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August 11,2010The cost to build green remains on par with standard construction costs, according to a study published in July by cost management consulting firm Davis Langdon. Conducted in 2006, the study, “The Cost of Green Revisited,” is an update to the firm's 2004 study that found that sustainable building was not necessarily more expensive than non-sustainable building.
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August 11,2010Harrison MetroCentre, a mixed-use redevelopment that encompasses nearly 4 million sf, is under way in Harrison, N.J. The $1.8 billion project will feature office, retail, and nearly 4,000 housing units. A stadium for the N.Y./N.J. MetroStars soccer team is planned for a future project phase. Advance Realty Group of Bedminster, N.
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August 11,2010Baltimore-based architect Hord Coplan Macht is leading a multi-disciplinary team designing a $268 million, 598,000-sf replacement hospital for Western Maryland Health System in Cumberland, Md. The first three levels of this 275-bed hospital are devoted to diagnostics and treatment departments, with the upper floors functioning as an inpatient tower.
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August 11,2010
Topped with a series of green roofs, Rush University Medical Center's $654 million, 830,000-sf new hospital building will be Chicago's first full-service green hospital upon its opening in January 2012.
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August 11,2010Magnusson Klemencic Associates is the new name of the Seattle-based structural engineering firm of Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire. The firm also has opened an office in Chicago, which will be headed by Kerry Galbraith. Omaha-based A/E Leo A. Daly has acquired Setter Leach & Lindstrom, a 90-person A/E firm based in Minneapolis.
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August 11,2010Fordham University in New York City is installing a soffited fire-sprinkler system in one of its dormitories. The prefabricated steel soffiting system is a rugged, snap-on soffit system designed for rapid, secure installation in academic and residential facilities.Grice Engineering.Circle 253
