Safti FIRST’s SaftiFire GPX framing now has a Level 8 ballistic rating UL 752 Standard for Bullet Resistant Materials. The product combines clarity and transparency...
Premier structural insulated panels by Insulfoam provide an alternative to stick-built framing and other construction methods for multifamily structures and commercial buildings. Large...
The Pixi FlatLight luminaire is an edge-lit LED light source that uses 80% less energy than incandescent lights. With an independent power source and a 0.55-...
The Architizer blog (via...
The Minnesota National Guard Armory in Pine City, Minn., is using dynamic glass from SAGE to help improve the effectiveness of soldier training in the facility.
The 1976-built Armory, home to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 94th Calvary (1-94 CAV)...
SmithGroupJJR, one of the nation's largest architecture, engineering and planning firms, has hired architect Lise Newman, AIA, as Workplace Studio leader at its Detroit, Mich. office.
Newman comes to SmithGroupJJR after serving as part...
DLR Group and the Institute for the Built Environment (IBE) at Colorado State University have collaborated on a research project to evaluate the effect of green school design on occupants and long-term building performance. IBE recently published...
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is reflecting a steady upturn in design activity. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and...
The Senate’s bipartisan immigration reform proposal will provide interim legal status to some 11 million undocumented people. However, the construction industry is upset over the "W visa" provision in the bill, which will grant only 15,000 W...
North Carolina lawmakers have introduced state legislation that would restrict the use of national green building rating programs, including LEED, on public projects.
House Bill 628 would insert new language in a section of state law that...
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