AUSTIN, Texas — Four ULI panelists took to a stage in Austin, Texas, recently to discuss techniques that are already available to the industry, even if adoption is slower than necessary. …During the panel, Daniel Esparza, principal of Easton, Maryland–based TGE Group, explained a method of construction in which the roof and all floors of a high-rise building are built no more than 6 feet off the ground and then moved into place. The safety features of this approach are obvious. …Lisa Podesto—director of mass timber and sustainable construction innovation for Aptos, California–based Swinerton—highlighted mass timber construction and the benefits that can make these prefabricated products stronger than concrete and steel on a per ton basis. …Chris Bishop, president of the National Concrete Refinement Institute, said nanotechnology, in which nanoparticles are added to concrete mix to provide strength and durability, is not new to the concrete industry, is gaining more attention.