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Great Solutions

41 Great Solutions for architects, engineers, and contractors

AI ChatBots, ambient computing, floating MRIs, low-carbon cement, sunshine on demand, next-generation top-down construction. These and 35 other innovations make up our 2024 Great Solutions Report, which highlights fresh ideas and innovations from leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms.

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BIM and IT are subject matter that every member of the building team should have some kind of handle on, and that everyone can derive some benefit from. Whether it’s an app to help with cost control or an optimized building design achieved through BIM, these technologies can bring your projects to the next level and beyond.

Architects | Feb 5, 2015

Toy around with Ittyblox's ultra-detailed building blocks

For Lego fanatics, time is no object when building a model. For those of us with a little less time, Ittyblox is a good solution.

BIM and Information Technology | Jan 29, 2015

Lego X by Gravity elevates the toy to a digital modeling kit

With the Lego X system, users can transfer the forms they’ve created with legos into real-time digital files.

BIM and Information Technology | Jan 28, 2015

5 crucial lessons from moving BIM/VDC workflows to the cloud

Early adopters of cloud-based model collaboration share what they learned in overcoming their toughest hurdles.

Mixed-Use | Jan 26, 2015

MVRDV designs twisty skyscraper to grace Vienna's skyline

The twist maximizes floor space and decreases the amount of shadows the building will cast on the surrounding area.

Jan 21, 2015

Schneider Electric and Autodesk begin collaboration on building lifecycle management

Schneider Electric has announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding, which states that Schneider Electric and Autodesk plan to collaborate to enhance current practices for building lifecycle management based on BIM.

HDR | Jan 8, 2015

Microsoft shutters classic clipart gallery: Reaction from a graphic designer

Microsoft shut down its tried-and-true clipart gallery, ridding the world not only of a trope of graphic design, but a nostalgic piece of digital design history, writes HDR's Dylan Coonrad.

Skanska | Jan 7, 2015

How you can help improve the way building information is shared

PDFs are the de facto format for digital construction documentation. Yet, there is no set standard for how to produce PDFs for a project, writes Skanska's Kyle Hughes.

Dec 29, 2014

Startup Solarbox London turns phone booths into quick-charge stations [BD+C's 2014 Great Solutions Report]

About 8,000 of London’s famous red telephone boxes sit unused in warehouses, orphans of the digital age. Two entrepreneurs plan to convert them into charging stations for mobile devices. Their invention was named a 2014 Great Solution by the editors of Building Design+Construction.

Dec 29, 2014

Hard hat equipped with smartglass technology could enhance job site management [BD+C's 2014 Great Solutions Report]

Smart Helmet is equipped with an array of cameras that provides 360-degree vision through its glass visor, even in low light. It was named a 2014 Great Solution by the editors of Building Design+Construction.

Dec 29, 2014

New data-gathering tool for retail designers [BD+C's 2014 Great Solutions Report]

Beacon technology personalizes smartphone messaging, creating a new information resource for store designers. It was named a 2014 Great Solution by the editors of Building Design+Construction.

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