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Resilience 2021: The Pandemic’s Impact on Technology in the Built Environment

The COVID-19 crisis presented architecture, engineering and construction companies, and code departments with an enormous challenge: transitioning an industry long reliant on personal relationships and in-person connections to a remote, […]

Resilience 2021: How to Stay Safe as Lockdowns Lift and Buildings Reopen

Because of COVID-19, many buildings have sat empty for the better part of a year, and there are possible health risks tied to the return of these unoccupied spaces. On […]

Resilience 2021: The Hidden Costs of Environmental Savings from Remote Work

The National Institute of Building Sciences recently hosted a webinar to discuss the costs of the remote work world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel of thought […]

Fauci: Now’s the Time to Double Down on Public Health Measures

White House coronavirus health official Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, November 12, to address virus surge and share encouraging news about vaccines. The situation […]

Building Innovation 2020 Moves Online

But the coronavirus forced a lot of new territory on the world and its global community, requiring change in many ways, especially with regard to health and safety. So, when […]

Traveling for Work? Hospitality Veterans Discuss How Meetings, Conventions and Hotels Will Change Around COVID-19

As states begin to reopen in phases, it’s important to psychologically prepare your staff to go back to work and attend meetings again. There’s a lot of anxiety around the […]

NIBS Hosts COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Webinar Series

Bringing America back to work and restarting the economy will take planning and vision. Any movement in the direction toward reentering and repopulating buildings, businesses, and transportation systems must follow […]

Building Safety Month: Keeping the built environment safe, during this critical time

May is Building Safety Month. In this coronavirus world, building safety has taken on greater meaning as the nation’s leaders figure out how to keep citizens safe, while reopening the […]

The building industry has responded in many ways to COVID-19. We’ve compiled information – and it continues to grow.

The global pandemic has changed much of how we live, work, and operate. So, the National Institute of Building Sciences has developed a resource for those looking for recent developments, […]

Operating in today’s new “normal” – what you need to know

All eyes are on the COVID-19 situation, watching things unfold. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), different parts of the country are seeing different levels of […]

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