4 ways AI impacts building design beyond dramatic imagery

A 20-foot-tall printer will be needed for the project, spewing out construction material consisting of special reinforced concrete, fiber reinforced plastic, and glass fiber reinforced gypsum.

Gilbane discovered the anecdotal side of laser scanning pales in comparison to the dramatic ROI story.

To complete the bridge, multi-axis industrial robots will be fitted with 3D printing tools and controlled using custom software that enables the robots to print metals, plastics, and combinations of materials.

Early adopters provide first-hand advice on the trials and tribulations of marrying 3D printing with the science of building technology.

Human-robot collaboration, self-cleaning and self-healing materials, mass customization, and 3D printing will herald a new "golden age" of production.

The buzzword may be “Big Data,” but the reality is that Building Teams need to burrow deep into those huge datasets in the course of designing and building new facilities. Much of the information is free. You just need to dig for it. 

The search engine giant is yet again diversifying its products. Google has co-created a startup, called Sidewalk Labs, that will focus on “developing innovative technologies to improve cities.”

The ShakeAlarm system recognizes and quantifies the faster but lower-energy seismic P-wave, which is the precursor to the more damaging S-wave.