UMass Amherst: Building and Construction Technology

As part of the Innovation Seminars series organized by the German-American chamber of commerce, BCT was visited today by Andreas Wagner (a Professor from Karlsruhe, Germany), Pete Warren (representing Wagner Solar) and Matt Capone (representing Schöck USA). The speakers presented various energy efficient building technologies as well as gave an overview of the German EnOB program. Links: [...]

This Friday, BCT will be hosting two interesting events: A “mixer” at 9:30 am for BCT friends, alumni, current students and faculty to socialize over a cup of coffee. This will be followed by a talk on energy-efficient building technologies at 11:15 am. The talk, organized by the German-American chamber of commerce, features a speaker [...]

Peggi Clouston is working together with Lamboo Inc. to determine key information to advance the design of laminated bamboo connections. Read more…

Alexander C. Schreyer, Lecturer and Assistant Program Director in BCT, received the UMass College of Natural Sciences (CNS) 2012 Outstanding Service/Outreach Award. This award honors his work spearheading various projects that provided exceptional service to UMass in the fields of promotion, campus planning, alumni relations, public outreach and administration.

AMHERST, Mass. – Alexander C. Schreyer, assistant director and lecturer of the building and construction technology (BCT) program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and faculty member in the architecture + design program, has released a book on SketchUp, a popular three dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) software, titled “Architectural Design with SketchUp.” Published and released [...]