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AIA CES class: New trends in ceiling designs and materials
on June 17,2013 in Feature

A broad array of new and improved ceiling products offers designers everything from superior acoustics and closed-loop, recycled content to eased...

Integrated Design Group incorporates computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulatio
on June 03,2013 in Feature

Here’s where AEC firms and owners are getting the most bang for the buck when using BIM/VDC to coordinate data center projects.

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...

Workers at Southland Industries’ 80,000-sf prefabrication plant in Garden Grove,
on February 03,2013 in Feature

A mechanical contractor combines an electronic surveying tool with a BIM model to make significant productivity gains in a large-scale hospital...

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...

A new system helps Hudson Community Schools create a comfortable environment.
on January 16,2013 in Feature

Improving a problematic temperature control system at Hudson High School paves the way for enhanced comfort, greater energy efficiency, and...

on March 16,2011 in Product Review

Looking to make the 21,000-sf Turtle River Montessori School in Jupiter, Fla., as energy efficient as possible, the mechanical engineering team...

on January 09,2011 in Product Review

The York model YK-EP Energy Plus large capacity centrifugal chiller features a patent-pending mechanical compression economizer cycle that...

on January 09,2011 in Product Review

The EcoBreeze cooling system for data centers uses both indirect evaporative and air-to-air heat exchange, automatically switching between the two...

on October 12,2010 in Feature

27th Annual Reconstruction Awards—Special Recognition. The relocation and consolidation of hundreds of employees from seven departments of...

on October 12,2010 in Feature

27th Annual Reconstruction AwardsSilver Award. Gartner...

on October 12,2010 in Feature

27th Annual Reconstruction AwardsSilver Award....

on October 12,2010 in Feature

An innovative restoration turns a historic but inoperable coal-burning steam plant into a modern, energy-efficient marvel at Duke University.

on September 16,2010 in Feature

The 151,000-sf recreation and wellness center at California State University’s Sacramento campus, called the WELL (for “wellness,...