Issue Contents

February 2012

Column

By the Numbers [1]

Feature

28th Annual Reconstruction Awards: Modern day reconstruction plays out [2]

A savvy Building Team reconstructs a Boston landmark into a multiuse masterpiece for Suffolk University.

28th Annual Reconstruction Awards: Winning back a community’s trust [3]

An abandoned hospital is reenvisioned as one-of-a-kind apartments in San Francisco’s national park.

AIA CONTINUING EDUCATION: Reroofing primer, in-depth advice from the experts [4]

Earn 1.0 AIA/CES learning units by studying this article and successfully completing the online exam.

Chapman Construction/Design: ‘Sustainability is part of everything we do’ [5]

Chapman Construction/Design builds a working culture around sustainability—for its clients, and for its employees.

February 2012: New Projects Portfolio [6]

New center at Northern Kentucky University promotes digital research; New Jersey banks choose renovation to reinforce universal brand; Following a devastating tornado, Georgia community welcomes its new hospital; Innovation Hubat University of...

February 2012: On the Drawing Board [7]

Syracuse law school centergeared to meet university’s environmental goals; Adaptive reuse transforms 114-year-old warehouse into loft apartments; New base for Arizona State University’sgrowing school of business; National Institutes of Health...

Fusion Facilities: 8 reasons to consolidate multiple functions under one roof [8]

‘Fusing’ multiple functions into a single building can make it greater than the sum of its parts. The first in a series on the design and construction of university facilities.

New ways to work with wood [9]

New products like cross-laminated timber are spurring interest in wood as a structural material.

Replacement windows eliminate weak link in the building envelope [10]

Replacement or retrofit can help keep energy costs from going out the window.

‘Augmented reality’ comes to the job site [11]

A new software tool derived from virtual reality is helping Building Teams use the power of BIM models more effectively.

News

AIA Chicago & AIA Chicago Foundation 2011 Dubin Family Young Architect Award announced [12]

The Dubin Family Young Architect Award is bestowed annually and recognizes excellence in ability and exceptional contributions by a Chicago architect between the ages of 25 and 39.

BCA’s Best Practices in New Construction available online [13]

This publicly available document is applicable to most building types and distills the long list of guidelines, and longer list of tasks, into easy-to-navigate activities that represent the ideal commissioning process.

Callison acquires Barteluce Architects & Associates [14]

This acquisition will grow Callison’s New York team to over 75 architects.

Chicago’s Aqua Tower wins international design award [15]

Aqua was named both regional and international winner of the International Property Award as Best Residential High-Rise Development.

Doug Wignall named president of HDR Architecture [16]

HDR Architecture, Inc. is known for its award-winning designs for urban environments, campuses and buildings in the healthcare, science and technology, civic, justice and higher education markets.

FGM Architects acquires SRBL Architects [17]

The firm reviewed gaps in each of the markets and identified a need in the municipal market for stronger police facility design expertise as well as additional project management and design expertise for this market.

FxFowle and CO Architects form joint venture [18]

FxFowle and CO Architects creates a dynamic alliance built on a shared dedication to collaboration in process, innovation in programming, and excellence in design.

HDR to design North America’s first fully digital hospital [19]

Humber River is the first hospital in North America to fully integrate and automate all of its processes; everything is done digitally.

Increase notched in construction jobs, but unemployment rate still at 16% [20]

AGC officials said that construction employment likely benefited from unseasonably warm weather across much of the country that extended the building season.

Shawmut Design & Construction awarded dorm renovations at Brown University [21]

Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2012, and will be completed by December 2012.

Siemens acquires Pace Global Energy Services [22]

Acquisition will enhance portfolio with new energy consulting and management services.

Skanska acquires Industrial Contractors [23]

Industrial Contractors Inc. is a contractor in the commercial, industrial and power markets of the Midwest. The company employs 2,400 people and in 2011 the revenues are estimated to be approximately $500 million.

SOM launches Los Angeles design studio [24]

Expert team to join the firm's West Coast practice, focusing on innovative urban and environmentally sustainable design in Southern California

Thornton Tomasetti acquires green consulting firm Fore Solutions [25]

International engineering firm launches new building sustainability practice.

USGBC’s Center for Green Schools releases Best of Green Schools 2011 [26]

Recipient schools and regions from across the nation - from K-12 to higher education - were recognized for a variety of sustainable, cost-cutting measures, including energy conservation, record numbers of LEED certified buildings and...

VDK Architects merges with Harley Ellis Devereaux [27]

Harley Ellis Devereaux will relocate the employees in its current Berkeley, Calif., office to the new Oakland office location effective January 3, 2012.

Product Review

Aluminum curtain wall specified in first LEED Silver for Michigan college [28]

Saginaw Valley State University’s Pioneer Hall is the first LEED Silver certified building on the Kochville Township, Mich., campus.

Perforated metal panels offer lightweight solution for cantilevered pavilion rooftop [29]

Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks is a new civic band shelter in the SteelStacks arts and cultural complex in Bethlehem, Pa., where long-defunct 22-story blast furnaces loom over the landscape.

Recycled metal architectural products give hotel owner a ‘dazzling’ interior [30]

For the new Hilton Garden Inn in Oklahoma City, Okla., owner/developer Jim Thompson of local developer New Century Investments Hotels and Restaurants wanted “a dazzling attraction” that would create “a unique contemporary atmosphere.”

Shhh!!! Fabric duct system proves California librarian’s dream [31]

Fabric ductwork has helped the $15 million Highland Sam J. Racadio Library and Environmental Learning Center, in San Bernardino County, Calif., earn LEED Gold and improve its acoustics.

St. Louis science center addition clad in composite metal panels [32]

A recently completed addition to the St. Louis Science Center uses 20,000 sf of Citadel Envelope Rout & Return System metal composite material panels.

Links:
[1] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/numbers-2
[2] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/28th-annual-reconstruction-awards-modern-day-reconstruction-plays-out
[3] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/28th-annual-reconstruction-awards-winning-back-community%E2%80%99s-trust
[4] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/aia-continuing-education-reroofing-primer-depth-advice-experts
[5] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/chapman-constructiondesign-%E2%80%98sustainability-part-everything-we-do%E2%80%99
[6] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/february-2012-new-projects-portfolio
[7] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/february-2012-drawing-board
[8] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/fusion-facilities-8-reasons-consolidate-multiple-functions-under-one-roof
[9] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/new-ways-work-wood
[10] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/replacement-windows-eliminate-weak-link-building-envelope
[11] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/%E2%80%98augmented-reality%E2%80%99-comes-job-site
[12] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/aia-chicago-aia-chicago-foundation-2011-dubin-family-young-architect-award-announced
[13] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/bca%E2%80%99s-best-practices-new-construction-available-online
[14] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/callison-acquires-barteluce-architects-associates
[15] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/chicago%E2%80%99s-aqua-tower-wins-international-design-award
[16] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/doug-wignall-named-president-hdr-architecture
[17] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/fgm-architects-acquires-srbl-architects
[18] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/fxfowle-and-co-architects-form-joint-venture
[19] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/hdr-design-north-america%E2%80%99s-first-fully-digital-hospital
[20] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/increase-notched-construction-jobs-unemployment-rate-still-16
[21] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/shawmut-design-construction-awarded-dorm-renovations-brown-university
[22] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/siemens-acquires-pace-global-energy-services
[23] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/skanska-acquires-industrial-contractors
[24] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/som-launches-los-angeles-design-studio
[25] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/thornton-tomasetti-acquires-green-consulting-firm-fore-solutions
[26] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/usgbc%E2%80%99s-center-green-schools-releases-best-green-schools-2011
[27] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/vdk-architects-merges-harley-ellis-devereaux
[28] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/aluminum-curtain-wall-specified-first-leed-silver-michigan-college
[29] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/perforated-metal-panels-offer-lightweight-solution-cantilevered-pavilion-rooftop
[30] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/recycled-metal-architectural-products-give-hotel-owner-%E2%80%98dazzling%E2%80%99-interior
[31] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/shhh-fabric-duct-system-proves-california-librarian%E2%80%99s-dream
[32] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/st-louis-science-center-addition-clad-composite-metal-panels