How AI Can Help the Construction Industry Meet the Need for Housing
By Jim Campbell
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According to research from the National Association of Realtors, the United States is facing a shortage of 5.5 million homes. The gap contin...
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Artificial Intelligence
Data Analytics
Building Sophia's Dream House
By Ken Budd
January 25, 2024
On a sunny May morning in 2023, 10-year-old Sophia dug a ceremonial shovel into the backyard soil of her Kaukauna, Wisconsin, home. The grou...
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Residential
People
From the Ashes: Reconstructing After the Maui Wildfire
By Grace Calengor
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On Tuesday, Aug. 8, a wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui ravaged the town of Lahaina, killing nearly 100 people and stranding thousands...
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PPE
Infrastructure
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Let the Sunshine In: Architectural Design Optimally Harvests Natural Light
By Del Williams
June 14, 2023
When architects, engineers, designers and building owners consider new construction or operational upgrades, effectively using natural dayli...
Residential
Commercial
How Retro-Commissioning Can Extend the Life of a Building—and the Planet
By Matthew Zweibruck
May 23, 2023
Sustainability initiatives in the built environment need not be limited to new construction or other large expenditures. Aging facilities ha...
Residential
Institutional
What's Old Is New
By Christopher Durso
April 7, 2023
The 1970s were not a golden age of energy efficiency. While public awareness of environmental issues grew throughout the decade—Earth Day an...
Residential
Multifamily
Tile and Trouble
By Christopher Durso
October 1, 2022
After the clampdown on China, David Allen Company thought it had the global supply chain essentially figured out.
The tile, terrazzo and ma...
Residential
Everything Is Rent
By Rachel E. Pelovitz
September 29, 2022
RentCafe has ranked the most competitive apartment markets of 2022 so far (per Yardi proprietary data), and it turns out that today’s rental...
Residential
Multifamily
Scaling Up: Megaprojects Are a Big Deal
By Christopher Durso
September 27, 2022
In an industry of big jobs, megaprojects have always been the titans, so grand and soaring they seem to belong to another era. Think the Hoo...
Residential
Public
Industrial
Manufacturing
How to Pitch Metal Roofing to Appeal to Your Customers' Green Sensibilities
By Brian Haraf
July 20, 2022
The metal roofing industry provides a recyclable, energy-efficient alternative to traditional roofing materials. That’s money that your cust...
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