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Sound advice on workplace design

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Open office design draws mixed reviews these days, and noise is one of the primary reasons. Spaces intended to facilitate the free flow of people and ideas often allow noisy distractions to travel, too.

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Gearing Up for CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020

Construction Business Owner

Both CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 and IFPE 2020 have already set exhibit space records and will feature industry-leading education programs. New for 2020 is the opportunity to mix and match education sessions between CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE for one price. Expanded Educational Opportunities.

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4 design strategies for successful K-12 magnet schools

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Today, over 4,300 K-12 magnet schools educate more than 3.5 The school's design creates safe places for students to research and ask the big questions that inspire big ideas. Magnet school instruction is also cross-disciplinary, allowing students to look at educational materials from many different viewpoints. is global studies.

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The latest 'five in focus' healthcare interior design trends

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The latest 'five in focus' healthcare interior design trends 0 qpurcell Tue, 07/25/2023 - 09:45 Designers HMC Architects’ Five in Focus blog series explores the latest trends, ideas, and innovations shaping the future of healthcare design. Have a question for Sergio?

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The future of specifiers: The way forward

Construction Specifier

They see trends toward integrating information better, both with building information modeling (BIM) and drawings, and between teammates. He sees reliance on the full-time specifier continuing, but bridges being built slowly between that person and the drawings. Educating and leading–a rising tide lifts all boats.

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Life of an Architect Podcast Ep. 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

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Welcome to Life of an Architect episode 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence Here are the show notes from episode 122: Today we are going to start the process of discussing artificial intelligence and how it is intersecting with the practice of architecture, as well as the education process of architecture students.

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Garney Construction’s Josh Snow Discusses the Skilled Labor Challenge

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Snow: Yes — automated large-scale equipment with GPS locators so you can automate an excavator with the ability to calculate CY added/removed, depth of excavation to dig to per spec/drawings and more. We need to move beyond the idea that we can do most of our projects the same way and get the same results.

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