By John Cook, CTS, Senior Vice President, Technology & Acoustics Group, NV5 For the last two decades, many colleges and universities have embraced active learning as a core pedagogical strategy. Classrooms have evolved from didactic, lecture-driven spaces into flexible, tech-rich active environments that support small-group collaboration, flipped instruction, and experiential[...]
By Michael Frank, Associate Principal with NV5 in Raleigh, NC Esports, or electronic sports, have transcended the realm of casual gaming to become a global phenomenon. With origins dating back to the first recognized tournament in 1972, esports now boasts millions of players and spectators, lucrative sponsorships, and professional leagues.[...]
By Brett Mersch, Associate Principal in the Technology and Acoustics group of NV5 Airport clubs and lounges are no longer ancillary amenities, but critical brand touchpoints where airlines shape passenger perception and foster loyalty. These spaces must be premium, secure, and efficient, operating as both customer experiences and facilities built[...]
By Richard D. Falconer CLD, LC, IALD, IES, Senior Lighting Designer at NV5 Lighting design is crucial in shaping the experience and ambiance of a space, whether for a live performance, for the camera, or for an architectural setting. While theatrical lighting and TV/video lighting (also known as specialty lighting,)[...]
-by Steve Cooper, LC, CLCP and Norm Russell, LC “I’m being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed. A Thneed’s a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It’s a shirt. It’s a sock. It’s a glove. It’s a hat. But it has other uses. Yes, far beyond that. You can use it for carpets. For[...]
– by Ron Cochran 2020 changed the way people communicate and congregate. We all had to get used to seeing family, friends, and coworkers from afar via a variety of video/streaming apps. Businesses and schools were forced to make drastic changes to approximate business as usual. However, prior to 2020,[...]
-by Julie Fischer INCE, LEED AP BD+C “Unnecessary noise, then, is the most cruel absence of care which can be inflicted either on the sick or the well” — Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing, 1859 Anyone that has stayed in a hospital knows that the above statement is completely accurate.[...]
-by Ian Bryan Hoffman, AIA Room acoustic design for performance and assembly spaces continues to be a rich and engaging pursuit that bridges technical analysis with a healthy understanding of human aural perception and building design. Relatively speaking, room acoustics remains a young field – just more than 120 years[...]
-by Justin Meyer, LEED AP, INCE As acousticians, we get to see and hear a wide array of interesting things that many people don’t. It may be taking sound level measurements of wind turbines scattered across rolling hills, the manufacturing process of a consumer staple that we all have in[...]
– by Julie Fischer INCE, LEED AP BD+C Although acoustics is one of the top complaints in occupied buildings, it is typically a secondary consideration due to its non-visual nature. In some cases, acoustical design provides an overall auditory improvement to a space. In other cases, acoustics can have a[...]
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Our internal innovation and development team constantly analyzes new technology and develops solutions to meet our client’s challenges. Our Technically Speaking series is one way we share our technical findings with the professional community.
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NV5 Geospatial releases a new predictive modeling platform for vegetation management that uses existing lidar and historical data to identify the relative level of asset risk from trees by quantifying the potential for causing asset damage.
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Our internal innovation and development team constantly analyzes new technology and develops solutions to meet our client’s challenges. Our Technically Speaking series is one way we share our technical findings with the professional community.
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