Tag: collaboration
Virtual Reality is a Collaboration Game-Changer
by Long Nguyen Designing the perfect set of construction documents is the goal of every design firm. As such, the following questions should be asked: 1. Did the design team capture the owner’s vision and requirements? 2. Are all the disciplines fully coordinated? 3. Are the documents detailed enough for the contractors to interpret with […]
Local Company’s Innovation Changes the Building Industry
by Kelly McCoy For more than a century, architects, designers, builders, and real estate developers have seen windows and doors as simply building materials. Marvin at 7 Tide, an unprecedented 3,500sf brand experience center located in the Boston Seaport, has changed that forever. Marvin at 7 Tide is the brainchild of Hastings, the longtime representative […]
Empowering Your Workforce
by Luiza Mills Not too long ago, it was common for managers in the corporate world to run their companies from the top-down. You could step into a meeting and watch a manager hand over a list of tasks to his or her employees and dictate the exact way each one needed to be performed. […]
Keeping it Real: Sustaining Vision While You Clear the Paper Jams
by Nancy Greenwald I’ve been thinking a lot about vision lately. Your company’s values and mission explain what you do and why you do it. A vision is loftier. Your organization’s vision sets a forward-looking goal, capturing what you hope to achieve. To attain your vision, every person who is a part of your organization […]
MPA Designs Amenity-Rich Workspace for Growing Tech Company
by Tim Bailey A global cloud-based technology company with a local presence had an expiring lease for its office in Waltham when it decided to relocate to accommodate its growing workforce. In addition to needing an expanded workspace, the goal of the office relocation was to create a workspace that: 1) meets the needs of […]
Tapping into the Future of the Design and Construction Industry
by the Young Professionals Council of the Construction institute “Everything we know about our industry is wrong in terms of what we will be doing tomorrow.” (Jim Cramer, former EVP, AIA, founder, Design Intelligence, from his keynote at the Construction Institute’s AEC Leadership Conference, November 2018) There is perhaps no better way to learn about […]
BU to Build Data Sciences Center
Boston – Boston University has announced plans to build the BU Data Sciences Center, a 17-floor tower on Commonwealth Avenue in the heart of BU’s Charles River Campus. The project is the first major teaching center on the Charles River Campus in a half century and will be BU’s tallest building. Designed by the Toronto […]
Davis Companies Unique Collaboration to Transform Chinatown
Boston – A three-building new development project in the South End recently cleared a significant hurdle when the Boston Planning and Development Agency Board voted to approve the planned development area (PDA) for The Shawmut/Washington Street Block, providing a green light for this transformative development. The project represents a collaboration between The Davis Companies, a […]
Governor Patrick Visits inviCRO, Celebrates New Collaboration Stemming from Israel Trade Mission
Boston – Governor Deval Patrick recently visited inviCRO, a fast-growing Boston life sciences firm, to join in announcing the company’s expanded development agreement with Israel-based Aspect Imaging. The commercial agreement comes as a direct result of the governor’s recent Innovation Partnership Mission to Israel. inviCRO was represented as part of the life sciences delegation on […]
