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The Next Generation in Construction: A Spotlight on 6 Young Industry Innovators  

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Construction is a vibrant industry full of innovative and talented professionals. In response to the Make It Modular scholarship award contest, student innovators applied design thinking skills and an engineering mindset in addressing issues like affordable housing, healthier learning environments, and Covid-era community spaces. .

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Autodesk University 2022: Top Sessions for BIM and VDC Teams

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Usually, physical mockups are used to validate design feasibility, but with the pandemic and other challenges, the team saw, and used, an opportunity to use VR to replace old industry practices. Together, they developed and maintained innovative methods of managing collaboration across over 200 firms. The decision led to a 13x ROI.

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Net Zero Carbon: A Quick Plug for All-Electric Buildings

Stok

Some areas have already proven that new unsubsidized wind and solar energy is cheaper than natural gas and will only continue down that path as more innovations roll out, particularly when related to energy storage. Thus, it’s critical to involve an energy modeler and make design decisions during the beginning of the design process.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Technology innovation is happening across the country, but there is no better place to witness the revolution other than Austin, TX, home to a rapidly expanding technology industry. We attended several events hosted by the Austin Chamber of Commerce and caught up with several new innovative tech companies. By Jenny Vickers.

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Federal Infrastructure Bill Paves the Way Toward More Transportation Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

Constructlaw

PABs are often a critical component in achieving P3 project feasibility, especially for large projects where PABs are paid back with revenue from project user fees or availability payments during the operation of the project. The P3 model is not the best model for every project. 1] This is important for parties financing P3s.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Innovative thinking, quick action and impressive regional cooperation enabled Arizona to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in creating a bold new opportunity for the First Solar site in Mesa,” Rogers said. “We Project Title: General Motors Technology Innovation Center. Photo: georgia.org.).

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Community.

Natural Building

Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Sometimes these projects are called "Solar Gardens" and are based somewhat on the model of community-owned vegetable gardens.

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