Building Design & Construction - May 1, 2006

At a time when many developers are fleeing the stagnant office market for more profitable sectors like multifamily residential and retail, Chicago developer John Buck continues to churn out winning speculative office buildings. Buck's latest success story, the 1.46 million-sf, 53-story 111 S. Wacker Dr.

• BDC University
• Cladding
• Glass curtain wall: Plenty of Light, but is it Soundtight?
• Concrete
• Color Concrete Using Your PC
• Education Facilities
• Taking Technology to School
• Workplace Solutions
• Quiet, Please!

• Departments
• Industry Data
• R.S. Means Cost Comparison: Recreational Buildings

• Editorial
• The 'unauthorized workers' debate

• Features
• Bronze Award
• Building Team Awards, Holland Center for the Performing Arts: Nebraska's New Sound of Music
• Building Team Awards, ImaginOn: Children's Center A Whimsical Wonderland
• Gold Award
• Building Team Awards, Lewis & Clark Building: Lean, Green Environmental Machine
• Building Team Awards, USPS Philadelphia Center: The Postal Worker's Paradise
• Silver Award
• A Bronx Tale

• Industry Data
• Hotel construction spending up 12%, starts up 37%
• Construction hiring to decrease, labor wages to increase in 2006
• Warehouse starts drop, spending still up 6–7%

• Information Tech
• Web-based cameras grow as a jobsite productivity tool

• Letters
• Letters

• News and Trends
• News briefs
• People/firms
• BD&C Online Poll
• Modular construction takes a giant leap forward
• DOE debuts online resource center for energy codes
• On The Drawing Board
• Denver Art Museum to Open Expanded Campus
• Helmut Jahn Tower Planned for Chicago
• Banking Center on the Rise
• LEED-CS Building Planned for Southern California
• Vancouver Tower Will Have the Foster Touch
• Rat-A-Tat-Tat! Biograph Theater Being Remodeled
• Play Ball! Washington Nationals Ballpark Unveiled
• Atlanta Plans Arts District Near Piano's High Museum
• New Arizona Cardinals Stadium Will Have Retractable Roof
• Lifestyle Shopping Center Planned for Suburban Philly
• Town Rec Center Being Built in Northern Virginia

• Supplement
• Best AEC Firms to Work For
• Best Firms, Walter P Moore: Three-tiered Plan Keeps Skilled Employees
• Best Firms, FreemanWhite: Home Schooled the 'FreemanWhite Way'
• Best Firms, Hnedak Bobo Group: HBG Gives Its Architects The Freedom to Design
• Best Firms, Shawmut Design and Construction: A Talent for Development
• 11 Proven Ways to Transform Your Company into a 'Best Firm'
• Best Firms, McCarthy: 'It's Not about Iron, It's about People'

• The Professional's Choice
• Stanley's Dura-Storm 3000 Series automatic sliding glass doors

• Thought Leaders
• AIA's Chris McEntee: 'Let's tell the architects' story'