Architecture Radar Analysis
Longer pieces on how AEC teams deliver work, adopt technology, and staff technical capacity. Signed by Gleky's co-founders. Separate from the news briefs.
Corporate Moves
September 2026 announcements from four U.S. AEC firms show one partnership and three acquisitions adding environmental, civil, and utility-power capabilities.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 18, 2026 · 5 min read
Projects & Contracts
The Cordish Companies and Bruce Smith Enterprise marked topping out of Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia, a project slated to open by the end of 2027.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 10, 2026 · 6 min read
Projects & Contracts
The 100,000-square-foot Colburn campus expansion in Downtown Los Angeles is moving toward a September 2027 opening, adding a new performance venue to Grand Avenue’s cultural cluster.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Projects & Contracts
A 444,000-square-foot first phase in Bentonville combines academic, residential and innovation space, suggesting a campus delivery model that will require tight coordination across uses, public realm and flexible interior programs.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 6, 2026 · 7 min read
Technology
LTL Architects’ experimental All Straw House is less a one-off curiosity than a useful test of whether a single bio-based material can serve as structure, insulation and interior finish in one prefabricated assembly.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 4, 2026 · 6 min read
Projects & Contracts
Amazon’s power agreement supports more than $3 billion in upgrades at Constellation’s Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant, underscoring how large industrial buyers can help finance major plant improvements while generation stays online.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 3, 2026 · 6 min read
Corporate Moves
Consor North America’s acquisition of Native Strategies is a small but telling signal: infrastructure firms are adding specialized advisory capacity, not just engineering scale, to compete on delivery complexity.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Projects & Contracts
National CORE, Linc Housing and the City of Glendale opened a 340-unit affordable community that illustrates how dense site planning, layered finance and resident services are increasingly bundled into one delivery problem.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · October 1, 2026 · 6 min read
Technology
Buildcheck's Series A is another signal that construction teams are looking for faster ways to catch drawing issues before they become RFIs, rework, or schedule risk. The bigger question is not whether AI can read drawings, but how firms will operationalize review workflows around it.
By Nick Gomez, Co-founder at Gleky · September 30, 2026 · 7 min read
