DPR Opens New Silicon Valley HQ, Establishes Tech-Forward Prefab Lab
DPR Construction opened a 113,702‑square‑foot flagship campus in Santa Clara, consolidating its administrative, craft and prefabrication teams. The site includes 68,160 sq ft of open office space and a 45,542 sq ft Prefabrication Assembly Facility that uses virtual design tools to pre‑assemble building components. By bringing all functions under one roof, DPR aims to break down the traditional office‑craft divide, improve safety and quality, and reduce schedule risk and site congestion. The new lab builds on earlier research centers and data‑center projects, emphasizing weather‑independent production and faster delivery for tech‑focused clients.
Accor Exec Warns AI Could Weaken Hotels’ ‘Human Connection’
Accor’s European and North‑Africa CEO Karelle Lamouche warned that while artificial intelligence drives pricing, personalization and marketing efficiencies, an over‑reliance could erode the human connection that defines hospitality. She highlighted risks such as disintermediation, commoditisation and loss of brand differentiation if...
From Culture to Contactless: How Alliants Is Transforming Hospitality
Alliants CEO Tristan Gadsby and VP Gareth Fraser discussed how the company’s people‑first culture fuels its hospitality technology strategy. The firm emphasizes automating routine tasks with AI while empowering staff to deliver exceptional, contactless guest experiences, exemplified at Resorts World...
How Commercial Property Management Firms Are Using AI — and Hope to Use It Tomorrow
Commercial real‑estate giants are moving from speculative AI chatter to concrete strategies. Cushman & Wakefield introduced an AI Impact Barometer to gauge sector‑wide effects and is using AI for space‑planning, leasing automation, and data‑lake creation. CBRE is leveraging its extensive property...
Why Bigger Batteries Can Make Sense for Facilities
Industrial facilities are re‑evaluating battery energy storage systems (BESS) as installation costs remain largely fixed regardless of capacity, making larger batteries economically attractive. Scott Childers of Stryten Energy notes that a 1 MWh unit spreads upfront expenses over more discharge hours,...
Privacy-First IOT: Why Retail and Public Spaces Are Moving Away From Camera-Based Analytics
Retailers and public‑space operators are abandoning camera‑based analytics in favor of radar‑based people counting solutions that respect privacy. Traditional video systems capture personally identifiable information, triggering GDPR obligations, costly consent processes, and public distrust. Radar sensors operating at 60 GHz millimetre‑wave...
MLS, Local Association Counts Drop as Consolidation Accelerates
The United States now hosts fewer than 500 multiple listing services (MLSs), with the count dropping to 484 at the end of 2025—a 43% decline from the 2015 peak of roughly 850. The steepest year‑over‑year contraction since 2018 reflects structural...
Bill Introduced to Ensure UK Geotechnical Data Is Available to Engineers to Save Billions
Labour backbencher Mike Reader has tabled the Geotechnical Data Bill, requiring parties that conduct ground investigations to upload factual borehole logs, soil tests and site reports to the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR). The measure builds on NUAR’s existing utility‑mapping...
Vinhomes Green Paradise Pursues Global Smart City Certification
Vinhomes Green Paradise in Ho Chi Minh City has launched a Smart City Certification Project with Korea Management Association Consulting, the World Council on City Data and the Standardized Urban Metrics initiative. The development aims to become Vietnam’s first internationally...
Historic England Enhances Spatial Data Capability
Historic England has awarded ESRI a £889,005 contract for a Vertical Application System under the Crown Commercial Service’s Vertical Applications Solutions framework (Lot 3). The system will boost the agency’s ability to manage and analyse spatial data across heritage, housing, environment...
Reclaiming the Senses: The Role of Sustainable Key Cards in Digital Detox Hospitality
Hospitales are launching digital‑detox programs that deliberately limit screen interactions, replacing in‑room tablets and app‑based directories with tactile, low‑tech touchpoints. Sustainable key cards made from wood, PLA and plant‑based leather become the first physical interaction, reinforcing a sensory‑rich experience. These...
Data Centers Propelled Turner to Record $29.2B in Revenue in 2025
Turner Construction posted a record $29.2 billion in 2025 revenue, a 40% jump from the prior year, cementing its position as the largest U.S. contractor by revenue. The firm’s backlog surged 34% to $44.3 billion, with data‑center projects accounting for roughly 37%...
Not Done Weekly - Vibe Coding 101 for Hotels
Choice Hotels CEO Pat Pacious outlined a multi‑pronged growth plan, highlighting a rebound in the economy‑to‑midscale segment, rapid expansion of extended‑stay rooms, and a shift toward “suits and boots” travelers who need on‑the‑road lodging. He described AI as an equalizer,...
Wavestore Debuts Unified Physical Security Management Solution
On March 3, 2026, Wavestore introduced WaveFusion, a cloud‑first, open‑API platform that consolidates video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, and IoT devices into a single interface. Built natively rather than retrofitted, the solution runs on AWS, offers live interactive floorplans,...
The End of Booking Engine Fees: Tambourine Redefines Hotel Profitability
Tambourine launched Tambourine One, a hotel booking platform that eliminates transaction fees and consolidates multiple vendor services into a single solution. The offering provides zero‑fee room bookings, built‑in website personalization, travel insurance, accessibility protection, unlimited site updates, and an AI‑enabled...
Venza Enters a New Chapter in Hospitality Cybersecurity
Venza unveiled the Venza System™ platform, a fully automated cybersecurity management solution tailored for the hospitality sector, alongside a refreshed brand identity and tagline, “Know your risks. Defend your data.” The new platform centralizes risk visibility, streamlines compliance reporting, and...
‘Playmakers’: The ‘Curse’ that Spurred LPT’s Rapid Growth
LPT Realty, founded by Robert Palmer, has surged from its August 2022 launch to a hyper‑scaled platform, signing 1,000 agents in the first 24 hours and acquiring three large franchise teams. Palmer predicts the industry will shift toward single‑entity national brokerages, positioning...
New Manhattan High-Rise Looks to Pioneer Robotics-Enabled Construction
Westvue Manhattan, a 24‑story residential tower at 9th Avenue and 37th Street, is positioning itself as a technology showcase by deploying the Skyeforge Alliance—a consortium of more than a dozen robotics specialists working alongside traditional contractors. The project leverages AI‑driven...
Macquarie Partners with KINX & Gabia for South Korean Data Center Build-Out
Macquarie Asset Management’s Asia‑Pacific Infrastructure Fund 4 has teamed with South Korean IT firm Gabia and its network subsidiary KINX to launch a $420 million hyperscale data‑center venture. The joint‑venture will initially build a 40 MW facility in Ansan, Seoul, and aims to...
Grotto AI Raises $10M to Help Leasing Agents Close More Deals with Real-Time AI Coaching
Grotto AI announced a $10 million seed round led by ICONIQ and Asymmetric, bringing its total funding to $14 million. The startup offers real‑time AI coaching that listens to leasing calls and tours, surfacing high‑impact behaviors such as humor and genuine curiosity...
Google Files for Fifth Data Center at Midlothian Campus in Texas
Google, via shell company Sharka LLC, filed to build a fifth data center on its Midlothian, Texas campus. The $880 million project will span 288,000 sq ft and is slated for completion by February 24, 2027. This addition follows a $100 million fourth building announced in...
Snowflake Snags 83K Sf at BXP’s 7 Times Square
Snowflake has signed an 83,000‑square‑foot lease at BXP’s 7 Times Square, adding a new headquarters in Manhattan’s iconic office tower. The lease terms and rent were not disclosed, though the fourth‑quarter average asking rent in Times Square was $76.42 per...
Skema.ai Closes Strategic Funding Round Backed by AEC Industry Leaders, Venture Investors, and Family Offices
Skema.ai announced the close of a strategic seed round led by board member Robin Bienfait, drawing capital from AEC firms, venture angels, and the Threadneedle family office. The funding will expand the company’s interoperable design platform, deepen integrations with tools...
Shiji Expands Move Mobile Experience With Unified Platform
Shiji announced that its Move framework now spans the entire hotel ecosystem, linking Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, and Meridian Experiences on a single mobile device. The cloud‑native platform lets staff handle check‑in, dining, spa bookings, upsells and payments in real...
Brooklyn Project Shows Feasibility of Using Geothermal in Dense Urban Areas
Developer LCOR completed the 1515 Surf Avenue mixed‑use project in Coney Island, installing New York City’s largest district‑scale geothermal system. The 400,000‑sq‑ft development, with 460 residential units, relied on $4.52 million in public incentives and a 30 % federal tax credit to offset...
Designing the Future
Philippine real estate is entering a new design era focused on regenerative, people‑centric environments that restore ecosystems and enhance wellbeing. Thought leaders highlight AI‑driven optimization, prefabricated construction, and material innovations such as engineered bamboo as key enablers. Mixed‑use, walkable neighborhoods...
What’s the Quickest Way to Build a House? Your Guide to the Speediest Structural Systems
Rapid build systems are reshaping self‑build projects by delivering homes in weeks rather than months. Timber frame, structural insulated panels (SIPs) and insulated concrete formwork (ICF) are prefabricated off‑site, allowing factories to control quality, reduce waste and mitigate weather delays....
Architecture as a Platform: What Makes a Building Evolve?
Architecture is increasingly being treated as a product, emphasizing performance, user experience, and scalability over pure aesthetic novelty. Architects now define spatial logic and system behavior before occupancy, embedding predictability and repeatability into buildings. This product mindset drives modularity, standardized...
Understanding U-Value: The Foundation of Energy-Efficient Envelopes
The article explains that a building's envelope acts as a thermal regulator, and its performance hinges on the thermal transmittance, or U‑Value. U‑Value quantifies heat flow per square meter per degree Kelvin, linking directly to insulation quality. The piece outlines...
Snaptrude AI: Conceptual Design and Beyond
Snaptrude, a browser‑based BIM challenger, is concentrating its AI development on the conceptual and schematic design stages, where architects spend most time. Its proprietary Universal Graph Representation provides a project‑wide, relationship‑based model that lets modular AI agents handle high‑friction tasks...
Building Data Foundations for the Future
HSO’s aec360 platform combines Microsoft Dynamics 365 with AEC‑specific tools to deliver AI‑driven automation for architecture, engineering and construction firms. A highlighted feature is an AI‑enabled RFP agent that evaluates proposals, scores success probability and generates Go/No‑Go decisions with project...
Design-to-Build in the Age of AI
Allplan, led by Sunil Pandita, is transforming from a structural‑engineering‑focused authoring tool into a full design‑to‑build platform that leverages openBIM, AI‑driven automation, and hybrid cloud‑desktop workflows. The company emphasizes data sovereignty under EU regulations while expanding downstream into detailing, fabrication,...
Track3D and Fieldwire Form Integration
Track3D and Fieldwire announced a native integration that embeds Track3D’s visual documentation and progress‑tracking tools directly within Fieldwire’s field‑management platform. The link lets construction teams import floor plans, sync punch lists, and attach issues to reality captures without switching applications....
Government Issues New Digital ID Guidance for AML
The UK government has issued guidance confirming that Trust Framework‑approved digital identity services satisfy Money Laundering Regulations (MLR) for customer due diligence. This clears a regulatory uncertainty that has slowed digital onboarding, especially for estate agents and other high‑value‑goods sectors....
A Call for Collaboration in Construction
The article calls for deeper collaboration in construction, citing the $15.8 billion annual loss from poor interoperability identified by a 2004 NIST study and the $1.85 trillion data‑quality cost reported in 2020. It highlights the Constructech Top Products awards as a platform...
Former Sabre Hotel Unit Lays Groundwork for AI Distribution — Exclusive
Aven Hospitality, the former Sabre hotel‑tech unit now owned by TPG, is integrating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) into its SynXis central reservation system. The protocol lets AI agents pull real‑time inventory, pricing and distribution controls from more than 35,000...
New Pre-Showing Tool Aims to Quickly ID Serious Buyers
Veteran Phoenix realtor Erik Johnson launched TheBuyerProfile.com, an AI‑assisted pre‑showing platform that scores buyer readiness and highlights key signals. The tool funnels leads through a short online form, generating a readiness score that agents can use before scheduling property tours....
Aloft New York LaGuardia Airport Strengthens F&B Revenue and Reduces Operational Strain with IRIS Mobile Dining
Aloft New York LaGuardia Airport deployed IRIS Mobile Dining to replace phone‑based ordering and compete with third‑party delivery apps. The solution integrates with the hotel’s Micros POS and Stripe, letting guests browse, customize, pay, and schedule pick‑up from Good Eats...
AI Could Be ‘Force Multiplier’ in Tackling Housing Crisis, Expert Says
Artificial intelligence is being positioned as a "force multiplier" to address the chronic housing affordability crisis in U.S. and Canadian cities. Rochelle Haynes of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative urges municipalities to invest in local data and AI to...
Mews Raises the Bar at ITB Berlin with High-Performance Hospitality and Agentic AI Innovation
Mews, the cloud‑native operating system for hospitality, announced a $300 million funding round and the integration of Flexkeeping, its recently acquired housekeeping platform, ahead of ITB Berlin 2026. At the trade show the company debuted a beta of AI‑powered rooming lists,...
Battery Energy Storage Systems No Longer Just for Backup: NeoVolta
NeoVolta says battery energy storage systems are moving beyond backup power to become a profit‑center for commercial and industrial facilities. The company leverages the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which preserves tax incentives through 2032, allowing owners to slash upfront costs by 30‑50%...
Checkpoint 2030: Managing Scope 3 Emissions to Hit Climate Goals
Facility managers are confronting rising AI‑driven electricity demand while racing toward 2030 climate targets. The surge in AI workloads is pushing utilities to accelerate renewable deployments, inflating operating costs for buildings. At the same time, Scope 3 emissions—often 75% of a...
Only 26% of Maintenance Is Preventive: UpKeep Survey
UpKeep’s State of Maintenance 2026 survey of 214 managers reveals that only 26 % of maintenance activities are preventive, despite 90 % of facilities leaders endorsing the approach. The primary obstacles are insufficient staffing and scheduling conflicts, which UpKeep describes as structural...
OneJourney Launches SwiftPay in Spain, Turning Hotel Supplier Payments Into a New Income Stream
OneJourney has launched its SwiftPay platform in Spain, marking the first European deployment of its Hospitality Payment Card (HPC) infrastructure. The digital‑wallet solution lets hotels and restaurants route supplier payments through SwiftPay, generating incremental net income without altering banking relationships...
How Data Centers Rewrite the Playbook for Building Protection
Data center construction is shifting toward vertical, multi‑story facilities, driving stricter fire‑protection, corrosion control, and flooring requirements. Builders are increasingly using modular, factory‑applied protective coatings to ensure consistent performance and accelerate schedules, especially in rural sites with harsh environmental exposure....
Emerging Technologies Redefine Backup Power Systems
Commercial building backup power is shifting from idle diesel generators to hybrid systems that combine battery energy storage, renewable sources, and AI-driven controls. Facility owners are driven by sustainability mandates, grid instability, and the need for operational resilience against extreme...
UK Needs Earlier, Joined-Up Planning to Unlock Land for Data Centres, Aecom Argues
Aecom’s new report warns that the UK’s data‑centre boom will stall unless landowners, planners, utilities and infrastructure providers coordinate far earlier in project pipelines. It identifies grid reinforcement, water capacity and planning consent as recurring bottlenecks that delay "powered land"...
Making Facilities Data Matter
Facilities leaders possess extensive operational data, yet they often convey it to finance as raw invoices, obscuring strategic value. This communication gap causes delayed investments, higher energy costs, and increased risk, as finance cannot see ROI, risk mitigation, or lifecycle...
BLOG: Why Estate Agents Are a Prime Target for Cyber Criminals
Estate agents handle highly sensitive client data but often rely on informal security practices such as shared passwords stored in spreadsheets. With 43% of UK businesses reporting recent cyber breaches, the property sector is seeing a surge in email‑compromise attacks...
Vietnam: Digital Leap Set to Transform the Real Estate Market
Vietnam will assign a unique identification code to every land plot, apartment, house and land‑attached asset starting March 1, 2026, integrating them into a single national land database. The digital platform will consolidate rights, planning data, transaction history, mortgage status and tax...