Browsing: Virtual Design & Construction
Pavarini North East proudly completed Connecticut’s first Wegmans supermarket—a 94,000sf, two-story retail destination in Norwalk that opened in July 2025. The project also includes an 8,800sf retail whitebox for future tenants and a cast-in-place, post-tension parking garage with 550 spaces and rooftop solar panels. Inside, the new store offers a second-floor seating area, fresh food counters, and a full grocery experience—all reflecting Wegmans’ signature blend of quality, convenience, and sustainability.
Located at 7 Hudson Square, The Walt Disney Company’s new headquarters redefines what it means to work in media. Built by Structure Tone New York, the project transforms an entire city block into a vertically integrated, media-ready campus designed for broadcast, digital, and editorial excellence. Two 320-foot towers connected by the Great Room form the creative core, surrounded by flexible studios, newsrooms, and terraces that foster collaboration and innovation.
In summer 2025, the LEGO Group unveiled their US HQ, a new state-of-the-art workspace in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Guided by the LEGO Group’s commitment to colleague well-being, sustainability, and collaboration, Structure Tone Boston’s team partnered with BDG Architecture + Design and Syska Hennessy Group to create this colorful, light-filled space spanning six stories within the newly opened Lyrik building at 1001 Boylston Street.
Ajax Construction has completed the University of North Florida’s Osprey Ridge Honors Residence Hall, a 165,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility designed for over 500 students. The new residence unites UNF’s honors community under one roof, offering study areas, social lounges, and kitchenettes on every floor to foster connection and collaboration. Built using a tilt-up construction method, the project presented unique design challenges—but Ajax’s innovative approach and expertise ensured on-time, on-budget delivery, enhancing campus life and expanding UNF’s total on-campus housing capacity to 4,300 beds.
What does it really take to build high-performance cold storage facilities in today’s market?
Join Layton Construction’s National Building Group as Executive Vice President Eric Nay hosts a dynamic conversation with Thomas Gubbins, Director of Client Relations and Pre-Construction, Christopher Webb, Design Manager, Sean Doherty, Project Manager, and Mike George, Vice President of Operations on the booming world of cold storage construction. Click to hear more.
Driven by port expansion and population growth, the industrial building market continues to grow. An established industrial market leader in the Northeastern US, RC Andersen was looking to expand its expertise in site work and construction to the Southeast.
How is reality capture technology changing the way we build? Join Greg Dunkle, STO Building Group’s Chief Operating Officer, Jon Ferguson, Vice President of Virtual Design and Construction at Layton Construction, Austin Lay, Senior VDC Manager at Layton Construction, and James Pipe, Chief Product Officer at Drone Deploy as they explore how tools like drones, 360 cameras, and AI are transforming project accuracy, documentation, and data management on today’s jobsites.
Chris Bailey, creative design manager at Structure Tone London, is a visualization whiz. But he’s also a keen student of new technologies and always has his eyes
open for anything that may benefit his team’s projects and clients. When he saw how his STOBG colleagues in Texas were using reality capture tools like OpenSpace, he wanted in.
Virtual design and construction (VDC) has been around now for decades. But the tools, software, uses, and skills change rapidly and vary widely across the industry. It can be hard to keep up with, especially for teams with only one or two VDC professionals onboard.
In today’s fast-paced construction landscape, persistent challenges haunt project schedules and budgets. Delays and cost overruns often arise due to fragmented communication among stakeholders, design discrepancies discovered during the construction phase, and the need for late stage change orders.