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The Strength of Trust

Posted on May 08, 2018 in: Constructability, Electrical Construction, Energy Solutions, Engineering / Pre-Con, Intelligent Buildings, Quick Response

The strength of trust is earned through promises made and kept—meaningful promises in which the keeping delivers fair value to everyone concerned. But...the thing about trust is that the need for earning is never finished. Customers and competition dictate that trust follows from p...

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The Strength of Efficiency

Posted on April 01, 2018 in: Constructability, Electrical Construction, Energy Solutions, Engineering / Pre-Con, Intelligent Buildings, Quick Response

In business and in life generally, efficiency is defined as achieving objectives with a minimum of wasted effort. However, great outcomes don’t happen in a vacuum. An innovative company stays in touch with its employees and its customers, communicating its objectives clearly with the int...

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The Strength of Safety

Posted on March 06, 2018 in: Constructability, Electrical Construction, Energy Solutions, Engineering / Pre-Con, Intelligent Buildings, Quick Response

Among the indicators of quality in the construction industry and among its leading best practices is the presence of and consistent adherence to a strong safety program. Understanding that hazards exist everywhere, on and off the job, it is a responsibility of everyone in the organization to sustain...

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The Evolution of “Down-Scaleability” in Healthcare

Posted on September 13, 2017 in: Electrical Construction, Intelligent Buildings

As has been the case for many other kinds of services, rapid and substantial technical advances in healthcare have shrunk the need for physical space to accommodate the delivery of patient care. This comes as surgery and other procedures have become increasingly “micro,” making med...

A Revolution in Construction Collaboration: Building the New World of Assisted Living

Posted on June 20, 2017 in: Constructability, Electrical Construction, Intelligent Buildings

The demographics of America’s aging population are inescapable. The number of increasingly frail older people (older than age 65 with any disability) is projected to increase from 11 million in 2010 to 18 million in 2030*, due to the fact that 10,000 Americans are turning age 65 every da...

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Embracing the Future as Database Intelligence Comes to MEP Modeling Technology

Posted on February 07, 2017 in: Constructability, Engineering / Pre-Con, Intelligent Buildings

For decades, building designers, engineers and leading MEP contractors have been engaged in embracing progressive technology adoption, especially as three dimensional modeling became a standard tool for assuring the highest possible accuracy and constructability in design and construction. Lat...

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Managing the Challenges of “Open Security” on Campus While Maintaining a Light But Firm Touch

Posted on November 08, 2016 in: Intelligent Buildings

Maintaining security in largely public institutions is about controlling access and assuring an appropriate balance between the physical security and life-safety of their constituents and guests. With the exception of acute-care hospitals where degrees of life-safety are uniquely exacting, for...

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Constructing Intelligent Buildings in the 21st Century

Posted on May 12, 2015 in: Intelligent Buildings

Building Management Systems BMS (also known as Building Automation Systems BAS), long valued for delivering the “smarts” for “intelligent buildings,” have grown significantly in importance in recent years, largely for their ability to deliver competitive advantage. In many cases the share of systems technologies for new construction p...