Images Courtesy of ICA Configured in BIM and produced at CasaFlex for site delivery, Mexican companies are innovating in the delivery of correctional facilities and providing lessons for cash-strapped U.S. governments. Related Links: Casaflex website (en Espanol) ICA's 2012 Annual Report Although the U.S. has only 5% of the world's total population, it has about 25% of the world's incarcerated population. The number of inmates has tripled since 1980, and with many correctional facilities overcrowded and in poor condition, the demand for new construction and renovation projects has been strong.Annual construction starts for these project types reached $3.8 billion in
Image by Veer Related Links: Imagining Construction's Future: Science-Fiction Writing Contest First Place: Metadata Second Place: Hard Light Third Place: Canopy Honorable Mention: Of Man and Mouse Best Short Form: New World Meet the Judges Nothing original was ever built or invented unless someone imagined it first. But in the extremely practical world of construction, almost everything we set out to imagine and build is based on what is currently doable. Almost all cutting-edge industry innovations are built on the last string of innovations that proved out and paid off.Science fiction, however, earns its special place by opening a gap
Scooter and I found three boots. We found them under a broken slab of fallen ceiling in what should have been the main galley. Whatever had become of the rest of the Wave One colonists, no one knew.
Major Allyn Kilmacher, Galactic Republic space engineer, activated the Intracranial Communications Port (ICP) behind his ear. A sudden, fleeting wave of vertigo.
Tonight, on October 1, 2038, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the millennial omnibus infrastructure bill that showed that all three major political parties could come together to address this nation's economic and security future.
Eddie Rodriguez stepped out of the car and onto the rough gravel parking lot of a huge construction site sprouting from the black dirt of the Iowa prairie. "Wow, this is no PowerPoint show," he said to himself.
Meryl entered the work zone with an unusual sense of trepidation. Perhaps it was her nerves at the idea of finally topping out the building today or just the reality that a 248-floor structure seemed wholly unnatural.
Related Links: Imagining Construction's Future "I think I'm going to fire my Architect."She had specified the exact shade of white—Arctic Dove—for the cabinetry in the kitchen so that it would provide an elegant contrast to the onyx slate floors and stainless-steel Sub-Zero kitchen fixtures. But this was definitely some sort of Ivory. And not even a tasteful Ivory. It looked like a decaying elephant tusk or a smoker's toothy grin. It wasn't the first time he hadn't followed her wishes: In her Spanish Colonial Home, her accent burgundy wall somehow became maroon—even though she had provided the exact RGB coordinates.This