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Union Bank’S San Diego HQ awarded LEED Gold
October 08,2010

Union Bank’s San Diego headquarters building located at 530 B Street has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the Green Building...

New BOMA-Kingsley Report Shows Compression in Utilities and Total Operating Expenses
September 21,2010

A new report from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)...

January 2010 AIA CE exam: High-Performance Workplaces
August 11,2010
Green Patient Lab video: Rainscreen and interior wall system from BASF
August 11,2010
BASF video
Lafarge Announces Weather Defense Platinum Exterior Sheathing
August 11,2010
CTBUH changes height criteria; Burj Dubai height increases, others decrease
August 11,2010
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)—the international body that arbitrates on tall building height and determines the title of “...
BIG's 'folded façade' design takes first-prize in competition for China energy company headquarters
August 11,2010
Copenhagen-based architect BIG, in collaboration with ARUP and Transsolar, was awarded first-prize in an international competition to design Shenzhen...
Jacobs, Arup, AECOM top BD+C's ranking of the nation's 75 largest international design firms
August 11,2010

A ranking of the Top 75 International Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300...

New air-conditioning design standard allows for increased air speed to cool building interiors
August 11,2010
Building occupants, who may soon feel cooler from increased air movement, can thank a committee of building science specialists. The committee in...
Architecture Billings Index flat in May, according to AIA
August 11,2010

After a slight decline in April, the Architecture Billings Index was up a tenth of a point to 42.9 in May. As a leading economic indicator of...

Free-span solar energy system installed at REM Eyewear headquarters
August 11,2010
The first cable-suspended free-span solar energy system was completed today over the REM Eyewear headquarters parking lot in Sun Valley, Calif. The...
Construction employment declined in 333 of 352 metro areas in June
August 11,2010
Construction employment declined in all but 19 communities nationwide this June as compared to June-2008, according to a new analysis of metropolitan...
Jacobs, Hensel Phelps among the nation's 50 largest design-build contractors
August 11,2010
A ranking of the Top 50 Design-Build Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit...
CTBUH conference on future of tall buildings set for October 22-23, 2009 in Chicago
August 11,2010
Arup, SOM top BD+C's ranking of the country's largest mixed-use design firms
August 11,2010
A ranking of the Top 75 Mixed-Use Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit...
10% of world's skyscraper construction on hold
August 11,2010
Emporis, the largest provider of global building data worldwide, reported that 8.7% of all skyscrapers listed as "under construction" in its database...
Structure Tone, Turner among the nation's busiest reconstruction contractors, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report
August 11,2010
A ranking of the Top 75 Reconstruction Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings,...
IFMA workplace study: Average space per employee up 40 sf since 2007, likely due to corporate layoffs
August 11,2010

The International Facility Management Association has released “Operations and Maintenance Benchmarks, Research Report #32,” a study outlining the...

'Too cold' and 'too hot' most common complaints among office workers, says IFMA study
August 11,2010
The International Facility Management Association has released “Temperature Wars: Savings vs. Comfort,” a new study that takes an in-depth look at...
Best AEC Firms of 2011/12
August 11,2010

Later this year, we will launch Best AEC Firms 2012. We’re looking for firms that create truly positive workplaces for their AEC professionals and...