In this article in Engineering News-Record, Alison Jones, CEO of Order Penguin, says professional services are at a tipping point when it comes to how projects are delivered. AI and advanced digital platforms have the potential to reshape design, construction delivery and client services. By pairing younger, digital native staff with experienced professionals, there’s an opportunity to digitally transform AEC firms with clear, targeted and actionable strategies.
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Location: Birmingham, AL
Products: Alucobond (MCM)
General Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie
Architects: Williams Blackstock Architects
Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s UNITED Birmingham Campus is situated over 103 acres in the Birmingham Kingston community. The new corporate headquarters is expected to open in 2027, in time for the company’s 125th anniversary. For this project, MillerClapperton is fabricating and installing approximately 20,000 square feet of Metal Composite Material (MCM) panels on the campus office building, greeting center, and classic foods building.
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The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) recently unveiled two new ratings, the WELL Real Estate Rating and the WELL Operations Rating. The WELL Real Estate Rating focuses on enhancing base building infrastructure while the WELL Operations Rating focuses on addressing base building operations and maintenance, giving real estate companies a flexible, high-impact way to implement and scale health strategies across their portfolios.
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Google’s latest image generation and editing model, Gemini 3 Pro Image “Nano Banana”, has triggered a polarizing response as architects wonder if it can change the way buildings are designed. This blog post on Architizer digs into some of the reasons behind the divide and how it works as an inspiration tool.
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Recommendation: DESIGN:ED podcast: Thomas Phifer
Hosted by: Aaron Prinz
This episode of Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED podcase features Thomas Phifer discussing the opening of the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw and the reverence for light in architecture. He also shares his response to being the first recipient of Architectural Record’s Architect of RECORD award, which celebrates a lifetime of achievement in the profession and exceptional work published within the magazine.
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