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Antarctica or bust: Site visit sends IMEG to penguin paradise (Podcast included)

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Podcast: Data is the key to getting more help from your building
Podcast: Digital twin uses building data to model effects of system changes
IMEG virtual designers help make projects reality. Here are some of their favorites.
Multi-layered structural design ensures safety for high-containment labs
5 tips for better academic space utilization
Four things to know about firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS)
A healthcare simulation technology consultant can save time, money, and headaches
Food for Thought Leadership: 10 trends in healthcare content to read and share
IMEG sustainability director: ‘Little changes can make tangible impacts’
8 strategies for building a structurally sustainable home
AI in practice: IMEG chatbot brings decades of data to engineers in seconds (Podcast included)
How to address the EPA’s new refrigerant rule
I2SL’s new program to generate lab decarbonization benchmarks
Phius leader keen on passive building’s role in decarbonization (Podcast included)
Podcast: Northridge at 30: Seismic design advances benefit buildings across U.S.
Federal grant cycle opens for bridge planning, repair, and replacement
Q&A with ‘housing champion’ Sylke Knuppel
Power in numbers: IMEG offices rally behind firm’s sustainability plan (Podcasts included)
Curing concrete in cold weather? Follow these tips.
Designing for personal technology is crucial for senior living facilities
Podcast: IMEG CEO reflects on firm’s growth and career of 47 years (and counting)
Antarctica or bust: Site visit sends IMEG to penguin paradise (Podcast included)
Podcast: How Ann Arbor seeks to lift up an underserved neighborhood through community geothermal
Local Law 97: “Good Faith Efforts” Rules Update
8 key actions help ensure holistic and flexible higher education facilities planning
Podcast: UW Health bringing a proton center powered by the sun to Madison
4 questions to ask when upgrading classrooms to support flexible learning
CPTED and Placemaking: Integrating landscape architecture and security for safer environments
Data visualization: The good, better, and best
Microsurfacing can extend the life of your roads
Podcast | Housing director: ‘We’re providing homes where people can thrive’
Podcast: Planning is essential for meeting education market challenges
179D tax deduction: Here’s what it’s all about and what you might save, if you qualify
Top 10 IMEG podcast quotes of 2023
Four strategies to level-up your hybrid meeting equity
Consider technology, acoustics, noise abatement, and lighting early in an office-to-residential conversion
Developing an office to residential conversion? Engineering it will bring opportunities and challenges.
Understanding your office-to-residential conversion’s structural engineering up-front will save time and money later
Podcast: Keeping K-12 students safe demands a holistic approach to school security
ASHRAE’s new standard aims to reduce the risk of airborne disease
Long-standing drought in Nevada calls for innovative solutions
California adopts limits on embodied carbon in construction, renovation, or reuse of buildings
Q&A with Leslie Curry, senior medical equipment planner
De-escalation by Design: Making behavioral health, ER/ED facilities safer
Podcast: Water, water everywhere—with many improvements needed
How to extend the life of your bridges
Podcast | Industrial market challenges: Project pace, scramble for resources, ESG goals
Podcast: Used as a ‘copilot,’ AI can positively assist designers
AI and automation among Controlled Environment Agriculture trends
Podcast : Bridge market update: Many projects, higher construction costs
There’s more federal infrastructure funding available for roads and bridges. Here’s what you need to know.
Add cash flow to your industrial building’s roof
Podcast | Transportation market update: Infrastructure bill projects ramp up
Offsite construction offers benefits in efficiency, predictability, and waste reduction
Unsewered communities must address their wastewater management
Night flight: Drones take site assessments to new heights
Podcast: Innovation ends the game of ‘Frogger’
Podcast: Environmental issues, expanding specialization key topics in S&T market
2023 NEC: Using reconditioned equipment? Buyer beware!
Mass Timber: Is it right for your project?
PFAS in our water is here to stay
Team commissioning keeps complex, multi-stakeholder projects on track (Podcast included)
What’s your building up to at all hours? Building Performance Optimization can shed some light
Hospitality update: Growth in demand, wellness, and sustainability (Podcast included)
Complying with USP <800> ensures safety and reduces healthcare facility risk
Podcast: Taking emergency power beyond code and beyond carbon
New conference focuses on maintenance of tribal roads
From biophilia to microgrids: What to expect in 2023 and beyond
Microgrid ‘island mode’ keeps healthcare facilities online when the power grid fails (Podcast included)
IMEG’s 2023 Embodied Carbon Action Plan aims for greater carbon reductions in projects
SPC-4D: 7 reasons California hospital building owners should act now
Lead service line replacement: Who pays?
Mass Timber 101: How far will your dollar stretch?
Designing data centers for a resilient and efficient future
Here’s guidance on Inflation Reduction Act provisions that reduce costs of building green (Podcast included)
Successful gaming and entertainment design requires understanding of the business and speed to market
New multifamily housing needed to meet rising demand
Planning master plans: Communities know best
Environmental advantages are the leading benefits of mass timber construction
Supreme Court ruling on EPA is no excuse to sit on the sidelines
Walking columns: The structural solution for the tallest residential building in Philadelphia
IMEG’s SE 2050 Commitment, one year later (Podcast included)
A whole building analysis looks at a building’s entire lifespan, from construction to occupation (Podcast included)
Using GIS for data sharing can improve organization workflows
Mass Timber 101: Code changes offer building owners much more flexibility
Improving provider satisfaction through the built environment (Podcast included)
Central sterile modernization requires analysis for the best solution
Frederick Law Olmsted’s legacy lives on in today’s parks and landscape architecture
Achieving a net-zero K-12 facility is a team effort
Enhancing the patient experience through the built environment (Podcast included)
Site selection due diligence: Ensure utilities meet project needs
Water treatment is complex. Here’s what consulting engineers need to know.
Podcast | Mass timber is hot and getting hotter. Here’s why.
Reducing the cost of care through the built environment (Podcast included)
Prefabbed EV charging station prototype offers scalability, fast deployment
RII sustainability benchmark resources can help CEA clients increase resilience and productivity
Federal Healthcare Director sees challenges, opportunities for the VA
3 steps to healthcare decarbonization provides a pragmatic approach for organizations (Podcast included)
From carbon footprints to smart rooms: Six trends to watch in healthcare design
Mass Timber: Each type offers unique benefits
Connection to the outdoors is a natural fit for the R&D facility user experience (Podcast included)
Refined analysis, soil structure interaction examined in Midas webinars
CPTED: Comprehensive strategies to keep people and buildings safe (Podcast included)
Improving population health through the built environment (Podcast included)
The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment: Healthcare’s Dynamic Duo (Podcast included)
Podcast | 5 steps to begin the process of decarbonizing your building
Designing HVAC for cold climates requires knowledge of pitfalls
With Biden’s signature, civil engineers ready to help improve transportation
Integrated healthcare services: Answering the call for a better future
Podcast | Battery storage: Clean energy for a rainy day — and peak demand relief
Podcast | Call in the reserves: Thermal energy storage to the rescue
Podcast | 3-2-1: How commercialization launched IMEG into the aerospace industry
Study shows link between indoor air quality and employee performance
Podcast | Cold Climate Electrification: A Path Toward ‘Clean’ Heating
Podcast | The Chiller Reality: Your MEP Equipment is Full of Embodied Carbon
Podcast | Embodied Carbon in the Crosshairs of Designers, Bill Gates, and Girl Scouts
Design inspiration: 10 IMEG blogs, podcasts, guides, and webinars to assist your next project
Design silos come down when an AV engineer leads an AV project from the beginning
Substantial decarbonization of industry is possible, but needs to start now
Podcast | Cultivation Space Design for Cannabis and other CEA Facilities
Protect cannabis grow facilities from catastrophic power failure
R&D Market Q&A: The future is in electric
Integrating HVAC and ice design leads to the best hockey arenas
Key design considerations for designing the smart patient room
Continuity connections are critical for modeling multi-span bridges
IMEG Podcast | Grand Conceptor Project Shows the AEC Industry Can Deliver It All
Outdoor Learning: For some schools, it may become more than just a change of scenery
IMEG Podcast | Charging Ahead with EVs: From Restaurant ‘Plug-ins’ to Powering our Homes
Border infrastructure crucial to U.S. and Mexico economies
Commissioning Q&A: What is it, and why is it important?
A project’s climate is critical to proper design of HVAC system
How to optimize space for endoscopy expansion
IMEG Podcast | Back to the Office, Part 1: Helping Employees Feel Safe
IMEG Podcast | Back to the Office, Part 2: Crisis Management and Taming the Lizard Brain
Enhance indoor spaces through integrated lighting and acoustics
Does my industrial facility need a DHA?
Code compliance and early collaboration are critical for a monumental stair
Future forward system considerations for your new senior living facility
IMEG Podcast: Is acuity adaptability feasible?
Public engagement: The combine and the roundabout
Indoor ag challenges and opportunities highlighted in new report
Who is championing HIT for your design project and why is it so important?
EV charging stations: Designed right, they can lead to building energy savings
Restoring prairie landscapes crucial for monarchs and other pollinators
IMEG Podcast: VR’s impacts on the AEC industry
All-electric heat now a good alternative for multifamily projects
Roundabouts increase safety when designed to be user-friendly
Industrial Market Q&A: Building relationships is key
Higher education master plans provide direction, prevent wasteful spending
Automotive ReWilliam Hill Live CasinoSearch & Development Market Q&A: IMEG’s deep bench of expertise
Long-term plans, standards, and industrial facility docs minimize risk of capital improvement
S&T Market Leader: Lab design must support both reWilliam Hill Live CasinoSearch and energy goals
Education Market Leader Q&A: Lack of resources is a constant challenge
Snow load: Is your roof at risk?
Glulam timber is on its way up
Technology Leader Q&A: How we tackle the Internet of Buildings
Energy efficiency is crucial to the expanding cannabis industry
Transportation Market Leader: ‘We’re in dire need of improvements’
Extended reality: It’s all about seeing the details
Prefabrication and modularization webinar available on demand
Customized design is critical for every chemical and process engineering project
Architectural acoustics is key to clear speech
Learning a Vocabulary for Acoustics Fundamentals
FEMA Risk Index can lead to improved infrastructure resilience
21 trends: A blueprint of the year ahead
Acuity Adaptability: Responsive healthcare delivery model merits consideration
Acuity Adaptability: Key components that bring care to the patient
Acuity Adaptability: Flexibility, faster response, among its many benefits
Acuity Adaptability: Larger rooms, staff culture shift among challenges
Acuity Adaptability: Certain settings benefit more than others
Acuity Adaptability: What makes it important for healthcare now
Acuity Adaptability: Identifying the desired outcomes is crucial
Acuity Adaptability: Six key steps in the journey, from need to outcomes
Choosing electric heating source now will reap long-term dividends
Imagine an anxiety-free patient discharge
Posting a bridge? Think about the alternatives
Economies of scale make transformative technology affordable in new buildings
Strategic lab AHU zoning can reduce energy costs
As cannabis legalization expands, plant-based design will be key for new grow facilities
Have a fear of missing out? RPM can ensure you won’t
K-12 security and lighting: Notification and safer egress for assailant events and emergencies
Holistic Oversight: Protect your new building’s energy performance through holistic project oversight
Holistic Oversight: Set your building’s EUI and make it the benchmark for project success
Holistic Oversight: Design documentation critical to achieving energy use intensity goal
Holistic Oversight: Ensure your building’s intended performance through commissioning
Holistic Oversight: Close the loop on building performance with consumption analysis and optimization
The healthcare digital front door: Make sure yours is open and engaging
Operation and maintenance skills are critical for success of high-performing buildings
Storm shelter design critical for essential facilities and school safety
Care command centers: Traffic control for healthcare improves outcomes and efficiency
Critical lift cranes require additional specs and safety measures
The essential engineer: Finding beneficial solutions for clients and communities
Five solutions for increasing building lobby security while maintaining aesthetics
Adding the EUI to an RFP
ASHRAE Engineers Notebook: Managing pipe expansion in shafts
CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule helps your healthcare facility prepare for the worst
Expect SpeedCore to reduce time and cost of commercial high-rise construction across U.S.
Health Information Technology, or HIT: What is it, really, and why does it impact design?
10 key areas for hospital disaster preparedness
Ground improvement mitigates soft soil sites, saving time and money
Design of mass notification system starts with risk analysis
Prefabrication and modularization reduce project cost, increase quality
Vulnerability assessment early in design leads to increased, cost-effective security
ReWilliam Hill Live CasinoSearch, metrics, and technology are key to biophilic lighting
Knowing how air filters differ is critical to proper selection
Improve healthcare cyber security with holistic approach to technology design
Reprocessing of endoscopes is essential to patient safety
Delegated design in building technology can have costly consequences
Reality Capture: The many benefits of drones and 3D laser scanners
Healthcare resilience: Prepare for mass casualty events and infectious outbreaks
Enhance hospital security through CPTED principles and De-escalation by Design
Evaluate compressed air system to optimize efficiency and reduce costs
Use virtual tools to increase user input, reduce risk, and improve project outcome
4 key areas of MEP resilience reduce healthcare facility risk during a natural disaster
Is 4K technology right for your OR?
4 preventive measures to reduce costly hospitality repairs and ensure guest comfort
Luxury residential design: A home with a moat
3 questions to help define the structural integrity of your hospital in response to a disaster
Four ways to minimize occupant impact during renovations and upgrades
Post-occupancy evaluation supports evidence-based design and improves building performance
System requirements, energy efficiency key to national lab design
Prototype design: No-cost strategies that reduce risk and save time and money
Organizational resilience: Planning is key for mitigating vulnerability to disaster
Want Big Data and AI to transform your project? Here’s how to start.
Use Measurement & Verification to maximize building performance
Resilience in Healthcare: 5 critical areas for reducing risk during a disaster
Design for America’s landmarks must support public’s needs
Robust, accessible building documents reduce risk during renovations
Full design delivery reduces risk for automotive R&D facilities
Key design strategies help make senior living facilities feel more like home
Spouts, chutes, and transitions: Gravity flow design is critical for efficient operation of many dry bulk processing facilities
7 ways to minimize risk when investing capital in an industrial facility
Voice-first technology: The future of user interface for controlling building systems
Design-assist MEP engineering can help reduce project risk, cost, and schedule
3-D and VR walkthroughs: Experiencing how a design works is key for processes
Curing runny noses and climate change
Early participation and communication are key to IPD success
MedPharm Iowa: Teamwork + Expertise = Completion in 1 Year
Strategic engineering to improve efficiency and save costs
Budget-friendly design strategies to mitigate the cost of WELL
IMEG Office: The design, budgeting, and value of WELL certification
Engineering a Global Best Project: Museum at the Gateway Arch
Mitigate your facility’s risk for an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease
5 ways to harness the energy saving power of your employees
Assessing a facility assessment
How to get the most effective, cost-efficient security design
Want to choose your own adventure? Engineering offers many ways to do so
‘The scale of the things I do astonishes me’