The workflow by which engineers perform their conceptual design calculations has remained unchanged for decades. It’s time for a change. This week’s Blog from Stantec discusses how automating the repetition out of day-to-day engineering frees up resources to iterate better design, as well as saves time and money.
Limited registration has opened on a new Augmenta pilot program for electrical contractors and engineers, giving them the opportunity to evaluate its automated design solution for the construction industry. This week’s Blog explores everything Augmenta has to offer and then shows you how to get involved with the program.
This week’s Blog takes a look at the newest project completed by Madeleine Design Group; called ‘Locarno’. This is a gorgeous, older home in downtown Vancouver, with lots of family history, which was completely updated throughout with an ultra-modern design and aesthetic… completely transformed into a modern stunner!
To continue to connect and support the industry, BUILDEX Vancouver and BUILDEX Alberta will host online educational programming and in person micro events in British Columbia and Alberta from September 27 – 29, 2021. This week’s Blog takes a look at BUILDEX Amplified and at what participants can expect!
A global pilot project during the pandemic has uncovered an imbalance that needs attention when we go back to work. This week’s Blog from Stantec discusses the future of the workplace in a post-pandemic world, what trends are shaping the office, and what adaptations will need to happen to keep us all safe.
In this critical decade of climate action, it is clear that all nations must reduce carbon emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. If Canada is to reach its goals, the construction industry must change how buildings are designed, built or renovated, and operated. This week’s Blog takes a look at the findings of a recent Canada Green Building Council report on how to best ready the industry’s professionals to meet the demands of zero carbon building.
Easy to manufacture, sustainable, easy to shape, with good insulating properties, reusable, and proven over millennia, bricks may be slightly more expensive to manufacture but lives up to its promise – particularly when it comes to sustainability. This week’s Blog takes a look at how technology is being used today during manufacturing to make the firing process of bricks increasingly more environmentally friendly.
S2 Architecture has invested in state-of-the-art Virtual Reality (VR) hardware and software that allows its clients to fully immerse themselves into their designed building prior to it being built. This week’s Blog examines this cutting edge technology and discusses the many benefits found when designing within a virtual space.
Designers and architects spend a large portion of our day working with each other and clients, collaborating on projects. No matter what phase of a project, they strive to achieve a collective goal through by building trust, common bonds, and productive relationships; and the outbreak of COVID-19 has not deterred them from this goal. This week’s Blog by Number TEN’s Genevieve Bergman takes a closer look at a few helpful tools that make it easier to continue to collaborating in a creative way remotely.
Unveiled for the first time at the Wood Design Show last month, Uniboard’s Studio Collection is guaranteed to deliver breathtaking aesthetics to large-scale commercial or residential building projects all across North America. This week’s Blog reaches out to Uniboard to learn more about the inspiration behind Studio and how the company’s newest collection is changing the game for interior designers, architects and those in the commercial and institutional segments.