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Exploring Innovative Materials Shaping Architecture

1 year 8 months ago
From Rethinking The Future:  In the realm of architecture, each building tells its story through the chosen materials that form its foundation. Building materials play a role in this narrative not only as integral components of the architectural process but also as expressions of creativity that can be seen and felt. When selecting building materials, […]
Kacey Crawley

What Kind of Tool Can AI Become for AEC Teams?

1 year 8 months ago
From Building Design + Construction:  Last October, Turner Construction held its annual Innovation Summit in New York. The theme of the three-day event was “From Artificial Intelligence to Intelligence Augmentation.” Among the AI solutions and practices presented, Turner demonstrated an AI tool (first tested by the firm’s procurement team in Vancouver, B.C.) that automates the […]
Kacey Crawley

Tracking Opportunity Zone Housing Markets

1 year 8 months ago
From ATTOM:  ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, today released its fourth-quarter 2023 report analyzing qualified low-income Opportunity Zones targeted by Congress for economic redevelopment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (see full methodology below). In this report, ATTOM looked at 3,667 zones around the United States […]
Kacey Crawley

COVID Relief Dollars Fueled Dara Daugherty’s Slum Empire

1 year 8 months ago
Dara Daugherty allegedly made a fortune off a very simple business model: illegally renting dozens of condemned properties around south St. Louis to people with nowhere else to go.  Her sprawling boarding house operation, which encompassed 39 ramshackle houses, filled Daugherty’s pockets to the tune of $40,000 per month, according to a lawsuit the city filed against her in January. 
Mike Fitzgerald