citizenM is set to break ground on its first California hotel this week. CitizenM San Francisco Union Square, a 12-story building located at 72 Ellis Street, will be the first of three locations in the Bay Area.
The 195-room, 130-foot-tall...
Today is Earth Day, and this morning, Turner Construction made public an ambitious program that could burnish its standing as a green builder.
This three-pronged initiative starts with Turner reaffirming its commitment, made in 2004, to “build green.” Over the...
We’ve taken a close look at new tools that are designed to see the roof of the buildings constructed first, detailed how and why VR can enable better design and increase productivity and have also the explored current state...
Two young Indigenous women have become the latest graduates of an innovative scheme designed to prepare Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women for construction and engineering careers.
“I see a lot of opportunities ahead of me,” says 26-year-old Tarni Proberts-Roberts....
Organic design of interiors uses natural elements for creating those designs by minimal usage of synthetic materials. An organic decorator should be aware of the type of natural elements available in the market and in nature which...
Steel building construction is the process of building a structure, using steel as the raw material. Steel is an advantageous building material that enables a simple and easy construction process. Steel building construction has 48% of the...
The amount of technology available geared specifically toward the construction industry is mind-boggling. There’s drones, robots, smart hard hats, wearables, ruggedized smartphones and tablets, and 3D printers. Soon we’ll have autonomous (self-driving) heavy equipment hitting construction sites. Not to...
3D models for industrial projects of all sizes
It’s not just Australia’s largest industrial projects that are benefitting from the use of 3D technology in their marketing, with Strand Estates using it in multi-unit complexes, both new and existing, throughout...
Construction projects run on strict deadlines, keeping up with client demands, weather changes, missing supplies, and other problems to complete on schedule. A disruption can throw a figurative wrench into the works, making the job that much harder. What...
A palace gutted
The Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin), south of Petersburg, was gutted during the second world war. When Russian people first saw the damage, they must have despaired.
Nevertheless, the government provided the resources to allow room-by-room restorations....
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