Hurricane-Zone Construction

The latest developments and innovations in hurricane-zone construction from the editors of Building Design+Construction, BDCnetwork.com.

Sliding door meets thermal, hurricane zone challenge

February 1, 2010
The AA3200 Isoweb sliding door is designed to meet the demands of thermal, coastal, and hurricane-zone conditions, while providing sound transmission resistance and numerous configuration options. Recommended for high-rise condominium, hotel, and mixed-use projects. Available in high-performance (AA3200HP) and Hurricane Resistant (AA3200IR) versions. More
Morphosis builds 'floating' house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right New Orleans foundation

October 6, 2009
Morphosis Architects, under the direction of renowned architect and UCLA professor Thom Mayne, has completed the first floating house permitted in the U.S. for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans.The FLOAT House is a new model for flood-safe, affordable, and sustainable housing that is designed to float securely with rising water levels. More
PCA partners with MIT on concrete research center

October 6, 2009
MIT today announced the creation of the Concrete Sustainability Hub, a research center established at MIT in collaboration with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & Education Foundation. More
Robotic storage facility protects exotic automobiles, fine wines, artwork

October 1, 2009
Miller Construction Company, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has completed construction on a high-tech robotic storage facility designed to store and protect valued possessions such as exotic automobiles, fine wines, artwork, and jewelry. Designed and built to resist Category 5 hurricanes, the RoboVault facility features automated storage retrieval, biometric recognition, private access with 24/7 securi... More
Call for entries: Building enclosure design awards

September 29, 2009
The Boston Society of Architects and the Boston chapter of the Building Enclosure Council (BEC-Boston) have announced a High Performance Building award that will assess building enclosure innovation through the demonstrated design, construction, and operation of the building enclosure. More
NAVFAC releases guidelines for sustainable reconstruction of Navy facilities

August 17, 2009
The guidelines provide specific guidance for installation commanders, assessment teams, estimators, programmers and building designers for identifying the sustainable opportunities, synergies, strategies, features and benefits for improving installations following a disaster instead of simply repairing or replacing them as they were prior to the disaster. More
American Concrete Institute conferences in Spain to focus on superplasticizers, sustainability

July 28, 2009
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CTBUH conference on future of tall buildings set for October 22-23, 2009 in Chicago

July 5, 2009
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The logic of this design seems directly proportionate of the understanding of...

A MICHAELS– 10/14/2009 10:18:00 AM
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Boats float and house boats float and apparently this trailer house without...

Walter Kirkpatrick– 10/14/2009 9:09:00 AM
in response to Morphosis builds 'floating' house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right New Orleans foundation
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Ernest Kestone– 10/14/2009 8:54:00 AM
in response to Morphosis builds 'floating' house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right New Orleans foundation
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