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[INFOGRAPHIC]: Green Construction By The Numbers
In honor of Earth Day (April 22), let's take a look at how far we've come with green construction technology.
Can Labor Tracking Technology Save You Money?
Labor makes up an average of 40 percent of all construction project costs. And the more labor-intensive a job is, the higher that percentage goes. So it’s critical to weed out any...
Self-Healing Concrete: Coming to a Construction Project Near You?
Since the ancient Egyptians and the ancient Romans, concrete has been synonymous with strength. But it leaves a heavy carbon footprint. The production of one of its major...
Locating Pipes with Acoustics and Mapping Software
When a contractor hits a buried line, damage to the line inevitably costs firms valuable time and money. But over the past decade, technology companies have introduced new software...
Cool Tech Innovations Used in Megatall Buildings
A few years ago, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat declared that 2016 would usher in the era of megatall buildings, those rising higher than 600 meters (1,968 feet)...
Cool New Office Construction Projects
Knock on wood in Minneapolis Meet the U.S.'s tallest modern-era mass timber office building. Developer Hines Interests wanted to pay homage to the neighborhood's history as a...
Green Building Technology
Green building technology Green building standards encourage construction workers and firms to positively impact the environment through more sustainable methods — but green...
The Future of Building: Cartridge Construction?
The future of building is based in the effort to answer one of construction’s most pressing challenges: How to efficiently turn the disparate items that make up a structure (wire...
Augmented and Virtual Reality: What They Mean for Safety and Training
The virtues of virtual reality have been touted for more than 20 years, to the point that one is tempted to paraphrase Charles De Gaulle and suggest that VR is “the technology of...
Sustainable Infrastructure Projects: How Envision Can Help
When the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority took on the challenge of building a new airport cooling system, sustainability was the goal. “There’s a real misconception that...