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Sloan's CX Flushometer and Zip Water's HydroTap are among the eight plumbing products to make ...
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Arktura's Delta Drop ceiling and CertainTeed's Decoustics Rondolo wood panels are among the 13 ne...
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SageGlass's Harmony dynamic glass and Vitro Architectural Glass's Acuity low-iron glass are among...
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Tarkett’s aviation-inspired flooring collection and J+J Flooring’s textile composite flooring are...
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FabricAir’s ceiling-hung fabric duct and Ellumi Lighting’s bacteria-killing lights are among the...
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Kim Cowman, LEO A DALY's first National Director of Engineering, has extensive experience managing healthcare projects. Photo: Courtesy of LEO A DALY
Kim Cowman, who has been with the firm 17 years, is a proponent of integrated project design and...
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Sto's beetle-inspired exterior coating and Dörken Systems' UV-resistant vapor-permeable barrier a...
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WSP created a VR model with all the sensor data displayed as real time information that’s visible through VR goggles. Image: WSP USA
AEC firms are finally putting to use project information they’ve been storing in their computers...
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On April 18, 2019, the New York City Council passed the Climate Mobilization Act, a suite of laws...
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“Multifamily and Senior/Assisted Living have been two of the hottest markets for proposal activity for quite some time,” says PSMJ’s Greg Hart.
Fewer than one in 10 AEC firms doing multifamily work reported a decrease in proposal activity in...
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Jacobs, Arup, Burns & McDonnell, Ghafari Associates, and Kimley-Horn head the rankings of the...
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7-Eleven Lab Store in Dallas. Photo by Dror Baldinger, FAIA, courtesy CallisonRTKL
Jacobs, Kimley-Horn, Henderson Engineers, and Core States Group head the rankings of the nation's...
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With thousands of MarTech tools and apps on the market, design and construction firms are struggl...
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Heart failure clinics, like the one that just opened at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, are helping to reduce fatalities causes by heart disease. Images: HED
An example of this building trend recently opened at Beaumont Hospital near Ann Arbor, Mich.
Moscone Center Expansion. Photo: Cesar Rubio, courtesy Webcor
Jacobs, MKA, Walker Consultants, ESD, and AECOM head the rankings of the nation's largest convent...
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The Sunset Park Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, comprises eight stories and 21,000 sf. The library encompasses the first two and a half floors of the building, while the remaining five and a half floors house 50 affordable residences for qualified low-income occupants. Rendering courtesy Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Jacobs, Arup, EXP, BRPH, and Thornton Tomasetti head the rankings of the nation's largest cultura...
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Macalester College’s new Theater, Dance, and Classroom building in St. Paul, Minn., designed by HGA, includes a flexible performance space that allows for different seating and performance configurations. Photo: Courtesy HGA
The future of libraries is less about being quiet and more about hands-on learning and face-to-fa...
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More manufacturers now include this production process in their factories.
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Prescient combines 5D software, clever engineering, and advanced robotics to create prefabricated...
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Jacobs, Fluor, IPS, CRB, and SSOE head the rankings of the nation's largest industrial sector eng...
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Project Open, a net-zero energy, $16 million, 112-unit rental community in Salt Lake City’s Guadalupe neighborhood. Utah artist Chuck Landvatter painted the seven-story, 30-foot-wide mural of a man and girl (modeled on the artist’s daughter). Photo: Brandon Hyatt Photography
Project Open has no carbon footprint, but the six-story, solar-powered building is already leavin...
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Automation, including vertical lift modules, carousel systems, and automated storage and retrieval, is widely used by retailers such as Dollar General, whose facility in Janesville, Wis., is shown here. Photo courtesy Leo A Daly
This and more industrial building sector trends from Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 3...
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The Heights & Areas Calculator, developed by the International Code Council, the American Wood Council, and WoodWorks, is based on provisions in the 2006 to 2015 editions of the International Building Code.
A free app that calculates the maximum allowable heights and areas for buildings of various occup...
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A robust click-and-collect facility would allow customers, as well as third-party delivery vendors, faster access to merchandise. Rendering: NELSON
Where can you find the future of retail? At the intersection of experience and instant gratificat...
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NV5, EXP, Jensen Hughes, KPFF, and Thornton Tomasetti head the rankings of the nation's largest h...
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Gensler, WATG, HKS, HBG Design, and Steelman Partners top the rankings of the nation's largest ho...
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Construction spending declined 0.3% in July, totaling $776 billion on a seasonally adjusted annua...
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An outdoor classroom at Coolidge Corner School, a preK-8 in Brookline, Mass., which John F. Kennedy once attended. HMFH Architects was the design firm. CRJA-IBI Group was the landscape architect. Shawmut Design and Construction was the CM. Photo: HMFH Architects / Ed Wonsek
K-12 school districts are emphasizing practical, hands-on experience and personalized learning....
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AGC asks for more funding for education and increased immigration to fill gaps.
This 245,000-sf data center in Ashburn, Va., has six data halls, 33 MWs of backup generator power, waterless cooling using pumped refrigerant economizers and condensers, and 16 MWs of critical IT load. The building also has 52,000 sf of support and amenities spaces including lounges, kitchens, meeting rooms, and a shipping/receiving dock. Photo: HED
Vanderweil, ESD, kW Mission Critical, Jacobs, and EXP head the rankings of the nation's largest d...
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