Innovating the Future of the Construction Industry
Ever since I joined the construction industry, I always had the opinion that construction over every industry has some of the most real and good people on the planet. I do not know why I think that, but this weekend only strengthened that opinion. I had the greatest time this weekend hanging out with industry … Continue reading AEC Hackathon NYC Recap
BIM or building information modelling is a crucial workflow in today's large construction project process. I am going to go over how to set up a model tracker using WordPress. This tutorial is intended for moderate WordPress users assuming that you already know how to buy hosting and install/manipulate WordPress. If you do not, read … Continue reading Building a collaborative model tracker
In late January 2015, AEC Hackathon will be coming to New York. I am extremely excited since this will be the first AEC Hackathon I will attend. I threw a challenge up on the Facebook Page: All: We are looking to make an industry changing application which will bring the 3D model into the hands … Continue reading AEC Hackathon NYC Challenge
Over the last few years, I have been completely reliant on using the twitter bootstrap libraries to build websites. Some people knock it because it can be bulky if you're the type of person that is particular about every millisecond of load time. I love it, I cannot live without it, and it makes creating … Continue reading eManager.NYC gets a facelift
I recently moved out of Long Island and into Manhattan. Saying that finding an apartment in New York City is easy would be an understatement. With barely a 1% vacancy rate, the NYC rental market is popping. I think I went through ten real estate agents until I found one that I liked and trusted … Continue reading Efficient Real Estate Maps with Google
Today, I finally got a chance to use my new .NYC domains. These are brand spanking new TLDs that I have been waiting on for months! Check a few out here: http://www.SignGuys.nyc http://www.eManager.nyc
Originality The traditional method of 3D Modeling is with a computer program on your desktop like Revit, Sketchup, or Rhino. These computer programs leverage that devices graphic processing unit to render models in 3D. Until recently, a browser has not been able to use processing power of the GPU and instead has had to rely … Continue reading WebGL 3D Model Viewer
Weather is always a fun topic especially when we are referring to construction. Weather is the ultimate factor in how and when a building gets built. It was essential to develop a wordpress plugin that could handle both forecasting and tracking historical data. Wunderground offers a great api that can handle both! Using Wunderground's JSON … Continue reading Forecast and Historical Weather
I made this blog because I keep reusing code snippets for different things and I keep needing to put them somewhere incase I forget what I did. It not only saves time, but lets me share what I've learned. Remember preschool: "Sharing is Caring!" So I get to test out my tumblr theme's interaction with … Continue reading Gravity Population
Since this is my first post, I thought I would start it off with an article which features the one and only, me! Check out this awesome article written by Luke Abaffy from ENR: The biggest building contractors in the U.S. moves forward by growing a diverse, entrepreneurial and innovative team. Check out the article … Continue reading Start it off right..
