Architects

• Nation's first set of green building model codes and standards announced

  BD+C staff, March 11, 2010
  The International Code Council (ICC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) announce the launch of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), representing the merger of two national efforts to develop adoptable and enforceable green building codes.  More

• Construction employment declines between January '09 and '10

  BD+C staff, March 10, 2010
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• AIA hires Worthen, Fitzgerald for sustainability, young architects initiatives

  Jeffrey Yoders, March 9, 2010

  As part of an ongoing effort to bolster its education and outreach on sustainability, the American Institute of Architects has hired William J. Worthen, AIA, LEED AP, vice president of Simon & Associates (a green consulting firm) as Director and Resource Architect for Sustainability. The AIA has also hired Kevin A. Fitzgerald, AIA, a former associate with Robert AM Stern Architects, as a staff coordinator/team leader for several AIA committees devoted to young architects.

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• Leo A Daly changes name of STH, completes acquisition

  BD+C staff, March 8, 2010
  LEO A DALY  has changed the name of STH Architectural Group to the name of its parent company, Leo A Daly. STH was acquired  in February 2009 as a strategic move to accelerate growth in its core business sectors and to strengthen the firm's presence in the Florida market.  More

• Public Buildings: The Evolving Library

  March 3, 2010
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• Average annual pay increases at A/E/P firms continue to rise in 2010

  Jeffrey Yoders, March 2, 2010
  Despite the economic challenges that many architecture, engineering, planning(A/E/P) & environmental consulting firms have faced in recent years, a large majority of firms continue to include pay increases for their staff in their annual budgets, according to a new report released by ZweigWhite. According to ZweigWhite's 2010 Policies, Procedures, and Benefits Survey of Architecture, Engineering, Planning & Environmental Consulting Firms, the average pay increase that A/E/P firms project that they will provide in 2010 has increased from 2009. ZweigWhite, March 2  More

• David Rockwell unveils set for upcoming Oscar show

  BD+C staff, February 17, 2010
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and 82nd Academy Awards® production designer David Rockwell unveiled the set for the upcoming Oscar show.  More

• More construction firms likely to perform stimulus-funded work in 2010 as funding expands beyond transportation programs

  BD+C staff, February 16, 2010
  Stimulus funded infrastructure projects are saving and creating more direct construction jobs than initially estimated, according to a new analysis of federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. The analysis also found that more contractors are likely to perform stimulus funded work this year as work starts on many of the non-transportation projects funded in the initial package.  More

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