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HD Expo 2025 - Designing for the Experiential Guest By Jared Powell, Interior Designer This year’s HD Expo (2025) in Las Vegas made it clear: hospitality is entering a new era, one where experience trumps excess. [...]

Why I am Co-Op'ing as an Environmental Graphic Designer this Summer By Kat Pence, Environmental Graphic Design Co-Op As a student studying interior design at the University of Kentucky, why did I choose to co-op this [...]

Old branches? New markets? It’s time to align. By Kim Rittmeier, Marketing, DEI Incorporated Site and facility management can be accomplished in two ways: from a distance or up close and personal. A personal walk-through, coupled with [...]

Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Industry By Kim Rittmeier, Marketing, DEI Incorporated “The financial industry is undergoing a tectonic shift from the traditional bank to innovative fintech. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing a huge role in accelerating [...]

A Day in the Life of a Construction Project Manager: Why You Need One By Mark Worley, Project Manager, DEI Incorporated A construction project manager (PM) is the driving force behind every successful build. Around the clock, [...]

What is a Construction Manager By Mark Whipple, Project Manager, DEI Incorporated What does a construction manager do? As a Construction Manager at DEI, I must have a deep understanding of all the parts of the building [...]

The Benefits of Value Engineering By Jacob Birch, Assistant Project Manager, DEI Incorporated Value engineering (VE) is a crucial process in construction that aims to improve project value while cutting costs without losing quality. This approach is [...]

The Future of Concrete By Korey Pangburn, Assistant Project Manager, DEI Incorporated Concrete is one of the most common building materials around. Whether it’s in the foundations of a pole-barn or the columns and decks of a [...]

Tips for Construction Permitting and Planning By Jenny King, Director of Construction Services, DEI Incorporated Gone are the days of submitting stacks of drawings and paperwork to local municipalities. Many building departments throughout the United States upgraded [...]

Designing an Environment for Employee Health and Well-Being By Shawn Pence, Design Director, DEI Incorporated Great design is more than aesthetics, form, and function. In post-pandemic commercial interiors, it now includes a focus on how the [...]

Rendering to Reality - The Advancement of 3D Visualization By Holger Gerdes, 3D Visualization & Concept Development, DEI Incorporated With advancements in technology, design visualization has improved exponentially over the past 25 years. From hand drawn [...]

What is the branch of the future? By Brandon Eckhart, 3D Visualization & Concept Development, DEI Incorporated The branch of the future. is a request we regularly get from clients looking to showcase technology in their [...]

Should our HQ include a retail branch? By Kim Rittmeier, Marketing Manger, DEI Incorporated Finding land and designing and building a corporate headquarters that will attract and retain quality employees can be challenging. But should it [...]