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on May 08,2013 in Feature

When embarking upon a roofing renovation project, one of the first decisions for the Building Team is whether to tear off and replace the existing...

on April 30,2013 in Feature

Kate Steel of Steel Consulting Services offers tips and advice for choosing the correct code-compliant glazing product for every fire-rated...

on April 16,2013 in Feature

From an orchid-shaped visitor center to California’s largest public works project, each of these projects benefited from IMP technology.

on April 02,2013 in Feature

If you do hotels, schools, student unions, office buildings, performing arts centers, transportation facilities, or any structure with a lobby,...

Due to open in August 2013, the West Branch library in Berkeley, Calif., replace
on March 27,2013 in Feature

The Building Team for Berkeley, Calif.’s new 9,500-sf West Branch library aims to achieve net-zero—and possibly net-positive—energy performance...

on March 13,2013 in Feature

From folding façades to colorful LED displays, these fantastical projects show off the architectural possibilities of wire mesh and perforated...

Clever engineering helps create design excellence
on February 03,2013 in Feature

A mechanical engineering team overcomes numerous hurdles to help make a new federal courthouse in Iowa a showpiece of ‘government work’ at its...

on December 15,2012 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

SAIC, McLean, Va. (2011 construction revenues: $185,390,000), said it plans to cut its workforce by 700 employees in order to remain competitive...

The 15,000-sf 911 facility in Morris, Ill., designed and built by Wight & Co. fo
on November 11,2012 in Feature

Public sector remains a bastion of sustainability

City Hall, as viewed through historic City Hall Park . Designed by architects Jo
on October 04,2012 in Feature

New York's City Hall last received a major renovation nearly a century ago. Four years ago, a Building Team led by construction manager Hill...

USDA officials want their headquarters to be “a model facility for others wishin
on September 12,2012 in Feature

After installing 20 high-speed, energy-efficient hand dryers in restrooms throughout the USDA headquarters; the USDA reports seeing an immediate...

The $65 million Westminster (Calif.) Police Department Headquarters. The 91,000-
on August 07,2012 in Feature

With a huge building stock at their disposal, state and local governments can be attractive clients, especially in these difficult economic times...

“Leap,” by artist Lawrence Argent, at Sacramento International Airport. A key co
on July 20,2012 in Feature

Ranking the leading firms in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

The 100,000-sf Robeson County Department of Social Services, Lumberton, N.C., de
on July 19,2012 in Feature

But the size of the pool keeps shrinking for the Top 25 AEC firms in the Government Sector.

Fort Knox’s energy consumption analysis of all Disney Barracks complex facilitie
on June 28,2012 in Feature

U.S. Army Fort Knox: Using the Earth for space heating and cooling. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP...

Metal tiles were used in the physical therapy gymnasium to give the space a more
on May 07,2012 in Feature

How a Building Team created a high-tech rehabilitation center for wounded veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

By BD+C Staff on March 02,2012 in Product Review

The lab exhaust system is compliant with the IMC and UMC codes and approved by three UC campuses: Berkeley, San Francisco, and Irvine. Pacific...

The building’s rugged history of service is captured in the reused building mate
on March 01,2012 in Feature

The reconstruction of a near-century-old derelict public works facility in Minneapolis earns LEED Platinum—and the hearts and minds of the...

on November 11,2011 in Feature

The civilian and military branches of the federal government are looking for innovative, smart-thinking AEC firms to design and construct their...

The new outer envelope of the A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building serves as a therm
on October 12,2011 in Feature

An aged federal building gets wrapped in a new double wall glass skin.