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Three AEC firms launch a mass timber product for quicker school construction

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The website expertmarketresearch.com estimates that the value of the global cross-laminated timber market hit $779 million in 2020, and is expected to grow annually by 13% to $1.624 billion in 2026.

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Animal health, a huge market getting bigger, is fertile territory for engineering firm CRB

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The American Pet Association estimates that Americans spent a record $99 billion on pet-related expenses in 2020, from food and toys to vet services. The animal care sector is big business that at least one AEC firm has been tapping into for a while. More than two-thirds of U.S.

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Williamsburg Wharf by Brandon Haw Architecture, Cookfox, Rockwell Group, Ward + Gray, Studio Munge, Hill | West

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Naftali Group, a leading privately held global real estate development and investment firm based in New York, announced the official unveiling of Williamsburg Wharf, a 3.75-acre With construction already well underway onsite, the first phase of Williamsburg Wharf is estimated to be completed in 2025.

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McCarthy Building Companies taps the military for potential new hires

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Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that the country’s construction workforce in May was down 225,000 people from the pre-pandemic level of February 2020, a 2.9% In its latest monthly report , the U.S.

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The Gemini Factor: Digital twin tech enters the AEC market

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And by 2020, at least half of manufacturers with annual revenues of $5 billion or more will have launched at least one digital twin initiative. Those estimates from research firm Gartner—based on a 2017 survey of 202 organizations in the U.S., Germany, and Japan—confirm a trend that’s been building for several years.

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2022 Projects in the Pipeline

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The large amount of work hardly surprises us anymore, as the design and construction industries have proven remarkably resilient despite the economic and social turmoil we have endured since early 2020. During the 2020 edition of the Projects in the Pipeline program , developer Jim Atkins of Portland-based Atkins Dame, Inc.

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The Gemini Factor: Digital twin tech enters the AEC market

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And by 2020, at least half of manufacturers with annual revenues of $5 billion or more will have launched at least one digital twin initiative. Those estimates from research firm Gartner—based on a 2017 survey of 202 organizations in the U.S., Germany, and Japan—confirm a trend that’s been building for several years.