As Technology Overloads Our Environments, Handcrafted Design Has Emerged to Offset It
In the last installment of “Trend Alert” (see the March-April issue), we explored some of the tools and methods by which the construction industry is…
Articles by Robert Nieminen
With New Technologies Becoming More Affordable, the Industry Is Inching Its Way Toward an Increasingly Automated Future
In the cinematic sci-fi trilogy, “The Matrix”, audiences are introduced to a dystopian future in which robots have seized control of the world and waged…
The Line Between Commercial and Residential Interiors Is Disappearing
Among the more noticeable impacts the Digital Revolution has had on daily life is the way in which it has reshaped the landscape of the…
As the Number of Construction Projects Continues to Rise, So Do the Amount of Serious—even Fatal—Injuries Occurring on the Job Site
Among the most visible gauges of economic prosperity is the number of construction jobs and projects underway over a given period of time. Judging by…
Are You Prepared to Deal with the Imminent Threat of a Cyberattack?
Your building automation system (BAS) has been compromised and a hacker is threatening to shut down the HVAC in your facility in exchange for a…
What LEED Did for Buildings, Sustainable SITES Will Do for Landscapes—and Not a Moment Too Soon
As a new administration took residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue earlier this year, environmental scientists frantically moved U.S. climate data onto private servers amid fears…