ENGINEERING TECH, CONSTRUCTION
HOVER Inc. | February 16, 2023
On February 15, 2023, HOVER, a technology company that converts smartphone photos and blueprint designs of any estate into a scaled 3D model, and ABC Supply Co., Inc., the largest wholesale distributor of siding, roofing, and other select interior and exterior building products in North America, announced that they are expanding their business relationship to provide contractors with quick, accurate measurements and estimates for ground-up construction or additions.
Through myABCsupply, its clients now have access to HOVER's array of solutions at preferential pricing. They can also charge HOVER jobs directly to their ABC Supply account, making it more straightforward for roofing and siding contractors to make special orders.
Contractors bidding on new construction projects may expedite the bidding process and boost their trust in every proposal by decreasing the laborious human labor necessary to acquire measurements and generate estimates. With HOVER's innovative construction solution, ABC Supply clients can upload any design from their smartphone or personal computer and obtain precise measurements and siding and roofing quotes for their project within hours. This functionality eliminates the laborious process of scaling off blueprint drawings and the necessity for complicated spreadsheets or specialist software.
In addition, HOVER converts a 2D drawing into a full-color 3D model, enabling contractors to excite homeowners with a digital model displaying the project in various materials and colors. This feature allows for contractors bidding on new projects to use 3D visualizations to distinguish their offers.
About HOVER
HOVER is a 3D data and technology firm for home repair and property insurance experts. It is building the most complete and useable data collection of the physical property to make home repair and new construction more accessible and transparent. Utilized by builders, insurance adjusters, and homeowners alike, HOVER is a mobile software that measures, plans, and estimates prices in a single location; smartphone images or blueprints of unbuilt buildings are converted into beautifully rendered, fully-measured 3D models of any property. In addition, the company, renowned for its industry-leading measurements, 3D renderings, and accurate project estimates, provides contractors with easy-to-use tools and configurable automation for every outdoor trade, task type, and team—all in one location.
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ENGINEERING TECH
CPL | February 13, 2023
CPL, a full-service architectural and engineering design business servicing public and private-sector customers for more than 47 years, announced a partnership with Tampa-based architecture firm BDG Architects to expand its presence in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. CPL will be able to offer national knowledge provided by strong local teams to meet the complex and diversified demands of our customers in the area by combining the skills and resources of both organizations.
CPL brings to their cooperation with BDG more than 30 years of healthcare knowledge and leadership. The business has produced over $500 billion in healthcare building projects in five states throughout the country, ranging from new construction of critical care bed towers and destination medical campuses to renovations of existing hospitals and outpatient centers.
CPL has produced game-changing projects for healthcare organizations such as Rochester Regional Health's new critical care tower, FirstHealth of the Carolinas' comprehensive cancer center, and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's new level I trauma urgent care and intensive care units.
BDG supplies prefabricated building parts and components to healthcare customers via its partnership with BLOX, a producer of modular hospitals and clinics. A modular model enables a speed-to-market approach with improved quality control due to the fact that the components are manufactured offsite and then supplied and fitted onsite swiftly.
About CPL
CPL, founded in 1975, is an architectural, engineering, and planning company that offers a design that inspires and enriches communities. It has become a multi-disciplined organization over the course of more than four decades, producing inspirational designs with its community partners in 19 locations across five states. With so many diverse sorts of expertise under one roof, it is beneficial to have a common objective: enhancing our communities by realizing your vision. CPL employs more than 480 people and has offices in Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. Its design concept has remained unchanged since it was formed.
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PERSPECTIVES, CONSTRUCTION
GastingerWalker& | March 03, 2023
HFW Companies recently joined GastingerWalker&, a Kansas City, based architectural firm, as its sixth strategic expansion partner, in its ongoing effort to develop a nationally focused ‘House of Brands’ in the architecture and engineering (AE) business.
Kevin Harden, AIA, NCARB, managing partner of GastingerWalker& said, "We're excited about being in a collaboration among a family of firms, and we're looking forward to seeing how this partnership becomes an even greater asset for all of us." He added, "This collaboration allows us to be a design leader, pushing all aspects of design and the value of good design. We expect great opportunities ahead to grow in the firm's leadership and in our profession."
(Source – BusinessWire)
Michael Hein, AIA, PMP, also the CEO of HFW, said, "We're excited because GastingerWalker& brings to this partnership a solid brand legacy, strong leadership, talented people with unique design expertise, and a long list of regional and national clients that already give the firm a national footprint." He further added, "Perhaps most impressive is that more than 85 percent of the firm's business comes from countless new projects with repeat clients. We're looking forward to the profitable synergies they bring into our growing network of HFW Partner firms."
(Source – BusinessWire)
GastingerWalker&, completing its 42nd year of business, employs 55 experts in Kansas City and Chicago and is licensed to operate in 45 states. This was possible due to national customers like AMC Theatres, SunLife Financial, Amsurg America, Allstate Insurance Company, and Spectrum Retirement Communities.
The firm provides architectural, interior design, construction management, space planning, and historic rehabilitation through its Live, Work, Learn, Heal, and Play sectors. HFW CEO Michael Hein calls the new expansion partner a strategic fit for HFW's ‘House of Brands’ concept. It is a concept where, a network of growth-oriented AE companies share best practices, strong design focus, economies of scale, unique areas of expertise, and other synergies while continuing to establish their own legacy brands regionally and beyond.
About GastingerWalker&
GastingerWalker&, founded in 1981, and headquartered in Kansas City, is a varied group of devoted, smart, and passionate architects and designers. The firm takes an approach to design that considers all project components as integral to the whole. From building systems and consumer needs to appeal settings and an optimistic sense of place, architects and interior designers work together to understand clients' projects.
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