DYK- Big Data Challenges
Did you know that adopting analytics tools may pose challenges for project-driven business in the building industry. Unstructured Data- It is the biggest challenge for any big data analytics initiative. To draw meaningful insights from data, companies need an...
DYK- Common Data Environment (CDE)
Did you know that Common Data Environment also known as (CDE) is a cloud-based digital platform that functions as a central repository for all project data. It improves efficiencies and streamlines workflows through all phases of construction. Organizing a CDE depends...
DYK- Introduction to Optimized Building
Did you know that "Optimized" building and modular construction represents a portion of the future of building development. After decades of relatively slow growth, the rapid rise of modular looks likely to disrupt the building industry. In the near future "optimized"...
DYK- Robust Technological Solutions
Did you know that technologies such as BIM have the capacity to breakdown traditional silos, enable real time knowledge sharing, and promote collaboration among previously disconnected organizations. If digital technology is successfully integrated across the entire...
DYK- Digital Transformation Challenges The Building Industry
Did you know that few companies fully digitized their operations the traditional processes and procedures that have evolved over the history of the deeply fragmented, risk-averse building industry. The following characteristics of the building industry make digital...
DYK- Inflation & The Construction Industry
Did you know that as rates of inflation has increased in our economy it has affected our industry and the effects are showing. Essential materials and skilled labor significantly more expensive, but supply chain pressures and shortages are making it harder...
DYK- Green Buildings & Climate Change
Did you know that by building green we can can reduce the impact our buildings have on contributing to climate change. According to Architect 2023, building accounts for 40% of all greenhouse has emissions. Our industry should invest more time in green building as it...
DYK- Energy Storage
Did you know that there are many benefits to choosing energy storage? It depends on the application and the type of technology that is selected to meet that application’s requirement. Energy storage provides benefits to electricity end-users and to society as a...
DYK- Solar Energy Technologies
Did you know that there are two main types of solar energy technologies: photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP)? In Photovoltaics Basics when the sun shines onto a solar panel, energy from the sunlight is absorbed by the PV cells in the panel...
DYK-Wind Energy
Did you know that wind is used to produce electricity by converting the kinetic energy of air in motion into electricity? Today modern wind turbines rotate the rotor blades, which convert kinetic energy into rotational energy. We call this rotational energy and...