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Make It Resilient 2024 Student Contest Encourages New Ways to Build for Extreme Environments

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With its latest annual Make It Real program, Autodesk is challenging high school students to imagine how to design and build a habitat for an extreme environment. For the Make It Resilient 2024 contest , any extreme environment such as a desert, rainforest, deep ocean site, areas prone to flooding, or even another planet can be chosen.

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The present and future of crisis mental health design

BD+C

The present and future of crisis mental health design 0 qpurcell Thu, 08/10/2023 - 10:07 Healthcare Facilities BWBR principal Melanie Baumhover sat down with the firm’s behavioral and mental health designers to talk about how intentional design can play a role in combatting the crisis.

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Meet the Insider: Alan Muse, Global Director of the Build Environment at RICS

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Between labor shortages, sustainability concerns, and the need for digital transformation, it’s more important than ever for AEC professionals to adapt and innovate. . Alan Muse , Global Director of the Built Environment at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) , is passionate about all of these things.

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Meet the Insider: Amr Raafat, Chief Innovation Officer, Windover Construction 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Innovation is vital to drive the construction industry forward. And even in our modern day and age, where new technologies blossom every second, we must still push to find innovative solutions to everyday problems. Only with this mindset can we transform those problems into ones of the past, not the present.

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Accelerate Live! talk: Work in progress—How the office environment drives innovation, SageGlass (sponsored)

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. Workplaces that spur innovation challenge the conventions of the traditional office environment. During this presentation, SageGlass CEO Dr. Alan McLenaghan reviews how biophilic design and new technologies, such as dynamic glass, create a greater connection between the built and natural environments in the office.

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Rainscreen walls: An updated definition for today’s construction environment

Construction Specifier

He maintained both water on the wall and openings permitting water’s passage would always be present. Arguably, the most significant innovation has been the widespread use of continuous air barrier systems. The post Rainscreen walls: An updated definition for today’s construction environment appeared first on Construction Specifier.

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Speaker lineup finalized: BD+C’s Accelerate Live! AEC innovation conference

BD+C

On May 11, in Chicago, the editors of Building Design+Construction will convene a high-powered group of AEC visionaries and industry experts to discuss the future of the AEC industry and the changing built environment. Accelerate Live!