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TAKE OUR QUIZ: Is mass timber a viable option for your next building project?
Learn about the advantages of designing and building with engineered wood and mass timber in an interactive quiz.
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Is your career and technical education center future-ready?
When school districts create opportunities for collaboration in their CTE centers, they help students be ready for jobs that don’t currently exist
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Forming unique alliances to help Seychelles adapt to a changing climate
To share knowledge and help build capacities in weather mapping, we helped establish a rare type of collaboration between the private Meteo France and the public Seychelles Meteorological Authority
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Water was always a strong theme in my life and led me to a career in water engineering
Water is an extremely exciting industry. There is always a need for water, so water engineering is a career that will never go away.
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Published in Alaska Business Monthly: From Open Floors to Enclaves
Office interiors are adapting to changing times. What does that mean for business owners? How can architects help? Two of our Anchorage architects explain.
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Micro-lofts: Are these tiny units coming to the suburbs?
Micro-lofts have been a fast-growing trend in urban areas, but can they work well in the suburbs too? Our experts share their insights.
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Self-service bag drops and the challenges of speeding up airport baggage check-in
More airports are asking passengers to check their own baggage. What’s the ripple effect?
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Published in IFHE Digest: Creating opportunities in translational research
David Martin, VP of Stantec UK, writes about the role of the built environment in effective translational research.
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From ancient to contemporary: How to design a monastery in the 21st century
Designing modern-day projects for cultural organizations presents unique challenges—and here are 4 ways to deal with them
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Published in Innovation: Courting Disaster: The Increasing Challenges of Risk Assessment
As human advance and interact with more geotechnical hazards, the role of the geotechnical specialist becomes increasingly complex and embodies more responsibility
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Creating a new kind of mining conference in Nevada—collaboration and trust are critical
The most recent Elko Roundtable featured an unbridled conversation about risk and design in the mining industry
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Design comeuppance: The call center gets its turn
A thoughtfully designed workplace environment, amenities, brand message, and name help shatter the mold of a stereotypical call center
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From the Design Quarterly: Speak up. Get involved. Shape the future.
Designers are problem solvers. We need to have a louder voice in today’s biggest problem-solving conversations.
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Student housing series: Designing a home away from home in The Golden State
California asserts building code restrictions more stringently than other states, making design challenging for student housing
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Joining America Walks opened my eyes—it’s a long path to genuine walkability for everyone
Walking is clearly beneficial for people and communities, yet assuring walkability for everyone turns out to be a lot of (worthwhile) hard work
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From the Design Quarterly: Why a buildings engineer may see an earth tube in your future
Ask an expert: Advancing technology means that buildings engineers are integrated into building design early in the process, which could save money in the long run
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Stantec experts present at FSBPA in St. Augustine!
On February 7, Stantec experts will present at the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Conference in St. Augustine, FL
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What is amended soil, and why is it so important?
Did you know that amended soil is a VIP for LID? Here’s a guide to amended soil and its key components
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How virtual reality can improve client and end-user relationships
The digital age has been accused of ruining relationships, but we’re finding that tools such as VR can actually improve them
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Agile Mining Leads to Breakthrough Results
New strategies to plan and execute mining projects—from the ore body out—brings impressive results
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