This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders from BK Facility Consulting, cove.tool, and HMC Architects about:
• What two healthcare designers learned about the shortcomings—and happy surprises—of healthcare facilities in which they found themselves as patients.
• How AEC firms can use machine learning to optimize design, cost, and sustainability, and prioritize efficiency protocols.
Thanks to our episode sponsor:
THE WEEKLY SHOW HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2021
BD+C's Group Director Tony Mancini runs down the highlights from this week's show.
SEGMENT #1
"Healthcare designer as patient"
Pam Maynard, a Design Principal with HMC Architects, and Bruce Knepper, a healthcare architect and President of BK Facility Consulting, discuss the shortcomings—and happy surprises—of the healthcare facilities in which they found themselves as patients. They talk about these experiences - and their advice for other healthcare designers—with Rob Cassidy, Executive Editor, BD+C.
SEGMENT #2
Machine learning and design, with Sandeep Ahuja of cove.tool
BD+C Senior Editor John Caulfield interviews Sandeep Ahuja, a sustainability expert and co-founder of Atlanta-based startup cove.tool, a machine-learning enabled app that helps AEC firms optimize design, cost, and sustainability, and prioritize efficiency protocols. Sandeep discusses the tool's benefits, as well as a new report on AEC Trends that her company just released.
WATCH ‘THE WEEKLY’ EVERY THURSDAY AT 1 PM EASTERN
“The Weekly” is a presentation of Horizon TV, the online broadcast arm of SGC Horizon LLC, publishers of Building Design+Construction, Multifamily Design+Construction, Professional Builder, ProRemodeler, and Construction Equipment.
Related Stories
| Aug 11, 2010
HDR, Perkins+Will top BD+C's ranking of the nation's 100 largest healthcare design firms
A ranking of the Top 100 Healthcare Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
| Aug 11, 2010
Diffenbaugh completes construction of Loma Linda University Highland Springs Medical Plaza
J.D. Diffenbaugh, Inc. has completed construction of the new Highland Springs Medical Center for California's Loma Linda University Medical Center that will significantly enhance the access to medical services for families in the Inland Empire. The project was developed by Lillibridge Healthcare Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest private healthcare real estate firms.
| Aug 11, 2010
Arup, SOM top BD+C's ranking of the country's largest mixed-use design firms
A ranking of the Top 75 Mixed-Use Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
| Aug 11, 2010
Structure Tone, Turner among the nation's busiest reconstruction contractors, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report
A ranking of the Top 75 Reconstruction Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
| Aug 11, 2010
Best AEC Firms of 2011/12
Later this year, we will launch Best AEC Firms 2012. We’re looking for firms that create truly positive workplaces for their AEC professionals and support staff. Keep an eye on this page for entry information. +
| Aug 11, 2010
Call for entries: Building enclosure design awards
The Boston Society of Architects and the Boston chapter of the Building Enclosure Council (BEC-Boston) have announced a High Performance Building award that will assess building enclosure innovation through the demonstrated design, construction, and operation of the building enclosure.
