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August 11,2010A three-firm design-build team has been awarded its third project at the Great Lakes (Ill.) Naval Base. The team of Blinderman Construction, M+W Zander, and Clark Construction, all Chicago offices, will design and construct a $36.4 million processing day barracks for the Great Lakes Recruit Training Center.
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August 11,2010Federal government agencies expect to conduct a healthy volume of building construction in the 2001 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, according to presentations made by agency spokesmen at FedCon, the recent 2001 federal construction forecast sponsored by CMD Group and the National Institute of Building Sciences.
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August 11,2010Best known for shaving per-square-foot costs to the bone, retail owners have rarely displayed the ingenuity or good will to experiment with "green" building designs or sustainable operating strategies. Two companies prove exceptions to the mark-it-up-and-move-it-out mentality, however, and may spark a rethinking of how great shopping and a healthy environment can coexist.
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August 11,2010• Mineola, N.Y.-based JRS Architect has acquired Soffes Wood Inc., a full-service design firm with 18 employees based in Manhattan. •Rudolph and Sletten, Redwood City, Calif., has appointed Robert M. Maxwell VP of business development and corporate communications. • New York-based structural engineer Thornton-Tomasetti Group has promoted Helmut Cerovsek and Erleen Hatfield, PE...
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August 11,2010Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, Wash. Building team prepares sub packages for bidding As design development winds down and site preparation continues, the city is working with the building team to prepare subcontractor bid packages. According to Dave Brueggman, project manager with architect of record Merritt+Pardini, Tacoma, a bid package for the primary structural steel work will go out to ...
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August 11,2010The National Roofing Contractors Association's (NRCA) Annual Market Survey revealed a 10.8% decline in overall roofing construction spending from 2000 to 2001. However, roofing contractors are optimistic for this year, projecting a growth of 4.1% for 2002. Total roofing industry sales for 2001, as reported by survey respondents, were $30.
