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  • Web-based from start to finish
    August 11,2010
    As more and more A/E/C firms discover the benefits of using the Internet to facilitate and manage projects, more and more of the industry's veteran software companies-many that have patiently waited for much of the Internet hype to die down and for profit potential to show-are now jumping into the Internet software market head first.
  • Select—and inspect: A checklist for masonry materials
    August 11,2010
    Design and construction professionals need to heed many rules for masonry construction. Here is a partial list of selection criteria for architects and structural engineers who choose masonry and cladding materials:  Dimensional stability.  Low water absorption rate.  High breaking strength.
  • Houston, we have a downtown mixed-use development
    August 11,2010
    GID Urban Development Group, Boston, has announced plans to develop a pedestrian-focused mixed-use neighborhood in downtown Houston. Regent Square will encompass 24 acres of inner-loop property and include buildings designed by Robert A.M Stern Architects, New York, Aponwao Design, Miami, Hartman-Cox Architects, Washington, D.
  • Pentagon emerges from rubble
    August 11,2010
    Reconstruction and a resumption of renovation efforts will follow cleanup of the Sept. 11 crash of a jetliner into the Pentagon. More than 180 people died when terrorists smashed the airliner into the building's west side.The design/build contract to rebuild the Pentagon's two damaged wedges, 1 and 2, has been awarded to a team headed by Greeley, Colo.
  • Decorative concrete
    August 11,2010
    In the market for alternative decorative construction materials? The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, has launched a Web site for those who want to search online for the systems. The site lists news and council events, provides a membership directory and lists board members and committees. www.decorativeconcretecouncil.com
  • NASA plans federal government's greenest building
    August 11,2010
    NASA is set to break ground on what the agency expects to be the highest-performing building in the federal government's portfolio. Named Sustainability Base, the building at Ames Research Center in Sunnyvale, Calif., will be a showplace for sustainable technologies, featuring some of the agency's most advanced recycling and intelligent controls technologies originally developed to support NASA...