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Listen: The Winter Olympics Have Robot Cleaners For Maintenance
At this years 2018 Winter Olympics, robots will be lending a hand for many tasks from serving drinks to cleaning up trash. Robots are being common in South Korea with country selling around 41,000 robots in 2016. Over time, cleaning robots have grown in popularity making their way into many building management operations. Robert…
Boeing Builds Its New Division With New Partnerships
February 8, aircraft-parts supplier Woodward quashed rumors that Boeing was taking them over, sending shares 12 points lower after having gained 7.5 percentage points on the rumors of a takeover. However, it appears the Fort Collins, Colorado-based company is in secret talks, according to anonymous sources, to help Boeing build a new division from a…
How To Avoid A Car Wash Catastrophe
The Car Wash and Auto Detailing industry is already worth over $11 billion, and that number is expected to increase over the next 5 years.[1] The highly fragmented nature of the playing field makes it an ideal investment opportunity for a variety of savvy investors. The right location, strategy, and execution can create one, or a…
Emirates President Sir Tim Clark Wants Airlines To Embrace Technology
Emirates Airline president Sir Tim Clark wants airlines to start embracing technology to keep up with evolving consumer needs and emerging industry standards. In a recent interview with Business Insider, he had strong words for the airline industry, expressing that companies who don’t take steps to incorporate new technologies would “perish”. Among the technologies mentioned…
The Importance of Regular Roof Inspection
For its owners, a commercial building is a significant investment that shouldn’t be neglected. A roof’s good condition, for example, must be maintained to preserve both the building and the people and equipment inside. To that end, proper and routine roof inspections are crucial to keeping the effects of weather, structural movements, aging, and potential…
D.C. Metro Area Tops the Country in LEED Certified Space
Congratulations, Washington, D.C.! According to the U.S. Green Building Council, the D.C. metro area currently leads the nation in per capita square footage of LEED space, boasting a total of more than 156 million square feet of LEED certified space. D.C. has also topped the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star cities list for the last…
Listen: Almost All Construction Companies Are Adding Headcounts
With the first month of 2018 in the books, many construction firms are planning to increase their payrolls by up to 75% for the upcoming year as many contractors are extremely hopeful regarding the current economy. However, there are various other firms that still are worried when it comes to labor shortages and lack…
VR and 3D Changing the Face of Architecture: AEC Next Technology Expo 2018
The AEC Next Technology Expo + Conference is coming to Anaheim, California, June 5-7, and you won’t want to miss it. The construction industry is in constant flux. To show building professionals the newest technology on the horizon, this conference is three days of the most relevant content in the field. With topics like Building…
Watch: A Landmark Radio Astronomy Project Is About To Unveil Its First Prototype Dish
Researchers and engineers with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)— the largest radio telescope in the world will inaugurate the dish at a test site in Shijiazhuang, China. When complete, the SKA will be much more sensitive than current radio telescopes that collect electromagnetic signals from space. Researchers will use data collected by the linked arrays…
Watch: Beijing Is Edging Out Atlanta To Become The Busiest Airport
Beijing inched one step closer to taking the crown for the world’s busiest airport. rising to a new record of 95.8 million last year, narrow the gap with Hartsfield-Jackson Airport China is forecast to overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest air-travel market as soon as 2022. To cope with the surge in fliers, Beijing…
Watch: A Robot Lands A News Anchor Gig
A robot named Erica is due to become an on-air news anchor in Japan. Erica is a lifelike android created by Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro, director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University and a prominent figure in the robotics world. Much like today’s flesh-and-blood newsreaders, Erica, designed to look like a 23-year-old Japanese woman,…
Complimentary Service That Saves Money and Uncertainty
Complimentary Service That Saves Money and Uncertainty Imagine a space or product that needs illumination, and it’s up to you to make sure it turns out as expected. How do you know how much light your space needs? Photometrics, photometric studies, and photometric layouts are all different names for simulated lighting designs that can help…
OWNER’S MANUALS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE!
Do you have a drawer full of Owner’s Manuals for things you have laying around your office? Maybe you need to troubleshoot something on your machine, but you can’t seem to find the manual you need, leaving you scrambling for alternative sources of information. Every now and then, we get inquiries for replacement Owner’s Manuals…
Is Now The Right Time To Get Into The Car Wash Industry?
Historically, car wash operators have relied upon customer service and maintaining a small number of locations, if not a single one. However, the truth is that the explosion of exterior express platforms has exploded in popularity for entrepreneurs, with many opening multiple sites. There’s a lot to be said about a small business. But the…
Listen: Indianapolis Is Using The Amazon HQ2 To Revitalize Downtown
The recent competition for the location of Amazon’s HQ2 has really generated a lot of buzz nationwide as many cities look to submit their best qualities as to why they should be considered. Of course, places like Denver, Chicago, New York City, Dallas, and even Austin have proved themselves to be top contenders but…
Ex-Intel Chief’s New Startup Tackles ARM-based Server Chips
Renee James’s New Startup Tackles ARM-based Server Chips Former Intel president Renee James is dipping her toes into the startup world. Ampere Computing, an ARM-based server chipmaker company was created in October 2017 and already has about 250 employees. The processors are modern architecture with a unique, high performance, custom core Armv8-A 64-bit server operating…
Listen: Construction Hits Record High For Second Straight Month
Private and public construction fared well in the final 2 months of 2017, leading to consecutive months of record high spending. Construction spending increased 0.7% in December, beating projections by 0.3%. This rise can be attributed to a robust job market, low interest rates, and post-natural disaster rebuilding efforts. The year-over-year spending in the…
An Honest Look at the Top Car Wash Equipment Suppliers
For entrepreneurs new to the carwash industry, it’s an almost impossible task when it comes to comparing equipment manufacturers. While polling existing carwash owners would seemingly net some type of popular consensus, existing operators tend to stay with one brand, and the majority of these operators only have one location, thereby limiting their exposure. Distributors will have…
Listen: Improving Your Building’s Efficiency With Integrative Design
As long as Facilities Managers have been around, there have been issues with performance or lack of efficiency within a building’s overall operation. However, there should always be two things that are top of mind with anyone in a position of leadership: involve a commissioning agent as early as possible and make sure to…
Listen: Cyber Security Is A Main Focus At Embedded World 2018
With the emergence of embedded devices within the cybersecurity space, the major focus for manufacturers is complete protection from attack vectors. The key word is complete as the past have revealed some big vulnerabilities in the devices causing a several breaches of classified data including intellectual property and process integrity. One example of this…
Off-Line Boiler Corrosion Protection Options
Seven Ways to Prevent Damage When a boiler is shut down and removed from service, oxygen intrusion occurs as the boiler cools. This dissolved oxygen can cause a rapid pitting attack and metal failure. The potential for oxygen corrosion is particularly high in multiple boiler systems where the boilers are rotated or left off-line for extended…
Alibaba Becomes Majority Shareholder in BigBasket
Mirroring Amazon’s recent purchase of Whole Foods, China-based Alibaba has become a majority shareholder in Bengaluru-headquartered BigBasket, India’s largest online grocer, for $146 million. Alibaba participated in a $300 million funding round with several other companies. According to Reuters, citing BigBasket chief executive Hari Menon, “BigBasket, which sells everything from vegetables to shampoo, will use…
Listen: This Year’s Big Game Is Also A Milestone For Energy Efficient Stadiums
The venue for Super Bowl 52 is turning heads with its thoughtful design and energy efficiency. Besides its stilling looks, the new US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, is among the most energy efficient building in the United States. It’s design is build to withstand the harsh Minnesota winters and provide guests with an enjoyable…
Watch: Blockchain Will Track Congo’s Cobalt From Mining To Application
Blockchain – a decentralized online database in the form of a distributed ledger, can at least track some of the stages that of mining and processing cobalt. The aim is eventually to give manufacturers a way of ensuring the cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for products such as iPhones and Teslas that have not been mined…
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