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Reality Capture and BIM for Drywall Installation Planning
One ‘benefit’ of skilled labor shortage is that it motivates the constructors to seek ways to improve their labor productivity through the applications of innovative technologies.

Mass Timber & Potential to Advance Construction Industry in Alabama
The research goal was to raise awareness of mass timber and the value it can provide to the Southeast, as it has done to other regions.

BIM to Cloud to XR: A Framework to Streamline Immersive Construction Visualizations
This study aimed to find a simpler and faster way for students in construction technology classes to interact with their 3D models.

An Investigation of Critical Barriers Hindering the Use of Precast Concrete Systems in the United States
Pre-cast concrete construction offers a multitude of advantages in the building industry.

CADC Research Commons Hosts Mass Timber Research Collaboration
The new CADC Research Commons offers more space for research and teaching on mass timber.

Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative to unite interdisciplinary faculty for research, education, outreach
A new interdisciplinary collaboration between colleges is set to make Auburn University a leader in the rapidly growing mass timber industry.

Landscape architecture professor pioneering natural approaches to Gulf Coast challenges
Rob Holmes is on a mission to develop natural approaches to challenges related to intense storms, sea level rise and erosion through landscape design.

The Mass Timber Collaborative: Building Capacity for Interdisciplinary Research and Practice
It is hard to imagine summers in the South without air conditioning.

Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Kelly Homan
Kelly Homan, an Assistant Professor in Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (APLA), wholeheartedly embraces the motto, “Life is short; do something you love.”

Faculty Spotlight: Associate Professor Joyce Thomas
Joyce Thomas was promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Industrial and Graphic Design this fall.