Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 8, 2018

Wood may not sound like an innovative building material, and wooden skyscrapers might sound like a strange idea. However, this concept has gained some traction recently with architects around the world in cities like Chicago, London, Minneapolis and Vancouver designing wooden high-rises. Is Wood the Future? What’s so great about wood?

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BD+C

OCTOBER 16, 2023

While we’ve studied the impact of this rising office vacancy and proposed innovative solutions at the building level , it’s becoming increasingly clear that the proverbial mountain we have to climb is convincing cities to come to the table to unlock this value.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Other top scoring cities include Portland, OR, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Austin. The next tier of top-scoring cities (Washington, DC, Minneapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia and Denver) have also developed efficiency initiatives and are poised to rise in the rankings in future years.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 14, 2014

The Chicago metro area leads the fabricated metals sector with 64,536 jobs in 2012, slated to grow to 75,757 jobs in 2020, or a 2.0 More and more, manufacturers are relocating to America’s cities, where the infrastructure and intellectual capital drive productivity and innovation.” within metro areas. That’s 1.8

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Kauffman white paper found that cities including Kansas City, Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and Boise, ID “all owe their emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems to many years of spinoffs and entrepreneurial spawning.” Seattle, Austin, Philadelphia and Chicago. INNOVATION ON THE “FRONT RANGE”. billion in equity.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2012

Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters. City of Chicago. E3 INNOVATE, LLC. Green Innovative Design. Innovative Associates LLC. Innovative Design. Innovative Green Strategies, LLC. Rose Garden Arena/Portland Trail Blazers. Chatham County Commission. CHB Industries, Inc. Christine Ervin/Company.

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Stok

JANUARY 31, 2019

2018 was a big year for embodied carbon , culminating in the launch of materialsCAN (Carbon Action Network) – a global group of manufacturers and building professionals committed to prioritizing embodied carbon in building materials – at Greenbuild in Chicago. Embodied Carbon and the Trend Toward Mass Timber. This progression makes sense.

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