Most Recent in News
-
August 11,2010Construction is under way on a new 52,300-sf office development at 1602 L Street, N.W., in Washington, D.C. According to architect WDG Architecture of Washington, the building was designed to have floor plates of only 6,000 sf specifically for smaller tenants. JGB of Chevy Chase, Md., is the developer.
-
August 11,2010A decline in commodity and materials costs has kept overall commercial building construction costs steady during the past three months, according to Turner Construction Co.'s Fourth Quarter 2008 Turner Building Cost Index. The fourth quarter index remained virtually unchanged from the Turner's third-quarter report.
-
August 11,2010Facility owners, systems integrators, end-users and manufacturers can easily control devices, buildings and networks with integrated graphical software and digital control systems.Richard Zeta.Circle 250
-
August 11,2010Made of five-ply Arctic birch, Advanced 5X ensures a clean, smooth surface for trouble-free flooring installation. It resists indentations and is dimensionally stable.Advanced Adhesives.Circle 250
-
August 11,2010Since the Los Angeles City Council passed an adaptive reuse ordinance to revitalize its downtown in 1999, Los Angeles has seen its city core flourish, with hundreds of former commercial buildings transformed into condominium and mixed-use structures. The city's Adaptive Reuse Ordinance did three things to encourage residents and businesses to move back downtown: It expedited the review process,...
-
August 11,2010Architects and engineers seeking federal government contracts may be using a new standard qualifications form by the end of the year, pending evaluation of public comment. The streamlined Standard Form (SF) 330 will replace existing forms SF 254 and SF 255 forms, which have been used for more than 25 years.
