BE AN EXPERT
Presenting a company's experience to a potential
client is a vital part of any A&E practice.
Today, however, experience alone is no longer
adequate. Experience depicts what a
company has accomplished in the past.
The times are rapidly changing.
Now, firms have to show what they
can do in the future. Knowing where
technology is and where it’s going - that’s the
difference between just an engineer and a
real engineering expert.
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Interesting Phenomena
Large residential, hospitality and retail
development companies, such as Lennar and
Standard Pacific, Westfield and Maserich,
Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott, have been
searching for a symbiotic relationship for quite
some time. Developing a hotel, an apartment
or condominium, and a large mall in
the same location at the same time makes a lot
of economical and technical sense. Finding an
engineering company experienced in all three
areas presents a real challenge. Davidovich &
Associates, the real experts in Hospitality,
Residential and Retail fields are always there
to step up to bat and provide all the needed services.
Regardless of the type of project,
we can do it.
From the General Master Plan
of the area and to the last electrical outlet in
the apartment, the retail store or a hotel room,
we’ll help you to transform your idea into reality.
Have You Thought Of...
Food for Thought - Solar Energy
It takes 8 minutes and 17 seconds for light to travel from the sun’s surface to earth.
In 5 billion years the sun will run out of fuel.
A Swiss scientist, Horace de Saussure invented the world’s first solar energy collector, or ‘hot box’ in 1767.
In the 1830s British astronomer John Herschel used a solar energy collector box to cook food during an expedition to Africa.
Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his experiments with solar energy and photovoltaics.
Enough sunlight falls on the earth every minute to meet the world’s energy demands for an entire year.
If we covered a small fraction of the Sahara desert with photovoltaic cells, we could generate all the world’s electricity requirements.
All TV and communications satellites are powered by solar energy using photovoltaic cells.
Joke of the Month
Wrong numbers - the only calls you want to be busy, but never are.