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August 11,2010Ranked by the AIA as one of America's 150 great works of architecture, the University of Michigan's William W. Cook Legal Research Building has recently undergone lighting upgrades and a ceiling restoration. The landmark Reading Room (pictured) was the primary beneficiary of the lighting upgrades. The project team, led by Atlanta-based Lord, Aeck & Sargent and lighting consultant Gary Steff...
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August 11,2010Low-profile Triad electronic ballasts for T8 linear-fluorescent lamps are offered with reduced harmonics and universal- voltage high-performance options. The design of the low-profile, reduced-harmonics ballast brings a small cross-section for reduced fixture size and improved operating efficiency.
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August 11,2010A hotel boom in downtown St. Louis has a decidedly historic flavor. Five projects are using historic buildings wholly or partially to add nearly 2,000 new hotel rooms. The largest of the projects is the renovation by New Orleans-based Historic Restoration Inc. (HRI) of two buildings that are across the street from each other and adjacent to America's Convention Center.
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August 11,2010While growth in most sectors of the U.S. economy slowed over the second half of last year, the component of GDP that captures economic activity involving nonresidential construction work continued to grow at a healthy rate. This was in marked contrast to the trends that prevailed in late 1998 and throughout 1999.
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August 11,2010Here are the results from our June BDCnetwork.com poll, which asked BD&C readers: In your opinion, how good a job does your firm do in retaining high-quality professionals? 32% Excellent. We have practically no voluntary turnover. 29% Good. We lose some good people, but keep most of them. 24% Fair.
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August 11,2010Dennis O'Beirne, architectural manager for Southfield, Mich.-based architecture and construction firm Giffels, specified Kalwall glazing for more than a dozen of substation renovation projects for Detroit Edison. The glazing replaced hundreds of rusted steel sash windows in the 90-year-old buildings.
