By Pete Kobelt, Director of Mass Timber Solutions, Structure Tone Southwest
Cross laminated timber, or CLT, traces its origins to advances in wood processing and fabrication about 30 years ago in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Ten years later, the publication of...
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Written by By Victoria Smith, Innovation Program Manager, and Rick Khan, Chief Innovation Officer, STO Building Group
Why is culture important for innovation, and why is it important to differentiate innovation from technology? STOBG innovation program manager Victoria Smith explains why...
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Founder of Antoine Johnson LLC
1. How did Antoine Johnson get started?
I graduated from Howard University in Washington D.C. with a BA in architecture. My architectural career spanned over 16 years with a few of Philadelphia’s notable firms: Geddes Brecher Qualls...
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Written by Jennifer Taranto, VP of Sustainability and Rick Kahn, Chief Innovation Officer, STO Building Group
As one of the largest industries in the world, construction has a direct impact on our environment. It is a pivotal time in history as...
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1986: THE BEGINNING
STO Mission Critical has played a growing, innovating role in this evolution of data-driven technology since the beginning.
Our team of experts built their first data center in 1986 scaled at 2MW in a 70,000sf existing building.
1999: ST TECH...
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Innovation is a driving force behind how STO Building Group operates. To help harness the exploration of new ideas and technologies across the organization—and foster more of this culture of innovation—the company has added a new member of the team:...
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About four years ago, Jon Ferguson, director of visualization at Layton Construction, needed aerial pictures of the University of Utah’s Farmington Campus for pursuit purposes. He couldn’t find quality aerial photos on Google Earth, so he found an alternative. He...
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In an industry that’s historically been slow to adopt new technologies, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) fields present incredible opportunities for tech investors and developers alike. Determined to drive innovative change from within, Thornton Tomasetti, SHoP Architects, Syska Hennessy,...
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By: Shaun Patchell, Engineering Specialist, LF Driscoll
The rise of mass timber usage on projects in the US Northeast is a trend that is here to stay due to the material’s ability to respond to the construction industry’s impact on climate...
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Determined to drive innovative change from within the industry, Thornton Tomasetti, STO Building Group, Syska Hennessy, and SHoP Architechs formed the AEC Angels to assess, test, fund, and accelerate promising AEC technologies. Join Rob...
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