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August 11,2010Magnusson Klemencic Associates is the new name of the Seattle-based structural engineering firm of Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire. The firm also has opened an office in Chicago, which will be headed by Kerry Galbraith. Omaha-based A/E Leo A. Daly has acquired Setter Leach & Lindstrom, a 90-person A/E firm based in Minneapolis.
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August 11,2010Fordham University in New York City is installing a soffited fire-sprinkler system in one of its dormitories. The prefabricated steel soffiting system is a rugged, snap-on soffit system designed for rapid, secure installation in academic and residential facilities.Grice Engineering.Circle 253
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August 11,2010The new Timothy J. Hyland Hall will be the home to the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Neenah, Wis.-based Miron Construction recently broke ground on the $41 million, 187,000-sf facility, which will feature 38 high-tech classrooms and computer labs and a 400-seat auditorium.
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August 11,2010The rejuvenating characteristics of the warm, buoyant spring waters from which Warm Springs, Ga., takes its name first attracted Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1924 when he visited the small town seeking a cure for his infantile paralysis. While Roosevelt never found a cure, the sustaining qualities of the waters made him a frequent visitor, and in 1932 he built a home there, which would became k...
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August 11,2010Concrete wall block designed for retaining walls is available in 1-sq.-ft. units to ease estimating and design. Integral rear lip helps ensure a uniform 7-degree setback without pins, clips or mortar, and exposed heights of up to 3.5 feet can be achieved without geosynthetic reinforcement.
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August 11,2010Alexander Plaza, with its distinctive glass-and-aluminum façade and three-story, V-shaped crown, will introduce a contemporary flare to Midtown Manhattan's East Side. Designed by New York-based Sydness Architects for developer Continental Finance Corp., the 25-story luxury residential condo tower will feature a triangular entry plaza and a glass façade that folds vertically inward to ...
