Microsoft Azure Databricks for data engineering

March 5, 2018

Data engineers perform mission-critical data cleansing, transformations, and manipulations to make business use cases such as real-time dashboards or fraud detection possible. Common data engineering tasks include Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) of unstructured data into a data warehouse or feature engineering to train machine learning algorithms.

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GRAEF

Established in 1961, GRAEF has grown to become a leading U.S. consulting firm, as ranked by Engineering News Record Magazine. Our technical personnel, located in multiple offices in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Florida, represent a comprehensive resource with diverse technical expertise able to address all phases of analysis, design, and construction.

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A Blueprint for Transformative US Infrastructure

whitePaper | October 30, 2022

State governments across the US need to integrate their planning and development of public infrastructure if they are to deploy funds from the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) effectively, future-proof their communities, and maximize the value of the capital they employ. The case for integration is strong from both a financial and a social perspective, with the potential to help the country meet a number of infrastructure-related challenges.

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Technical Design Requirements for Alberta Infrastructure Facilities

whitePaper | August 2, 2022

The purpose of the Technical Design Requirements for Alberta Infrastructure Facilities (TDR) document is to provide architects, engineers, contractors, client groups, facility administrators and operators involved in designing and building facilities with a comprehensive set of requirements. The requirements have been developed by Alberta Infrastructure Technical Services and Procurement Branch by consolidating best practices information, from the position of knowledgeable owner, as well as national and international subject matter experts. They are based on components and systems which have proven to be reliable and efficient, to meet the needs of the users, and to have acceptable life cycle costs. The requirements are intended as a minimum for planning new facilities and renovating and operating existing facilities. Innovative designs, products, systems and technology are encouraged after thorough evaluation of potential benefits and risks, value analysis and life cycle cost. Early and regular involvement by Technical Services staff is recommended when proposing alternatives.

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AI Requires Tailored DRAM Solutions

whitePaper | April 6, 2020

For over 30 years, DRAM has continuously adapted to the needs of each new wave of hardware spanning PCs, game consoles, mobile phones and cloud servers. AI/ML may be the biggest challenge yet. Artificial intelligence is the study and application of providing hardware and software that attempt to emulate human intelligence. Therefore, as human beings adapt to different tasks, AI must adapt. Indeed, if AI is to scale to the diversity of human tasks, it will not be via a single, monolithic solution. For every task a human can perform, AI must adapt through a unique combination of hardware and software components.

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Going Digital in Construction Sector: One Step at a Time

whitePaper | February 25, 2020

Globalization has driven the use of digital technologies across all industries. While many sectors have adopted the changes as feasible, several are yet to leverage the opportunities arising out of the same. According to different studies, the construction industry is also catching up, albeit slowly, in the drive to leverage the benefits of cloud, Blockchain, IoT, analytics, Big Data, Drones etc.

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Advanced construction enterprise platform

whitePaper | September 11, 2022

Construction projects often feel like different worlds governed by different rules, flows, regulations, and procedures – but with a single, common goal. The goal is clear but getting there proves much more difficult than it should be. That’s why we decided to sync and empower them to move forward at the same pace right from the start. Constream is a suite of connected modules, where each one is focused on recreating a specific construction management process and serving solutions to day-to-day problems. Our ecosystem is designed with blockchain technology at its core in order to exploit the full potential of decentralization and fragmentation of the construction industry. Why revolutionize something that only needs to evolve?

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Engineering The New Normal

whitePaper | June 8, 2022

Let's face it. The world has changed and so have we. It has changed in ways that we cannot even fully comprehend yet. We do not know what the new world will look like after this crisis but we certainly know that it won't be the same as before.

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GRAEF

Established in 1961, GRAEF has grown to become a leading U.S. consulting firm, as ranked by Engineering News Record Magazine. Our technical personnel, located in multiple offices in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Florida, represent a comprehensive resource with diverse technical expertise able to address all phases of analysis, design, and construction.

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