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August 11,2010Construction spending in the health-care subsector has been growing at a solid clip throughout 2001. Although the pace is expected to ease over the final third of 2001, full-year growth will be on par with the 6.4 percent gain recorded in 2000. During the first seven months of 2001, health-care construction totaled $11.
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August 11,2010The team of Breennan Beer Gorman Architects and Tandem Architects has designed the Siam Kepinski Hotel & Residences in Bangkok. The hotel, due for completion in 2008, combines modern linear and vertical expressions with traditional Thai design elements such as louvered shutters, Thai lanterns on the façade, and stepped parapets on the towers.
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August 11,2010The design team of Pelli Clarke Pelli, New Haven, Conn., and Ellerbe Becket, Minneapolis, has unveiled its dramatic design for the Sidra Medical and Research Center in Doha, Qatar. Developed by the Qatar Foundation, the landmark facility will be the first academic medical and research center in the region based on the North American healthcare model.
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August 11,2010Mayor Tom Barrett honored the Milwaukee Intermodal Station, designed by Greg Uhen of Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee, with a 2007 Mayor's Urban Design Award in the “Best Face Forward” category. EUA worked with Milwaukee Intermodal Partners and the city to transform an outdated Amtrak station into a multi-modal transit facility.
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August 11,2010Available in more than a dozen patterns and in thicknesses from 1/16 to 1/2 inch, Knoll Imago Frozen Fabrics resin-based panels are manufactured through a patented process that involves encapsulating fabric in a high-performance resin called PETG, or polyethylene terephthalate glycol-modified. The result is a strong, flexible decorative surface panel that can be custom manufactured in a range o...
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August 11,2010The economic environment for construction remains strong in 2006. The fourth year of economic expansion will be a much better environment for the nonresidential than the residential construction market. After a brief post-hurricane rebound early in the year, GDP growth will resume slowing, dropping to a 3.
