Trends
File Tracking for Todays AEC Professional
With speed the “critical value for clients,” AEC project managers must maintain timely, efficient access to myriad project related data required in the execution of key process decisions. Read full »
Community-Based Tech Ubiquity in the Built Environment
Many individuals already have on-the-go access to unprecedented amounts of real-time information through a variety of hand-held, satellite-linked devices such as cell phones, global-positioning... Read full »
Thirty-Five Trends to Watch in 2007
Each year The Greenway Group, a foresight and strategic management consulting organization in Atlanta, Georgia, slices and dices global design and construction trends in dozens of different ways. Read full »
2007 Unfolding: Mastering the Future
New, quite simply superior, project integration strategies and processes will be coming into full view in 2007. And with talent in short supply, those with scarce skills and intelligent strategies... Read full »
All in Favor of Opposition: Study Reveals Overwhelming Opposition to Land Development
No matter the type of project a developer wants to build in 2007, fiercely committed citizen opponents are almost certain to say, “NO.” Read full »
Building in the Fifth Dimension
Re-visioning building design with Building Lifecycle Management Read full »
Real People - Awkward Demographics
One of the most unreliable subjects in our design professions has been that of demographics. Fuzzy data about the design professions and occasional fallacies imbedded in soft evidence can lead to... Read full »
Drivers of Change
There is no doubt that, as our built environment has transformed from a local phenomenon to a global one, we are now confronted with more pressing social, technological, economic, environmental and... Read full »
Soliciting Readers' Opinions
The MP3 player, digital cameras, Blackberries, the Internet. The last 25 years have seen a myriad of new innovations. We at DesignIntelligence are asking you to submit your choices for the most... Read full »
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... Read full »
University Raises Millions of Dollars In Research Grants and Contracts
The University of Kentucky (UK) has introduced a $1.6-billion budget for the 2005 to 2006 fiscal year, a measure that represents an investment in the university and the state designed to conquer... Read full »
Pacesetting Commissions, August 2005
13 pacesetting commissions. Read full »
Solving London's Housing Problem?
There is growing concern among several groups in England that crowding will occur, not to mention a reduction in the quality of life, with the establishment of higher-density housing developments... Read full »
Our Nation's Destiny Begins with the Creation of Mega Entertainment Venue
Commercial real estate developer Robert Congel is raising a whopping $20 billion to build Destiny USA, a 75-million sf entertainment complex in upstate New York. Read full »
Grant Applications Due Soon
The deadline for applications to be considered for grant funding from the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF), an organization that offers funding to projects that expand the recognition... Read full »
Metro Trend Data Released
Reed Construction Data has released Reed Market Fundamentals Second Quarter 2005, with new economic and demographic data for 54 of the top U.S. metro areas. Read full »
Asia Home to Most Expensive Cities
Eight of the world’s most expensive cities, according to a survey released in June by U.K. human resources firm, Mercer, are in Asia, which is a consideration if your firm is bidding on projects... Read full »
Who's on the Team? Rapid Role Changes in Design
Ed. note: This is Gerry Hammond’s perspective on how design roles have changed in the past decade. Read full »
A Selective History: a Decade of Design
Here is a little more detail on the events noted in this issue’s timeline. Read full »
DFC Thought Leaders Consider Two Decades of Design
When any decade is compressed, examined and filtered, it seems tumultuous. But the stretch from 1995 to now has without question been a doozy for design and the world at large. Read full »
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