Making Value: Integrating Manufacturing, Design, and Innovation to Thrive in the Changing Global Economy

Making Value:

Integrating Manufacturing, Design, and Innovation to Thrive in the Changing Global Economy

A free 48-page pdf report from a conference held in Washington, DC on June 11-12th, 2012.

A great report, now to apply these ideas to the change-resistant construction industry.

IDEAbuilder in Denmark. Building the Future

Damon Hernandez, one of our 3D engineers, was recently invited to Denmark by the Innovation Lab to speak about the future of technology and the internet at the NEXT festival in Aarhus in September 2010.

The full video is below. More perspectives from Damon can be found on his blog, Metaverse One. When people ask us what we do I prefer to show them interactive demos. Watch the video to discover how far we intend to travel. Are there many fellow travelers out there?

How the building industry really works...or doesn't

"In contrast, the AECO industry seams to employ the “convince-build-pray” modus operandi. The designers convince the client by demonstrating a few selected performance aspects (usually cost and image) he/she can understand – but the designers cannot guarantee – that the building will work to the
client’s expectations; the builders build the building, and then everyone awaits to see how the building will work once it is occupied and in use. They hope for the best, but fear the worst."

Quote from Vladimir Bazjanac,of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and head of the technical advisory group for buildingSMART from this article.