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How Machine Learning Predicts Construction Project Success
The building and construction industry is making leaps and bounds when it comes to the technology and best practices it has begun to introduce over the years. It’s still the leading producer of pollution worldwide, but green building practices and green building...
Virtual Reality for Client Walkthroughs in Commercial Project
The building and construction industry has made leaps and bounds to improve its systems and practices throughout the years. It has looked toward sustainable building practices and materials for years now, and has started to turn toward technologies that can streamline...
Ensuring Minimal Disruption During Office Remodels
Technology advances, paint fades, office furniture degrades after hundreds of hours of sitting, carpets are get spotted with stains from spilled food or drinks. There are a number of reasons to undergo an office remodel. While getting an update or refresh is exciting,...
Implementing Green Roofs in Urban Commercial Spaces
The building and construction industry is the leading producer of pollution worldwide. That’s not an award the industry is particularly proud of, and construction companies have been working to reduce carbon emissions over the decades. Practices like sustainable and...
Drones in Construction: Surveying and Monitoring Commercial Sites
Businesses change with the times, embracing technology and methods that make doing businesses easier, faster, and more accurate, and less expensive. The construction industry, however, is very set in its ways and tends to lag behind other industries in adopting these...
The Benefits of Using Recycled Steel in Construction
The phrase “go green” is applied to just about everything we do today, and that includes building and construction. There are a number of green building materials and practices that have been developed over the years in an industry that has been responsible for at...
Challenges in Remodeling Retail Spaces for New Tenants
July 16, 1995. The day has gone down in history as a day that changed retail forever, as Amazon.com opened its online bookstore. Since then, the online bookstore has morphed into an online marketplace where people can not only buy books but also small appliances,...
Water Conservation Strategies in Commercial Construction
A cleaner, greener world starts from the ground up. Many commercial (as well as residential buildings have made green building practices like green building methods and the use of easily renewable or recycled building materials to get a jumpstart on applying green...
How AI Helps Optimize Building Envelope Design
AI is quickly becoming a necessary tool in many industries, and the building and construction industry is no exception. AI has been shown to help speed up the process from design to completion and beyond. We can use AI and its expedited data analysis to make informed...
Sustainable Building Materials to Include in Your Next Build
What goes into building? Finding the perfect property, preparing that property, drawing up plans, gathering permits, employing the right contractor and subcontractors, and finally getting started, right? Hold on, wait a minute. There’s a lot more than that! You need...
How AI Predicts Construction Materials Shortages
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, seems to be taking over many aspects of our lives. I don’t write with AI, but busy professionals who need to create an outline for a report, article, or other piece of work use AI tools like ChatGTP to help them get ahead and save the...
Sustainability in Construction
Sustainability. In today’s world, it’s a must whenever possible. Re-usable shopping bags, recycling materials including paper, plastic, metal, and glass when able, and using items made of recycled materials are just a couple things everybody can do to make the world a...
Navigating Tenant Improvement Projects
When your building was under construction, there were a number of building codes that needed to be followed, permits obtained, and inspections to be passed. Everything is under scrutiny, from the building frame itself to everything inside like the type of electrical...
Retrofitting Old Spaces to Meet Modern Needs
There are many places throughout the world that have ancient ruins dating back to “BCE” times, some even tens of thousands of years. While some may be ruins, parts of the main structure have been preserved over time. Archaeologists have identified them to be housing,...
How Construction Sites Are Becoming More Environmentally Friendly
Sustainability has been the name of the game in the construction industry for some time now. Energy-efficiency, reducing waste and other environmental impacts, and leveraging the ability to recycle or reuse when possible are all ways a construction company can do...