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August 11,2010Multifamily construction spending will peak late in 2004 and then decline about 8% through the end of next year. The expected spending decline will be more a result of the completion of the large number of units started earlier in 2004 than the modest fall in new units started that is expected by the end of next year.
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August 11,2010With proven thermal performance, foamed metal panels installed at Peakview Tower, Englewood, Colo., will contribute to lower operating and maintenance costs. Formawall panels integrated easily with the project's specified window systems, permitting fast installation, and are available in a variety of thicknesses, reveals and profiles. Centria. Circle 229
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August 11,2010Not surprisingly, the construction industry's response to terrorism was a prominent theme at the Associated General Contractors of America's annual convention in Las Vegas last month. No fewer than seven sessions of the four-day program related directly to Sept. 11 and subsequent developments.Speakers described moves made by the military services and attempted to predict how these develop...
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August 11,2010Great sitelines. Intimate views. Close encounters with the best players in the world. As a self-proclaimed "tennis nut," architect Richard Young focused on these qualities when he designed the 12,500-seat Rexall Tennis Centre, centerpiece of a new $38 million, 17-court tennis complex at York University in Toronto.
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August 11,2010Ralph Johnson of Perkins & Will, Chicago, has put his hand to a 15-story, 96,000-sq.-ft. condominium development in the city's River North area. The concrete and glass design calls for a 45-ft.-high concrete column supporting a cast-in-place cantilevered roof. The structure, scheduled for completion next October, is programmed for retail space and parking on the first four floors, with 28...
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August 11,2010RTKL applied retail design principles to enhance customer service and wayfinding at the new West Chester (Ohio) Medical Center, which recently broke ground near Cincinnati. The hospital's diagnostic and treatment areas will be arranged in a radial arc just off the rotunda, similar to the way stores are located off a central core in a mall.
