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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

Photo courtesy Skanska Sustainability is a priority on this project, so to reduce our carbon emissions, we are using regionally sourced wood for the roof of the project. Sustainability components include views of the outdoors for nearly all 43 workstations, and low or no emission material maintains healthier indoor air quality.

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The next destination: Passive design airports

BD+C

Julio He Airports Designers Standards Energy-Efficient Design Insulation Sustainable Design and Construction Airports around the globe contribute to the local economy, tourism, and trade. It’s a push that is being endorsed by the members of the International Air and Transport Association (IATA) in its road map to Fly Net Zero by 2050.

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The Problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy

Building Information Management

The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: Complete tools and controls for “infrastructure” development and operation.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

What nearby road, rail or other transit networks will the facility connect to? Can these connections be customized, or must the site work with existing infrastructure that cannot be altered? The property should also be able to support additional connections to roadways, railways, parking lots or other external infrastructure.

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The Problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy

Building Information Management

The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: Complete tools and controls for “infrastructure” development and operation.

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Life-cycle management of the built environment – To BIM or Not to BIM?

Building Information Management

Buildings, roads, dams, electrical grids… are with us for a very long time and linked to the success and failure of just about everything… education, health, national security, transportation, habitat, sustainability, national and local economies and more. That said, we are not acting as stakeholders of our built infrastructure.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

These collaborate with NCSA’s expert staff, as well as with hardware and software vendors, to address their digital challenges, including finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, extreme scaling of commercial and home-grown codes, multi-physics modeling and remote visualization.

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