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Can artificial intelligence change construction? As IBM’s Watson adds its computational power to construction sites, tech sees an industry in need of an upgrade IBM’s Watson supercomputer has beat Jeopardy champions, reconstituted recipes, and even helped create highlight reels for the World Cup. Now it’s taking on a new tech challenge; changing how the construction industry operates. A new partnership between IBM and Fluor, a global engineering and construction company, will put the supercomputer’s computational skills to work on making building more efficient. The new Watson-based system, in development since 2015 and now in use on select projects, will be...

Preventing falls in construction Falls continue to plague the construction industry. According to OSHA, falls are the leading cause of death in construction. Of the 991 construction worker deaths recorded in 2016, 370 resulted from falls to a lower level. In most cases, workers were not wearing their fall protection properly – if at all – or employers had not provided fall protection. However, in all cases, one thing is clear: The deaths were preventable. To help reduce fall-related fatalities, OSHA advises employers to “Plan. Provide. Train.” Plan. When planning a job that will require working from height, the employer...

New photos detail possible construction of second Taiwanese Apple retail store Construction of Apple’s second retail store in Taiwan may be well underway, new photos show. The country’s first official Apple store opened in the Taipei 101 skyscraper last June with 130 employees. Images documenting the construction of Taipei’s massive Far Eastern Xinyi Shopping Mall posted on the Taiwan City Forum depict a sleek, low-profile structure located on a highly visible lot directly in front of the towering new mall. With curved glass walls, a polished, gently sloping roof nearly identical in style to Apple Michigan Avenue, and an interior...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Aquatics Center Construction On Schedule There are fewer than 750 days until the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and Tokyo organizers say all is going according to plan construction-wise. The newly constructed venues, including the Olympic Aquatics Center, are 20-40% complete and on schedule, organizers said after a media tour this week. Media toured the Canoe Slalom Course, Sea Forest Waterway, Ariake Arena, Olympic Aquatics Center, all in Koto Ward, and the Olympic Village in Chuo Ward. All those venues as well as the Seaside Park Hockey Stadium (Ota Ward), Dream Island Archery Field...

Lewis Arts complex receives industry awards for redevelopment, construction Two wings of the Wallace Dance Building and Theater in the Lewis Arts complex soar toward the sky as seen from the plaza below. Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications Princeton University’s Lewis Arts complex, which opened in October 2017, received two industry awards this month for its redevelopment focus and for construction of a cultural building. Karen Jezierny (center), director of public affairs at Princeton University, accepts the NJBIA New Good Neighbor Award at a July 17 ceremony at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey. Also pictured: NJBIA...