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BUSINESS NEWS MMOSERARCHITECTS PLLC CREATESA NEWAGILE WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE FOR BLACKSTONE’S INNOVATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM IN NEW YORK CITY M Moser , an international architecture and design firm, was retained by global client Blackstone to develop a new workplace for Blackstone’s Innovations and Infrastructure team in New York City. Located adjacent to Blackstone’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters, the Bxii environment will support the team’s innovative work, as well as their creative culture and aesthetic. The Bxii team works in a very fluid and flexible manner, and tapped M Moser to help them achieve space typologies that support this approach. M Moser worked in collaboration with team leaders to develop a distinct and authentic space that speaks specifically to Bxii’s culture and goals. Bill Murphy, senior managing director and chief technology officer, said that his vision for the Bxii team was to reposition the way this team had been operating from a traditional “waterfall” method to an agile workforce, while eliminating inefficient, siloed environments. In order to provide the right tools for this change, a huge shift was required to break away from the company’s legacy space and inhabit a space that spoke to Bxii culture and tech- like ideation work style. M Moser translated this vision into a dynamic, flexible, and agile financial technology environment that fosters a culture of collaboration and provocative thinking. Bxii desired a space that felt bold and raw, but authentic – a custom workshop created

just for them. As a group of financial technology developers, the Bxii team needs the flexibility and dynamism that incubators or start-up companies require. M Moser supported these strategic goals by incorporating a mix of multifunctional and transparent spaces that can adapt to many different scenarios. Blackstone Innovations and Infrastructure celebrated the opening of their new home at 601 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan in April 2017. M Moser Architects PLLC is a world leader in creating new workspaces for global companies undergoing business and cultural transformations to create agile work environments. From start-ups to established global corporations, as companies embrace new technologies and practices within their business, M Moser creates solutions that transform environments to be healthy, sustainable, and forward-looking. M Moser has worked with some of the world’s leading organizations that are consistently recognized as the most innovative and “Best Places to Work.” Select clients include Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Honeywell, Citi, McKinsey, Pfizer, Pivotal Labs, Blackstone, Red Hat, Under Armour, Tencent, GSK, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. FLUOR JOINT VENTURE SELECTED FOR TEXAS SOUTHERN GATEWAY PROJECT Fluor Corporation announced that the Fluor-led joint venture comprised of Fluor and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation as the

design-build and capital maintenance team for the estimated $625 million Southern Gateway reconstruction and improvement project located along Interstate I-35E and U.S. 67 in Dallas. Fluor will book its share of the contract value into backlog in the second quarter of 2017. “Fluor is proud to lead the joint venture team that will oversee the design-build and capital maintenance of this project,” said Hans Dekker, president of Fluor’s infrastructure business line. “Our team brings an integrated solutions approach to designing and building complex mega-projects and our long-standing relationship with Balfour Beatty solidifies our ability to deliver complex projects for Texas.” Working in partnership with TxDOT, the project is slated to begin later this year and continue for four years. The 11-mile project within the City of Dallas and Dallas County includes the reconstruction and widening of both general-purpose and non-tolled managed lanes, thereby contributing to congestion relief, enhanced safety, increased mobility and improvements along I-35E from U.S. 67 to I-30 and from where U.S. 67 splits at I-35E to I-20. The completed project will also substantially reduce the ongoing capital maintenance demands along the Southern Gateway, one of the United States’ primary transportation corridors.

lift amazing payloads, and one by Trimble that I’m almost certain had stealth capabilities. Rolling versions included all terrain vehicles built on dirt bike platforms, agricultural models meant for scanning crop output and quality, and shop floor scanners that can dynamically update site maps for visitors and safety standards. Overall, the show was unbelievable and at times, genuinely mind boggling. The level of innovation coming out of the AEC industry is unreal, particularly in the 3-D space. We enjoyed our stay in Houston and look forward to what magic these exhibitors come up with next. JAY THORNTON is Zweig Group’s director of media and eCommerce. He can be reached at jthornton@zweiggroup.com. “The show was unbelievable and at times, genuinely mind boggling. The level of innovation coming out of the AEC industry is unreal, particularly in the 3-D space. We enjoyed our stay in Houston and look forward to what magic these exhibitors come up with next.”

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ground photography, is showing a 4K rendering of the city of Philadelphia they developed along with Bentley Sys- tems, Inc. for use in preparation for the Pope’s visit to the city. Imagine Google Maps 3-D, but in HD, full color, and zoom capabilities to the door knobs. Bentley Systems, Inc. was also showing off their new app, ContextCapture, that stitches together multiple simple photographs to create a 3-D model of whatever you’re working on in the field. Cloud processing allows all images to be viewed from a web browser. We were really impressed and it will be available near the end of this quarter. ROBOTS! The geek credentials were strong at this event. If it flies, floats, or cruises the corridors of your local ware- house, you can get it in an autonomous variety. We’ve all seen the multi-coptor “drones” you can get from your local hobby shop, but these guys have built vertical take-off and landing planes, a la the USMC Osprey, helicopters that can “If it flies, floats, or cruises the corridors of your local warehouse, you can get it in an autonomous variety.”

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