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SFPE Announces Program and Speakers for Upcoming Engineering Solutions Symposium for Fire Safety and Sustainable Building Design

Civil + Structural Engineer

This packed symposium will explore design concepts, tools, and approaches for fire-safe buildings, and highlight the role of fire safety in sustainable design and education. The event will also present insight into external living walls, battery/energy storage systems, façade systems, photovoltaics, mass timber, and more.

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Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits

The Pro Builder

Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits qpurcell Wed, 10/04/2023 - 09:00 Dvele —a California-based manufacturer of prefab, modular homes—got started by bringing two building concepts together: high performance and factory construction. In 2018, Brandon Weiss, a third-generation U.S. Dvele's Nob Hill home in Ventura, Calif.,

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Optimizing Construction Workforce Management in 2025: Strategies to Attract, Retain, and Empower Skilled Talent

Construction Marketing

This guide breaks down the most critical strategies for 2025, from labor forecasting and retention tactics to workforce optimization tech that actually works on real job sites. And without a system to attract, retain, and empower it, even the best-laid project plan won’t survive contact with the field. It’s a strategic one.

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Why Structural Integrity Matters: How to Build Safer Buildings

CCR Magazine

Setting new benchmarks in safety and resilience, pioneering engineering, sophisticated materials, and painstaking design produce buildings that withstand the worst challenges of nature. Creative ideas and cooperative practices merging mostly form modern, safe buildings with long-lasting effects.

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Bentley Systems: Open Data Ecosystems to Advance Infrastructure Engineering

Civil + Structural Engineer

It’s flexible, collaborative, and built on a foundation of data that can be shared securely. Cumins explained that infrastructure sectors can no longer afford to work in silos, with data locked away in proprietary systems. Cesium is the creator of the 3D Tiles open standard also used by Google.

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Improving Sustainability in the Construction Industry: A Complete Guide for 2025

UK Construction Blog

Four core strategies drive sustainability improvements: selecting renewable and recycled materials, implementing energy-efficient systems and renewable energy, adopting circular construction practices to reduce waste by up to 30%, and implementing water conservation methods. What Is Sustainable Construction?

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Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

BDC Network

Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint 1 kcichowicz Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:59 Facility condition assessments provide powerful insight into your buildings and offer an ideal vehicle to advance resiliency and decarbonization goals. A facility owner and management team are pivotal in this transition.