Current Issue

May 2013

Digital Edition [1]

Feature

10 high-efficiency plumbing fixtures [2]

From a "no sweat" toilet to a deep-well lavatory, here's a round up of the latest high-efficiency plumbing fixtures.

Paints and coatings: The latest trends in sustainability [3]

When it comes to durability, a 50-year building design ideally should include 50-year coatings. Many building products consume substantial amounts of energy, water, and petrochemicals during manufacture, but they can make up for it in the...

University labs double as K-12 learning environments [4]

Increasingly, college and university research buildings are doing double duty as homes for K-12 STEM programs. Here’s how to create facilities that captivate budding scientists while keeping faculty happy.

World’s tallest children’s hospital pushes BIM to the extreme [5]

The Building Team for the 23-story Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago implements an integrated BIM/VDC workflow to execute a complex vertical program.

Links:
[1] http://editiondigital.net/publication/?i=158183
[2] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/10-high-efficiency-plumbing-fixtures
[3] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/paints-and-coatings-latest-trends-sustainability
[4] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/university-labs-double-k-12-learning-environments
[5] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/world%E2%80%99s-tallest-children%E2%80%99s-hospital-pushes-bim-extreme