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Living Buildings Are On The Way — The Future Office Will Breathe, Digest And Grow

All Work

Construction today typically follows this linear trajectory: materials are extracted, transported, produced, transported again, and used to build and fit out. The idea was to think outside of existing construction conventions to imagine a space that could form part of nature’s ecosystem. million without a home.

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A worker dies every 96 minutes from a job-related injury. Here’s how to fix it

Work Life

When a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge late last month, an overnight construction crew was hard at work repairing potholes on the roadway. In February, another man from Guatemala died after falling from a New Jersey building under construction. The resulting collapse killed six of the eight workers.

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Bio² Innovation Center – Beijing

Office Snapshots

Located in the Zhongguancun Life Science Park,With a total construction area of 12,845 ㎡, THAD Jinhe was responsible for the spatial experience planning and interior design for it. In addition, the public area is small, the column spacing is narrow, the space utilization rate is low, and the vertical transport system is non-existent.

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How to tell if you’re going to lose your job to AI, according to a computational neuroscientist

Work Life

Almost every day, there are news articles about unexpected uses for ChatGPT , from helping doctors empathize with patients to a $3 trillion-­dollar market capitalization for Nvidia, which makes graphics processing units (GPUs) used to train deep learning networks. After giving a talk, I am often asked: will I lose my job to AI?

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Mental Health First Aid Trains Organizations & Employees to Foster Mentally Healthy Workplace

Workplace Wellness

Wellness Workdays, a leading provider of measurable workplace wellness programs, announces its new Mental Health First Aid skills-based training courses. The comprehensive training provided by Wellness Workdays aims to eliminate fear and hesitation when starting conversations about mental health and substance use concerns.

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5 new workplace trends you must know heading into 2024

Work Life

Meanwhile, in other industries, we’ve seen DEI gains—health, construction, and transportation, to name a few. They expect acknowledgment and rectification of historical disparities, along with investment in cultural sensitivity training. Like I said, it’s been a tough year for many, but not all.

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Is College Still Worth It?

Success

General Motors first reached out to Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, New York, in 1987, looking to house a technical training program. The school handles logistics for its 250 participating students, and the companies supply them with cars, tools, equipment, materials support and instructor training.