The Reskilling Revolution Is Coming: How Manufacturers Can Survive Industry 4.0
From Star Wars’ cuddly R2-D2 to 2001: A Space Odyssey’s malevolent HAL, popular culture has long reflected the public’s ambivalence and anxiety about artificial intelligence (AI). Are intelligent...
View ArticleThe Future of Making: Design Automation and Imagination [Infographic]
The global middle class is growing faster than at any time in history: 400,000 people join the middle class every day. This increasingly urban population—68% will live in cities by 2050—creates a...
View ArticleFollowing Nature’s Lead to Create Circular Cities for a Sustainable Future
Designers, engineers, and inventors have long looked to nature for inspiration, creating innovations as diverse as airplanes (inspired by birds), ventilation systems (termites), bullet trains...
View ArticleHow Digital-Twin Technology Is Changing Manufacturing for the Better
No doubt about it, twins are fascinating. Think Luke and Leia. The Doublemint Twins. The Grady twins from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. (Okay, the Gradys are also terrifying.) Equally fascinating—and,...
View ArticleGenerative Design: Redefining What’s Possible in the Future of Manufacturing...
Technology has played a key role in the design and manufacturing of products for years. That said, it’s fair to say that technology has been used primarily as a productivity tool. But imagine if...
View ArticleGot Cabin Fever? Virtual Tourism Can Help With 6 Architectural Walk-Throughs
Climbing the walls of your home office? Same. Feel the need for a change of scenery? Yes, please. COVID-19’s social distancing and stay-at-home orders can make even the hardiest of folks feel a little...
View ArticleConnected Construction: Redefining the Built World Through Collaboration...
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has traditionally been anything but connected. If you work in the industry, you’re all too familiar with the impact of disconnected...
View ArticleAI-Based Generative Design Is the Ultimate Collaborator [Infographic]
Whether you’re designing automotive parts to create lighter, more fuel-efficient cars or creating office-space layouts that help foster employee interaction, generative design is the ideal cocreation...
View ArticleStart Your Digital Construction Journey: A Transformation Road Map [Infographic]
As projects around the world become more complex, construction companies have their work cut out for them: To stay competitive, they must find ways to improve risk management, data security, and...
View ArticleThe Future of Building: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic [E-book]
During the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has called on the flexibility and resiliency of the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, and the response has been encouraging:...
View ArticleSustainable Construction Materials: Building a Cleaner, Healthier World [E-book]
In the wake of COVID-19, return-to-the-workplace protocols have underscored the need for healthy building interiors, with an emphasis on better-managed air quality, ample space to support social...
View ArticleWhat Is Lean Construction? A Planning Process That Empowers People [Infographic]
With 70% of projects over budget and delivered late, it’s no secret that the construction industry needs to find ways to work smarter. Improving the project-planning process is a good place to start....
View ArticleDesigning for Impact: How Innovators Are Exploring Emerging Technologies...
The need to solve the world’s most critical social, environmental, and economic problems is an urgent one, and there’s no shortage of great ideas. But those ideas have a better chance of becoming...
View ArticleAssembling a Smart Factory? Start With Your Boardroom [Infographic]
Smart factories are smart business. According to a 2019 joint study by Deloitte and the Manufacturer’s Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), early adopters of smart-factory technology have...
View ArticleHow Workforce Upskilling Aims to Close the Skills Gap in Manufacturing [E-book]
The talent shortage in the manufacturing industry has CEOs around the world concerned and rightly so: Digital transformation is changing the nature of work at an accelerated pace. Workers need to adapt...
View ArticleHow Technology Is Making Global Water Infrastructure More Resilient [E-book]
In 2020, as the world began confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most important measures to prevent infection—the simple act of washing one’s hands—highlighted another global crisis: water...
View ArticleDigital Transformation Is Driving the Design and Build Industry Forward [E-book]
Digital transformation isn’t a change that happens overnight. In fact, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has already experienced three waves of digital transformation, each...
View ArticleThe Acceleration of Convergence [Infographic]
Convergence may sound like a buzzword, but it’s not a new concept. Learn how the business benefits of convergence can help firms gain a competitive edge.
View ArticleThe Road to Digital Transformation Begins With BIM [Infographic]
BIM is accelerating digital transformation, thanks to its rising and an increase in the adoption of emerging technologies.
View ArticleOn Being an Architect: One Discipline, Many Paths [E-book]
In this e-book, discover six professionals whose architecture training has led to different interpretations of what being an architect can mean.
View ArticleSkills-Based Volunteering Offers More Than a Warm, Fuzzy Feeling
Skills-based volunteering is a more specialized and customized type of engagement than traditional corporate volunteering or pro bono work. For businesses and employees alike, the biggest benefit of...
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