Issue Contents

December 2011

Digital Edition [1]

Column

By the Numbers [2]

606: Height in meters of the planned $773 million Wuhan Greenland Centre, in China, being developed by Greenland Group, Shanghai.

Can these cities turn 'red fields' into 'green fields'? [3]

Thanks to the severe downturn in the U.S. residential and commercial construction market, some U.S. cities find themselves stuck with abandoned properties and excess vacant space, much of it in the wrong location. Now they're trying to turn these...

Feature

10 Great Solutions [4]

The editors of Building Design+Construction present 10 “Great Solutions” that highlight innovative technology and products that can be used to address some of the many problems Building Teams face in their day-to-day work. Readers are encouraged...

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: Chapman Construction/Design [5]

Taking sustainable practices to heart.

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: Gensler [6]

Developing talent on a global scale.

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: HMC Architects [7]

Fostering a tradition of collaboration.

BEST AEC FIRM 2011: MHTN Architects [8]

Serving Utah for nearly eight decades.

BEST AEC FIRMS 2011: EYP Architecture & Engineering [9]

Expertise-Driven Design: At EYP Architecture & Engineering, growing the business goes hand in hand with growing the firm’s people.

BIM tools to make your project easier to manage [10]

Two innovations—program manager Gafcon’s SharePoint360 project management platform and a new BIM “wall creator” add-on developed by ClarkDietrich Building Systems for use with the Revit BIM platform and construction consultant—show how...

December 2011: New Projects Portfolio [11]

Senior living tower in Milwaukee combines lakefront luxury, urban flare; Okanagan College hosts largest PV array in western Canada; West Chelsea art gallery exposes the old to create the new; Green-minded restaurant opens in Chicago’s Wicker Park...

December 2011: On the Drawing Board [12]

Orange County children’s hospital raising new state-of-the-art patient tower; Washington-based active-wear company plans sustainable global headquarters; Boise, Idaho, to welcome its first Whole Foods Market; Cornell plans net-zero energy...

Energy performance starts at the building envelope [13]

Rainscreen system installed at the west building expansion of the University of Arizona’s Meinel Optical Sciences Center in Tucson, with its folded glass wall and copper-paneled, breathable cladding over precast concrete.

Turning Balconies Outside In [14]

Operable glass balcony glazing systems provide solution to increase usable space in residential and commercial structures.

News

AIA launches stalled projects database [15]

To populate this database with both stalled projects and investors interested in financing them, the AIA in the last week initiated a communications campaign to solicit information about stalled projects around the country from its members and...

BD+C's Under 40 Leadership Summit update [16]

The two-day Under 40 Leadership Summit continued with a Leadership Style interactive presentation; Great Solutions presentations from Under 40 attendees; the Owner’s Perspective panel discussion; and the Blue Ocean Strategy presentation.

CSI and ICC Evaluation Service agree to reference GreenFormat in ICC-ES Environmental Reports  [17]

ICC-ES currently references CSI's MasterFormat and other formats in all of its evaluation reports. The MOU will add GreenFormat references.

DOE report details finance options for PV systems in schools [18]

The report examines the two primary types of ownership models used to obtain PV installations for school administrators to use in selecting the best option for deploying solar technologies in their districts.

Few silver linings for construction in 2012 [19]

On the brighter side, nearly half of respondents (49.7%) said their firms were in at least “good” financial health, and four-fifths (80.2%) said their companies would at least hold steady in revenue in 2012.

Ground broken on first LEED Platinum designed school house built by volunteers [20]

Phoenix public school receives the generous gift of a state-of-the-art building for student and community use.

Holcim awards winners for North America announced [21]

A socio-architectural project to create regional food-gathering nodes and a logistics network in Canada's high arctic territory won the top prize for North America of $100,000.

Lincoln Center Pavilion wins national architecture and engineering award [22]

The project team members include owner Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York; design architect and interior designer of the restaurant, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York; executive architect, FXFOWLE, New York; and architect and...

Sika Sarnafil Roof Recycling Program recognized by Society of Plastics Engineers [23]

Program leads the industry in recovering and recycling roofing membrane into new roofing products.

Third annual Gingerbread Build-off winners announced [24]

Nine awards were handed out acknowledging the most unique and creative gingerbread structures completed.

Links:
[1] http://editiondigital.net/publication/?i=92173
[2] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/numbers-0
[3] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/can-these-cities-turn-red-fields-green-fields
[4] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/10-great-solutions
[5] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/best-aec-firm-2011-chapman-constructiondesign
[6] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/best-aec-firm-2011-gensler
[7] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/best-aec-firm-2011-hmc-architects
[8] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/best-aec-firm-2011-mhtn-architects
[9] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/best-aec-firms-2011-eyp-architecture-engineering
[10] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/two-new-bim-tools-make-your-project-easier-manage
[11] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/december-2011-new-projects-portfolio
[12] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/december-2011-drawing-board
[13] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/energy-performance-starts-building-envelope
[14] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/turning-balconies-outside
[15] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/aia-launches-stalled-projects-database
[16] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/bdcs-under-40-leadership-summit-update
[17] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/csi-and-icc-evaluation-service-agree-reference-greenformat-icc-es-environmental-reports%E2%80%A8
[18] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/doe-report-details-finance-options-pv-systems-schools
[19] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/few-silver-linings-construction-2012
[20] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/ground-broken-first-leed-platinum-designed-school-house-built-volunteers
[21] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/holcim-awards-winners-north-america-announced
[22] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/lincoln-center-pavilion-wins-national-architecture-and-engineering-award
[23] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/sika-sarnafil-roof-recycling-program-recognized-society-plastics-engineers
[24] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/third-annual-gingerbread-build-winners-announced