From job site to factory, the future of...
From prefabrication to predictive visual-data analytics. From RFID tagging to the use of drones and rovers on job site. Turner Construction has been at the forefront of smart job site movement. And the construction giant is just getting started.
Through these measures and others, like Lean management and advanced BIM/VDC coordination, Turner has set an ambitious goal to transform the complex and messy process of commercial construction into a predictable—and therefore improvable—industrial process.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Tyler Goss, Turner’s Global Innovation Development Manager, presents the company’s “job site as a factory” initiative.
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Accelerate Live! talk: Scaling change in a changing industry, ...
In the GC community, Suffolk Construction was one of the first to not only recognize the potential of emerging technologies, like drones and reality capture, but to establish a formal process for vetting these tools.
The firm established R&D teams across the organization to pilot technologies on actual projects. If the desired results were achieved, the team would then evaluate the scalability across the organization.
It all sounds so simple, right? Well it’s not.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Chris Mayer, Suffolk’s Chief Innovation Officer, talks about the firm’s framework for vetting and implementing new technologies and processes.
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Accelerate Live! talk: A case for Big Data in construction, Gr...
Our projects today are creating and using more data, from more sources, and across more disciplines, than ever before. From the Internet of Things, to swarms of sensors, to point clouds, to reality capture—we are drowning in data.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Graham Cranston, Senior Structural Engineer with Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, shares SGH’s efforts to take hold of its project data.
This includes applying mathematical optimization techniques to leverage the Big Data generated by parametric analysis and presenting it all in an information-rich interactive visual graphics.
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Accelerate Live! talk: Preparing for the AI revolution, Alan R...
Alan Robles is not an architect, yet he rose through the ranks to become a leader and trusted innovator within the world’s largest architecture firm.
Maybe it’s his beatboxing skills, or his racing talents, or maybe his flair for songwriting. No, we have a feeling it’s because of his creative abilities, especially designing experiential environments for Gensler’s clients. And for his gifts of seeing into the future and exploring how technologies will impact design and the built environment.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Robles shares how the AEC Giant firm is preparing its project teams and clients for the coming artificial intelligence revolution.
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Accelerate Live! talk: The data-driven future for AEC, Nathan ...
We call him the "other Oracle of Omaha.” Hailing from the great state of Nebraska, Nathan Miller has no formal training or education in computer coding—but don’t let that fool you.
In short order, Miller has earned wide acclaim as one of the industry’s bright minds and most trusted consultants in the areas of computational design and data-driven design. As Founder and Managing Director of the consulting practice, Proving Ground, he has helped some of the nation’s largest AEC firms overcome challenges in the technology landscape.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Miller presents his vision of a data-driven future for the business of design, where creativity is fueled by continuous improvement, and solutions are built on proof.
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Accelerate Live! talk: Applying machine learning to building d...
Daniel Davis has a PhD in architecture and has spent the better part of the past 4.5 years researching and applying advanced technologies in building design and planning—from the use of sensors to reality capture to artificial intelligence.
As Director of Product Research at WeWork, Davis leads a team of researchers that is using a range of computation and machine learning methods to improve WeWork’s co-working office spaces across the globe.
When he isn’t busy revolutionizing workplace design, Davis works as a consultant for the ongoing construction of Antoni Gaudí’s famed Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Davis offers a glimpse into the world at WeWork, and how his team is rethinking the workplace design with the help of machine learning tools.
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Accelerate Live! talk: How maker culture is transforming Sasak...
Boston-based design and planning firm Sasaki has been at the forefront of the maker movement in the AEC market. We’re not referring to designing maker spaces for their clients, although Sasaki does that, too.
We’re talking about applying the principles and practices of the maker movement to the traditional design firm; Using hands-on exercises, prototyping, and digital design to help extract the best solutions and ideas from everyone in the organization.
Pablo Savid-Buteler, LEED AP, Managing Principal, and Brad Prestbo, AIA, Senior Associate, are leading Sasaki’s maker culture initiatives.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Savid-Buteler and Prestbo talk about how this movement is changing the way Sasaki goes to market, and how it is helping the firm win new business.
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Accelerate Live! talk: The world's smartest buildings, Derik E...
In the burgeoning area of smart and connected buildings, you’d be hard pressed to find an AEC professional who knows more about the newest and most-advanced projects than architect Derik Eckhardt.
Last summer, Eckhardt traveled the globe to research and study the world’s smartest buildings, under a scholarship from AIA Seattle. Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dubai, London, and Stuttgart were among his destinations. Consider Eckhardt the Anthony Bourdain of smart buildings.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Eckhardt shares what he learned during his recent travels, and attempts to answer the question: What makes a building “smart”?
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Accelerate Live! talk: Next-gen materials for the built enviro...
Virtually every revolution in architecture has been preceded by a revolution in materials: think iron, glass, steel, concrete, plastics, and composites.
What is the next revolutionary material that will reshape the very nature of architecture? A solid that's lighter than air? Metal latticework so delicate it rests on a dandelion? Self-generating microbial glue that repairs cracks in concrete?
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Blaine Brownell, author of the Transmaterial series, reveals emerging trends and applications that are transforming the technological capacity, environmental performance, and design potential of architecture in Transmaterial Next.
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Accelerate Live! talk: Finding the money for your clients' pro...
As everyone in the AEC industry knows all too well, without money for a building project, there is no building project.
During his decades-long career in architecture, Paul Westlake, Jr., has become somewhat of a master for helping his clients—particularly in the cultural and performing arts sectors—find money for their projects, or find more money for their projects.
In some cases, these projects would not have happened without Westlake’s expertise. In other cases, he helped his clients fully realize their vision, with added funding for optional programming.
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference, Westlake shares some of his methods for adding value to projects on the financing end. These include tax credit equity financing, preservation tax incentives, and new markets tax credits.
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