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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize esorum Thu, 03/16/2023 - 09:09 This year’s finalists in the Construction & Design category include solutions to the labor shortage as well as environmentally friendly building solutions focused on decreasing construction time.

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Combining Mass Timber with Modularity

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Forterra , a Seattle-based land-conservation nonprofit, wants to help change that. Forterra’s Forest to Home initiative aims to reimagine the affordable housing supply chain—by combining responsibly harvested mass timber with modular construction. Forterra's prototype unit built using cross-laminated timber.

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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction

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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction. Productivity in home construction lags behind almost every other industry, while inefficiencies and waste hurt profits and growth. Is off-site construction the answer to building homes faster and more affordably and easing current supply and labor issues?

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Our Top 10 Construction Blogs from 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In these, you’ll get to know the industry professionals and industry leaders taking the field into the future, learn more about exciting innovations, and build up your knowledge base with content to help improve your experiences in the field. . 40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2022. 15+ Top Construction Trends for 2022.

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Building Trends: An Old Material Becomes New Again

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Even if the construction industry has been slower to adopt new technology than other industries, we’ve seen a significant amount of change in recent years. Contractors are also turning to cloud-based, integrated construction software solutions to improve collaboration and streamline processes. Is Wood the Future?

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Marketing Industrialized Construction to Consumers

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Marketing Industrialized Construction to Consumers. From July 2019 through July 2020, Rise , a website for consumers and professionals that provides information about sustainable building practices and sells sustainable products, tapped into internet and social media conversations among consumers about off-site home construction.

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New Study Reveals Cost Effectiveness of Solar Panels

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Home Innovation Research Labs’ new study looks at the cost effectiveness of solar panels across five markets across the country: Phoenix, Tampa, Boston, Kansas City, and Seattle. Home Innovation completed the report by using software from the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, says the National Association of Home Builders.