Side Notes: How Professional Services Bring Buildings to Life

About this episode

Dan Hottinger discusses the role of professional services in bringing building designs to life and the challenges faced in the AEC industry.

Bringing a building design from concepts and renderings to a completed facility is a complex and technical process. Playing a major part in making it happen is BWBR’s Dan Hottinger, Principal and Professional Services Director, who describes his role as “the bridge between design and putting the design in motion.” In this episode of Side Notes, he shares the latest innovations and challenges he sees facing the AEC industry—and how professional services can help. If you like what we are doing ...

People in this episode

Guest: Dan Hottinger

Topics covered

• building design
• professional services
• AEC industry
• innovation
• construction challenges

Keywords

• building design
• professional services
• AEC
• construction
• innovation
• challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BWBR, AEC

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