This article is part of a larger piece published on the Autodesk Digital Builder Blog. To read the original in its entirety, click HERE. In my last article on the GovDesignHub, I shared 12 of the most common reasons for…
12 Common Causes of Construction Rework
This article is part of a larger piece published on the Autodesk Digital Builder Blog. To read the original in its entirety, click HERE. In construction…rework plagues owners, managers, trade contractors, and laborers alike. It also is a productivity killer, stealing hours, days,…
Five Benefits of Harnessing Scalable Design for the DoD
This article originally appeared on the KETIV Blog. To read the original article in its entirety, click HERE. A “scalable design” approach focuses on creating products that can be adapted and expanded as the needs of an organization shift and…
Windover Construction Blurs the Line Between Manufacturing and Construction in Award-Winning Project
In a previous article on the GovDesignHub, we sat down with Amr Raafat, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at Windover Construction, to discuss the company’s award-winning renovation of the Cabot Street YMCA, located in Beverly, Massachusetts. This project involved vertically expanding…
Windover Construction Leverages Advanced AEC Technologies to Transform Lives
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, “only 36 affordable and available rental homes exist for every 100 extremely low-income renter households.” With only 36 percent of extremely low-income renter households having access to rental properties that are considered…
Four Architecture Industry Predictions for 2023
This article originally appeared on Autodesk News. To read the original article in its entirety, click HERE. From digital and business transformation to climate resilience and collective intelligence: what are some of the key challenges and opportunities for the architecture…
How BIM and Revit Helps Sea Ports Make Crucial Updates
Ocean shipping is the foundation of global trade and commerce and has been for thousands of years. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 90 percent of traded goods are carried over the seas. With today’s cargo ships…
How Digital Design can Facilitate the Movement to More Sustainable Transportation
Sustainable transportation is a huge topic in today’s world, and for good reasons. According to the International Institute of Sustainable Development, transportation accounts for about 64 percent of global oil consumption, 27 percent of all energy use, and 23 percent…
Civil Engineers Should Stop Doing These 5 Things
Improving your workflows and processes doesn’t always require you to do more. Sometimes it requires you to stop. If you’re a civil engineer that’s stuck in an endless cycle of project inefficiencies like a broken template, lack of tools, or…
Happy Holidays from the GovDesignHub Team
The GovDesignHub will be back with even more content in 2023. We would like to thank you for visiting us in 2022, and encourage you to come back in the New Year to see what we’ve got in store. Have a safe…
