Tag: news
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Good News for Local Drivers: U.S. 35 Upgrades Reach Half-Way Mark in LaPorte, Indiana
LaPorte, IN – With the leaves falling from the trees and sleet and snow just around the corner, LaPorte area residents can breathe a small sigh of relief today. That’s because LaPorte Mayor Tom Dermody and construction company F.H. Paschen declared the half-way point on the U.S. 35 Pavement Replacement and Outfall Utilities Project that…
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Water UK backs £500m boost as homeowners await news on bills
Water UK has welcomed a decision by the Competition and Markets Authority to return more than £500 million in funding to five water companies. The money will supposedly help improve water pipes, treatment works and other key infrastructure that had faced spending limits. The change could mean better services for customers but may also lead…
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Team News: A Big Magazine Spread Of My Brother’s House And A Recap Of Our Team Retreat!!
Y’all. My brother’s river house has a 10-page spread in the October Better Homes & Gardens issue!!! I was terrified to pick it up, TBH. Here’s how it works (at least here’s how I do it). I shoot these projects and create a big old pitch deck to send out to the magazine that I…
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Watts News Release: Merger of Nexa and TDG
Watts Water Technologies is excited to announce the strategic merger of two of its flagship digital brands, Nexa™ and The Detection Group™, creating a comprehensive solution for Intelligent Water Management across commercial buildings. The combination brings together Nexa, Watts’ powerful intelligent water management platform, with The Detection Group’s market-leading wireless leak detection technology, trusted by Fortune 500…
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Watts News Release: Nexa Intelligent Water Management
Watts Water Technologies, a global leader in plumbing, heating, and water quality technologies, introduces Nexa, the only truly intelligent water management solution on the market. Designed for facilities of all types, Nexa moves beyond “smart” technology by delivering proactive, data-driven insights that help facility managers take complete control of their water systems and gain actionable…
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Onyx Creative News Managing Architect Atlanta
Please help us give a warm welcome to our newest team member, Charles Killebrew! Charles is joining our Onyx Creative team in Atlanta, Georgia as the Managing Architect. With more than thirty years of experience in architecture and building consulting—most recently overseeing operations and strategy—he brings a wealth of knowledge to our firm. Charles has…
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Awaab’s Law coming into force is good news – but it doesn’t go far enough
The second phase will be rolled out in 2026, when Awaab’s Law will be expanded to address all category 1 hazards in the housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS), which go beyond just mould and damp issues. This includes hazards such as excess cold and heat, falls, structural collapse, fire, electrical, explosions and hygiene.…
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Building with Inflatable Concrete Formwork and Other News
Here are our industrialized construction updates from February 2023. Automatic Construction, an NYC startup, was one of eight 2022 Construction Startup Competition winners. Alex Bell, the co-founder, presented the company’s concrete building solution at the competition’s Pitchday in October 2022. Bell’s and Tyler Robins’s company produces inflatable concrete formwork in a factory and transports it to the building…
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The Numbers Behind Inefficient Construction Practices and Other News
Here are our smart construction updates from February 2023. Buildots just published a report analyzing quantitative data from 64 global construction projects and identifying common inefficiencies in current construction processes. The data came from Buildots’ datasets. Here’s a snapshot of the indicators: Area Utilization: 46% This is the percentage of available areas that are worked…
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Construction AI News 8/2022 – AEC Business
Here are picks from the AI issue of the AEC Business newsletter in August 2022. Subscribe! Artificial intelligence can now make convincing images of buildings. Is that a good thing? “In less than a month of using AI, I have created 11,515 images,” writes Kory Bieg. “I have no doubt that this will be a…