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August 11,2010Suffolk Construction's Miami-Dade business unit is serving as GC for the $14 million School of International and Public Affairs building at the University Park Campus of Florida International University. Designed by Arquitectonica, Miami, the five-story, 58,408-sf building will have a café and three auditoriums on the ground level; the largest auditorium will have a 40-foot cantilever abov...
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August 11,2010Sawhorses may be the closest thing to livestock riding the range at Texas A&M University's new “Architecture Ranch,” a large-scale workshop on the school's Riverside Campus. When it opens this fall, the largely open work area will grant students hands-on experience building full-scale structures.
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August 11,2010Following a rebound in October, the Architecture Billings Index climbed more than two points in November. The American Institute of Architects reported the November ABI rating was 55.3, up from 53.2 in October, and inquiries for new projects was 56.6 (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings).
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August 11,2010For more: www.BDCnetwork.com.
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August 11,2010Faced with stiffer competition brought by a slowing economy and the ensuing belt-tightening, layoffs and delayed decision making by clients, some of the nation's top A/E/C firms are positioning themselves to capitalize on the changing market place in 2002 (see "Down but not out," page 20).Representatives of A/E/C firms gathered last fall in Washington, D.
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August 11,2010While building projects in many commercial sectors face uncertain futures, the sports niche is as robust as ever. Fueled by a mix of technology, ebullient fans-and government support-the momentum of sports construction is like that of the public sector: there's never a recession.Part of the reason is the use of public funds and new taxes and bonds to pay for the projects.
