33 - Understanding Change & the Change in Understanding

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01/15/09 A Minor Proposal Designers will become more necessary than ever as leaders of a world of constant change and information overload. Janet Martin
01/15/09 1 Infrastructure Improvements Will Boost a Struggling Economy The U.S. economy, infrastructure, and environment are inextricably related, and all are in need of revitalization. Allocating resources to infrastructure improvements is a good and worthy investment. Raymond F. Messer
10/06/08 1 Is Construction Productivity Really Declining? Or are Census of Business definitions just making it look that way? Charles M. Eastman and Rafael Sacks
08/11/08 Case Study: Ohio’s Shift to Sustainable Design Green building is embraced by a state with plentiful resources and conservative voters. Does this signal a tipping point? Gerry Hammond
08/11/08 Adaptive Structures: Building for Performance and Sustainability The technology to support adaptive building systems is both available and dependable. Adaptive façades are poised to capitalize on technology transfer from other disciplines, which can allow the building industry to mass produce sustainable building parts and bring down the cost of these systems to attractive levels. Chuck Hoberman and Craig Schwitter
06/04/08 Flexible Airport Design Essential Low-cost airlines are hot, and they demand a unique design strategy that accounts for rapidly changing market conditions.
04/29/08 Roof Vent Could Prevent Wind Damage A roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture and engineering, and a graduate student have devised an inexpensive vent that can reduce roof uplift on buildings during high winds, even a hurricane.
02/15/08 1 Professional Practice Forecast: 13 Trends 13 Trends for 2008
02/15/08 Opportunities Will Rise from a Time of Uncertainty Is this the age of panic or opportunity? Change is inevitable. The important question to ask isn’t about fear as much as it is about relevancy. James P. Cramer
09/08/05 Carpet Giant Uses Alternative Fuel Source to Run Plant Shaw Industries is opening a $10-million power plant in the carpet capital of the United States, Dalton, Ga., which will be fueled by 16,000 tons of the company’s own carpet scraps and 6,000 tons of sawdust from its wood flooring operations.

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