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Underground Infrastructure Mapping Technology Launches in Chicago

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. . Last week City Digital , a Chicago-based UI LABS collaboration, announced it has developed the underlying technology components to create a new underground infrastructure mapping (UIM) platform.

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Upcoming Webinars & Construction Events in August 2022

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There are a couple big events in Chicago in August. Keep an eye out for a great data visualization webinar happening on August 3rd. AGC’s IT Conference for Construction Professionals (Chicago, IL). Advancing Construction Technology 2022 (Chicago, IL). Both of which focus heavily on construction technology.

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Watch all 19 Accelerate Live! talks on demand

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AEC innovation conference, May 10, in Chicago. Topics included AI for construction scheduling, regenerative design, the micro-buildings movement, post-occupancy evaluation, predictive visual data analytics, and digital fabrication. .

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Video: Looking for Labor in Unlikely Places

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The red and white stripes on the Ozinga Bros mix trucks are a common sight in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas, and now the company is using their familiar colors as a visual cue for their new "Trade Up: Join the Stripes" campaign to attract more workers to a career in the construction industry.

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

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. Mark Kirk, representatives from UI Labs and World Business Chicago, and various industry partners who supported the winning bid were at the White House for the announcement. “We

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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

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No matter the layout, PASS recommends having a staff member or authorized volunteer visually monitor the vestibule’s intermediate space. Visual assessments can be done remotely via security cameras or directly through security-rated glazing.

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REAL ESTATE ARTIST: Theaster Gates works to revitalize African-American neighborhoods

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Theaster Gates is an award-winning artist whose installations, sculptures, and performance works have been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Ore.