STRUCTURES + BUILDINGS
Istanbul’s Küçük Çamlıca TV tower, currently under construction, features a Newtecnic-developed façade that allows inhabitable spaces to be attached to the whole of the tower’s core.With a projected height of 1,197 feet, this tower will be Istanbul’s tallest structure.
invented that lead to greater manufacturing accuracy and accelerated building processes. This way of revealing and solving problems at the earliest design stage means that later operations run more smoothly and have highly predicable outcomes. This methodology produces immediate economic benefits by making projects easier to manage because they have foreseeable physical and procedural characteristics that are better understood by all stakehold- ers. Innovation is the key to economic growth in any industrial sector. And because innovation has traditionally been limited in the construction industry, the potential rewards are not just achievable but pay high- percentage rewards. The scale of the projects that Newtecnic works on are of regional and in some cases national economic significance, which means that when efficiencies are introduced, their impact is felt far beyond the jobsite. Because construction represents around 5 percent of U.S. GDP, it is vital that the supply of skilled workers is increased and that the work- force is developed accordingly. We therefore work with universities to harness the enthusiasm and energy of young tech-savvy minds. By offering opportunities to enter the industry and straight away work on dramatic and iconic projects, often by signature architects, we are giv-
Optimizing construction technologies and methods
Engineering design house Newtecnic seeks new levels of quality, efficiency, and productivity. By Andrew Watts, FICE, FIED, FIET, FRSA, RIBA
From its four offices in the United States — San Jose, Calif.; Los Angeles; Atlanta; and Austin, Texas — Newtecnic partners with large- scale construction industry players and leading academic institutions. The aim of this enterprise is to bring new levels of quality, efficiency, and productivity to construction projects. This is achieved through the application of knowledge, know-how, and technology that allows the structure, methodology, and performance of building projects to be bet- ter understood, controlled, and optimized. Initially developing a 3D digital-twin of a building allows Newtecnic to analyze, then improve, develop, and refine its components both individually and as part of a system. Simultaneously, engineering is conducted from first principles so that new construction methods are
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