by steve | May 11, 2020 | 5A-BIM, Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that 45 percent of architecture firms use BIM?
by steve | May 10, 2020 | 1-Energy, Sustainability, & Global Health, Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Environment and Climate, Land and Water Use, Resource Scarcity, Society
Did you know the construction industry has an average unlevered beta of about 1.33? This means that if the market itself is neutral (at a beta of 1.00) than the construction/engineering industry has a much stronger correlation or deviation with the market! If an...
by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | 1-Energy, Sustainability, & Global Health, Business, Did You Know? (DYK), Economy, Funny & Interesting, Society
Did you know that the U.S. spends 3.5 trillion on healthcare per year? This is more than every other country and about 18% of our countries’ gross domestic output (GDP). Of that $3.5 trillion, $1.5 trillion, is financed by the federal government....
by steve | Apr 29, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that photovoltaic (semiconductors that convert sunlight to electricity) would just need to cover 0.6% of U.S. land area to generate enough electricity to meet national demand.
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
Did you know water systems maintain more than 2 million miles of distribution mains? In 2000, nearly 80% of systems were less than 40 years old, while 4% were more than 80 years old. From 2001 to 2006, over 56,000 miles of distribution mains were replaced and 225,000...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that U.S. water systems need to invest $472.6 billion over the next 20 years to continue providing clean safe drinking water?
