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The Georgia Tech Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory was the lone Platinu
on June 12,2013 in Feature

The winners of the 2013 Building Team Awards show that great buildings cannot be built without the successful collaboration of the Building Team....

The Wabash Building (blue) is a modern response to Roosevelt University’s needs
on June 11,2013 in Feature

Roosevelt University builds a 32-story tower to satisfy students’ needs for housing, instruction, and recreation.

Georgia Tech’s Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory was built on a compact
on June 11,2013 in Feature

Building Team cooperation and expertise help Georgia Tech create a LEED Platinum building for energy science.

on June 11,2013 in Feature

This course provides step-by-step prescriptive advice to architects, engineers, and contractors on when it makes sense to repair or rehabilitate...

on May 17,2013 in Feature

Increasingly, college and university research buildings are doing double duty as homes for K-12 STEM programs. Here’s how to create facilities...

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 15,2013 in Feature

To achieve the goals of sustainability and high performance, stakeholders in new construction and renovation projects must rein in energy...

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,...

The South Mountain Community Library, a joint venture of Maricopa Community Coll
on March 14,2013 in Feature

The nation’s thousand-plus community college districts can be a steady source of income for your Building Team—provided you appreciate the special...

The LEED Platinum, net-zero-ready campus police substation at Miramar College, a
on November 11,2012 in Feature

More and more colleges and universities see sustainainably designed buildings as a given

The Building Team preserved more than 65,000 glass blocks, which, if laid end to
on October 04,2012 in Feature

Reconstruction centered on Building 91.1, a historic (1937) five-story former machine shop, with its distinctive façade of glass blocks, many of...

During the construction of Mountaineer Hall, 129 modules were set and sealed in
on September 19,2012 in Feature

By using modular construction, the university was able to open a dorm a full year earlier than a similar dorm built at the same time with...

“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 architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provid
on July 16,2012 in Feature

Architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provided vision and maximum fire safety using fire rated glazing that...

In the spring of 2009, Muhlenberg College embarked on an expansion and renovatio
on May 31,2012 in Feature

Seegers Student Union at Muhlenberg College has been reconstructed to serve as the core of social life on campus.

on March 02,2012 in Product Review

The architecture team from Jospeh Bellomo Architects was able to use the concrete as a design element, eliminating water seepage, efflorescence,...

on November 11,2011 in Feature

How construction manager Barton Malow utilized BIM and design-build to deliver a quick turnaround for Georgia Tech’s new practice facility....

on November 11,2011 in Feature

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