ASHRAE’s move into a 66,700-sq-ft retrofit of a 1978 building near Atlanta, is complete, though design of its photovoltaic power system, which would allow the building to generate as much energy as it uses in a year, is currently in progress.
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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Code-based earthquake engineering is on the verge of getting simpler, thanks to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s recommendation to replace the traditional seismic hazards maps with an improved seismic hazards database.
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SoFi Stadium's digital twin from Willow consolidates 3.1 million sq ft of stadium and all its moving parts into a 16GB graphical and relational model that can be accessed from an iPad and analyzed by stadium management for optimizing building operations.
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The dog-shaped Spot robot from Boston Dynamics will be available next year with a Trimble laser scanner and GNSS antenna built in, for an out-of-the box autonomous reality capture on jobsites.
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Two years after introducing a model viewer, Procore brings out a major feature update for its field BIM software.
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Tool manufacturer Hilti is launching a semi-autonomous overhead drilling robot to aid overhead drilling, which is one of the most strenuous tasks in the building trades.
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The coronavirus has already added a new layer of complexity to the construction workplace, but more change is coming soon. We need your help in reporting about those changes.
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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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The City of Goodyear is planning to develop a civic square on a 47-acre site located between McDowell Road and Monte Vista Drive and between 150th Drive and the Bullard Wash.
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