About Stephen Del Percio

#Construction lawyer, dad, husband, runner, and sports talk radio junkie. Ex-Seattleite, Amazonian, and NYer living in NJ. @AECOM AGC and founder, @AEC_Labs.

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Quitting Quayside: what’s next for Sidewalk Labs and investment in smart cities of the future?

Quitting Quayside: what’s next for Sidewalk Labs and investment in smart cities of the future?

[Editor’s note: Originally published on AEC Labs] After wending its master site development plan through three years of revisions spurred by public opposition and data privacy concerns, project approvals for Sidewalk Labs’ Quayside “smart city” project in Toronto were set for a June 25 vote. But…

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How the Future of Last-Mile E-commerce Delivery Could Change Urban Planning Forever

How the Future of Last-Mile E-commerce Delivery Could Change Urban Planning Forever

[Note from editor: originally published on AEC Labs] Earlier this summer, I participated in an internal AECOM client event that discussed the future of “integrated” mobility hubs in different types of geographic locations (urban, suburban, and rural). What is an integrated mobility hub? It’s our working…

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Is Amazon Really “Reinventing” the Construction and Real Estate Development Markets?

Is Amazon Really “Reinventing” the Construction and Real Estate Development Markets?

[Note from editor: originally published on AEC Labs] A recent article in the UK’s Construction News publication (also picked up nationally here in the US by Bisnow) suggests that Amazon is “reinventing” the construction and real estate development markets thanks to its incredible growth, both in the US and abroad….

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5 Ways That Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technology Could Change the Construction Industry Forever

5 Ways That Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technology Could Change the Construction Industry Forever

[Note from editor: originally published on AEC Labs] With Kodak recently announcing that it’s launching its own cryptocurrency to help protect digital photographers who sell their work on the web, we thought it would be a good time to take a deeper dive into blockchain technologies here at…

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