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August 11,2010Decreasing vacancy rates and infrastructure improvements will continue to drive North American construction, according to economists who recently made presentations at CMD Group's North American Construction Forecast for design and construction professionals.With the national vacancy rate for downtown office buildings at just 6.7 percent-and the rate for industrial properties down to 6.
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August 11,2010Trump Tower Hotel, New Orleans, will be built despite Hurricane Katrina, and it will be the tallest building in New Orleans when completed. The project, first announced in the spring, will be one of the first new high-rises constructed in the city in more than 25 years and could reach 750 feet, or 70 stories.
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August 11,2010McCarthy Building Cos., St. Louis, recently completed construction on the 130,700-sf Veterans Tribute Career & Technical Academy, a Las Vegas high school that focuses on service career pathways in 911 dispatch training, law enforcement, crime scene analysis, emergency medical training, and computer forensics.
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August 11,2010Elkus Manfredi Architecture's design for Harvard University's first LEED Gold residence facility was recently completed on its Cambridge, Mass., campus. The six-story building, with 141 apartments and 190 below-grade parking spaces on three levels, was constructed by John Moriarty & Associates, Winchester, Mass.
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August 11,2010Inside the lobby of the Peterson Family Athletic Center at Middlebury (Vt.) College is a 30-by-40-ft. translucent skylight comprising pre-engineered rigid-frame aluminum box beams blended with translucent panels to form a system capable of clear spans up to 100 feet. The translucent panels are insulated to minimize thermal loss and gain.Structures Unlimited. Circle 216
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August 11,2010SHW Group's Michigan Studio in Detroit has been selected to design and engineer a new 32,000-sf education facility for Michigan State University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, making MSU the first American university to have a presence in the Dubai International Academic City (DIAC). The DIAC is a planned 25 million-sf academic campus that will house up to 20 research institutions.
