Make sure not to miss the most innovative conferences and events in 2016
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Construction in the year 2016, like everything else, is getting an upgrade. Construction is being reformed and the word innovation is being thrown around a lot in all of the different levels of the business. But what is innovation? To innovate basically refers to making changes to something that has already been established, especially by including new strategies, ideas, methods, products or services. When talking about construction, you can innovate through different procedures, costs, supply chain, products, technology or materials. A lot of what has been changing is preparing the world for a greener approach to building, and using energy in a more efficient way. There are important events all over the world where people can network, share new ideas and discover breaking-through technology.
All of the events for this year promise to bring forth new research, investigation results and innovations to the construction field. These events are bringing together experts from all over the world to converge and discuss topics that will take construction into the future. Although, the foremost topics that are most mentioned when discussing innovation are usually materials and technology, we can’t leave aside the other ones. That’s why these sessions and events are so important, because they bring the leading experts and the people who are out there every single day working to make construction and building a step into the future.
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Building Innovation 2016—The National Institute of Building Sciences Fourth Annual Conference and Expo – January 11 to 15, 2016
This year’s theme of Achieving a Resilient Future brings together hundreds of industry professionals every year. This year it was held from January 11 to 15 in Arlington, Virginia. This year’s event had five symposia, a workshop, a CEO summit, a forum and three keynotes. Industry leaders came from all over the country to highlight and exhibit the advances over the past year in products and services in building. The participants had tons of opportunities to network, brainstorm and listen to experts.
CIB World Building Congress Intelligent built environment for life – May 30 to June 3, 2016
This year’s installment will be held in Tampere, Finland. This event will focus on intelligent processes, services and products in the construction industry, and brings together more than 48 delegates from different countries. They are expecting more than 1,200 participants at this WBC16, making it the largest building industry gathering focusing on R&D.
International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering and Construction – May 18 to 20, 2016
This international conference, held in Tempe, Arizona, is co-sponsored by the American Society for Civil Engineers’ Architectural Engineering Institute and the Arizona State University. This conference continues to attract people from all over the world, and as of this year at least 30 countries at every year’s edition. Besides the conference there will also be special issues of their journal.
5th Creative Construction Conference – June 25 to 28, 2016
In its fifth version the Creative Construction Conference has rightfully earned their reputation and are now the largest conference for construction management in Europe. This year in Budapest the idea is to explore all of the known and unknown in the construction world. In this open forum you will be able to network with researchers and practitioners that are all on board with keeping up with the changes and embracing them in terms of materials, technologies, project management and seeking out creative evolutions for the future in construction.
International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction – June 27 to 29, 2016
During this event you will find a unique combination of fields that will gather to focus on how to use the information in a smarter way, so as to approach problems from different angles and find proactive solutions. The main topics that will be discussed in this year’s conference are: infrastructure resilience, creating value from infrastructure, design for infrastructure adaptability and deliver smarter infrastructure. Even the keynote presentations will be focused on these overall conference topics, focusing on: “Futureproofing infrastructure: resilience and adaptability”, “Creating value from infrastructure” and “Transforming the future of infrastructure – a global view”.
Although, attending events is usually the best way to know about the new trends, you can also keep an eye out for websites and different blogs to stay up to date.
AEC Business
This blog can definitely keep you up to date to strategic insights as to the construction business. Aarni Heiskanen makes sure to include how-tos perfect for construction managers that want to stay in the loop.
Building.co.uk
This construction magazine is an award-winning site that dates back to 1843. You’ll be able to focus on sustainability and safety best practices on this one.
Building Design + Construction
This is the place to go to find out about the news in the construction world. You’ll find news on the construction business independent on your role and expertise in the construction world.
Builder
This one is focused on residential construction and you can even sign up for the newsletter to get news on design, process and even tips on how to run your own business.