Engineers

Engineering goes hand-in-hand with design, putting a practical lens on the architect’s vision and finding the best way to make it happen. Without a talented engineer, the project will never reach completion, and certainly will not reach the standards of functionality and sustainability that the architect and client are seeking.

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May 23, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Queens Museum exhibit shows New York City as it could have been

The installation will showcase 200 years worth of unrealized Big Apple projects via original draw...

Lucas Richmond, Senior Media Studio Manager, Gilbane Building Company

May 11, 2017 | BD+C Staff

Accelerate Live!: Social media reactions from BD+C's AEC innovation conference

BD+C's inaugural Accelerate Live! innovation conference took place May 11, in Chicago....

All photos: David Madison Photography

May 10, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor

Triple Treat: Developer transforms mid-rise into unique live-work lofts

Novus Residences’ revolutionary e-lofts concept offers tenants a tempting trio of options—‘live,’...

Ascent Apartments, Silicon Valley Stephen Schafer | Schaf Photo

Ascent Apartments achieved Silver certification in California’s Build It Green program, thanks to such features as LED lighting, Energy Star appliances, garage ventilation fans, water-efficient plumbing fixtures, low-VOC paints, and water-saving native vegetation and landscape irrigation. All photos: Stephen Schafer | Schaf Photo

May 03, 2017 | Pat Curry, Contributing Editor

Silicon Valley’s high-tech oasis

An award-winning rental complex takes its design cues from its historic location in Silicon Valle...

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May 03, 2017 | ACEC

At first buoyed by Trump election, U.S. engineers now less optimistic about markets, new survey shows

The first quarter 2017 (Q1/17) of ACEC’s Engineering Business Index (EBI) dipped slightly (0.5 po...

Multifamily housing today: 7 exciting, inspiring innovations [AIA Course]

Amenities like the hotel quality lobby and billiards room distinguish the College & Crown, New Haven, Conn., developed by Centerplan with interiors by Carlin & Company. Photo courtesy Centerplan

May 02, 2017 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor

Multifamily housing: 7 exciting, inspiring innovations [AIA Course]

This AIA CES course features seven novel approaches developers and Building Teams are taking to r...

Package center at The Frasier, Arlington, Va., designed by KTGY Architecture, comes with its own trashcan plus tabletop. Photo: courtesy KTGY Architecture

April 26, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Multifamily amenity trends: The latest in package delivery centers

Package delivery centers provide order and security for the mountains of parcels piling up at apa...

Photos: Jorge Gera/Luxury Living Chicago (above); Property Markets Group (below)

April 26, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor

Huh? A subway car on the roof?

Chicago’s newest multifamily development features an iconic CTA car on its amenity deck.

The plant wall is by CASE and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Courtesy SOM/©Albert Vecerka|Esto.

April 17, 2017 | BD+C Staff

BD+C's 2017 Design Innovation Report

Façades that would make Dr. Seuss smile, living walls, and exterior wall space that doubles as ga...

Lamar Station Classroom for Urban Farming, Lakewood, Colo. Photo: Jesse Kuroiwa

April 03, 2017 | AISC + BD+C Staff

Best of structural steel construction: 4WTC, Fulton Center, Pterodactyl win AISC IDEAS2 Awards

The annual awards program, sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction, honors the...

A new study by PwC details how the industrial sector could get more involved as an influencer, and possibly as investors, in the massive infrastructure spending program that federal lawmakers and The White House now seem committed to moving forward. Image: Pixabay

March 16, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Pols are ready to spend $1T on rebuilding America’s infrastructure. But who will pick which projects benefit?

The accounting and consulting firm PwC offers the industrial sector a five-step approach to getti...

Sub-metering refers to monitoring systems added on specific equipment, systems, processes, or floors to determine where energy is being used. Tracking energy consumption through sub-metering is currently at a 40—60% ratio of clients who do and do not install sub-metering.

February 24, 2017 | Davide Vettraino and Michael Morrissey, NV5

Understanding retro commissioning

For owners of existing buildings, retrocommissioning creates a baseline to compare future buildin...

Hem Gupta founded Environmental Systems Design, a leading MEP engineering and consulting firm. Image: ESD

February 16, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

ESD's founder, Hem Gupta, passes at the age of 85

A 53-year career included engineering work on several of Chicago's iconic buildings.

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January 03, 2017 | BD+C Staff

How does your firm’s hit rate stack up to the AEC competition?

If your firm is not converting at least a third of project proposals when competing for new work,...

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October 26, 2016 | CTBUH and BD+C Staff

The world’s 100 tallest buildings: Which structural engineers have worked on the most?

The top firm has worked on almost one-fifth of the 100 tallest buildings in the world.

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October 17, 2016 | American Council of Engineering Companies

Confidence in construction markets is high among U.S. engineering leaders: ACEC survey

The American Council of Engineering Companies’ third quarter Engineering Business Index rose 6.2...

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September 26, 2016 | BD+C Staff

RELIGIOUS FACILITY GIANTS: A ranking of the nation’s top religious sector design and construction firms

Gensler, Leo A Daly, Brasfield & Gorrie, Layton Construction, and AECOM top Building Design+C...

Griff Davenport (left) and Paul Westlake, will lead a larger DLR Group, which recently joined with Westlake Reed Leskosky. The merger will expand the practices and geographies of both firms. Image: DLR Group

September 21, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

DLR Group broadens its practice range and market penetration with addition of Westlake Reed Leskosky

The merger, say company officials, creates “a global design leader” in a consolidating industry....

Google is one of the major companies to implement a formal unconscious bias training program. Photo: Shawn Collins, flickr Creative Commons

September 15, 2016 | David Barista, Editorial Director

Implicit bias: How the unconscious mind drives business decisions

Companies are tapping into the latest research in psychology and sociology to advance their diver...

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September 02, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Eight-story digital installation added as part of ESI Design’s renovation of Denver’s Wells Fargo Center

The crown jewel of a three-year makeover project, the LED columns bring the building’s lobby to l...

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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff

TRANSIT GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top transit sector design and construction firms

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Perkins+Will, Skanska USA, Webcor Builders, Jacobs, and STV top B...

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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff

INDUSTRIAL GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top industrial design and construction firms

Stantec, BRPH, Fluor Corp., Walbridge, Jacobs, and AECOM top Building Design+Construction’s annua...

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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff

HOTEL SECTOR GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top hotel sector design and construction firms

Gensler, HKS, Turner Construction Co., The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Jacobs, and JBA Consul...

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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff

CULTURAL SECTOR GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top cultural sector design and construction firms

Gensler, Perkins+Will, PCL Construction Enterprises, Turner Construction Co., AECOM, and WSP | Pa...

The retractable roof over Arthur Ashe stadium at the National Tennis Center in New York is a freestanding, 6,500-ton structure whose moveable panels can enclose the facility in seven minutes. Image: USTA/Michael LeBrecht II

September 01, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

U.S. Open stadium’s new retractable roof showcases innovative problem solving in its design and engineering

Mushy ground and indoor condensation were just two of the issues this $150 million project presen...