The First Annual Symposium for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the Built Environment was also the first of its kind at Georgia Tech. It welcomed industry professionals, faculty, and students from the Southeast and abroad.

Pishdad-Bozorgi was acknowledged as Outstanding Researcher at the 2016 CII Annual Conference, held August 1-3 in Maryland.

School of Building Construction Doctoral Student Sungjin Kim was awarded the 2016 Pat Harris Scholarship from the IFMA (International Facility Management Association) Foundation.