Issue Contents

July 2012

Digital Edition [1]

Column

Here’s what Rich Tilghman, SVP at Pepper Construction, told me recently: “What surprises me more than anything is that more subcontractors haven’t gone out of business. I would have thought half of those firms would be gone by now, but they’re...

Feature

2012 Giants 300 Special Report [3]

Ranking the leading firms in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

3 important trends in hospital design that Healthcare Giants are watching closely [4]

BD+C’s Giants 300 reveals top AEC firms in the healthcare sector.

AEC firms ready to dive into public projects [5]

But the size of the pool keeps shrinking for the Top 25 AEC firms in the Government Sector.

Architecture giants spreading their wings [6]

A/AE Giants 300 rankings reveal firms branching out globally, merging, adding services.

BIM finally starting to pay off for AEC firms [7]

In surveying Giants 300 firms about BIM, we went right for the jugular: Is BIM paying off—through cost savings, higher quality, or client satisfaction? Here’s what they told us.

Contractors finally ‘moving off the bottom’ [8]

C and CM Agent + PM Giants 300 Firms also taking steps to improve project efficiency.

Data Centers Report: Demand ‘exploding’ [9]

BD+C's Giants 300 Top 25 AEC Firms in the Data Center sector.

Firms bracing for DoD cuts [10]

The Giants 300 Top 25 AEC Firms in the Military sector.

Gensler, Stantec, Turner lead ‘green’ firms [11]

The Top 10 AEC Firms in Green Buildings and LEED Accredited Staff.

Giants 300 Firm Index 2012 [12]

An alphabetical index of the Giants 300 AEC firms and their ranking in specific categories.

Global boom for hotels; for retail, not so much [13]

The Giants 300 Top 10 Firms in the Hospitality and Retail sectors.

Higher education market holding steady [14]

But Giants 300 University AEC Firms aren’t expecting a flood of new work.

July 2012: New Projects Portfolio [15]

Revel resort in Atlantic City; Harlem community center; home for sailors.

July 2012: On the Drawing Board [16]

Salvation Army regional HQ; China convention center; cancer institute pavilion; campus center at North Texas.

July 2012: Product Solutions [17]

Insulation, ceiling panels, sunshades.

July 2012: Products at Work [18]

Panel wall system, folding windows, rubber flooring, wire mesh railings.

K-12 Schools Report: ‘A lot of pent-up need,’ with optimism for ’13 [19]

The Giants 300 Top 25 AEC Firms in the K-12 Schools Sector.

Office Report: Fitouts, renovations keep sector moving [20]

BD+C's Giants 300 Top 25 AEC Firms in the Office sector.

Renovation resurgence cuts across sectors [21]

Giants 300 reconstruction sector firms ‘pumping fresh blood in tired spaces.’

Rental market pushing service, ‘community’ [22]

The Top 25 Giants 300 AEC firms in the Multifamily Sector keep four-legged tenants in mind.

U.S. engineering firms set sail for foreign ports [23]

Other E/EA Giants 300 firms are just dipping their toes into foreign waters, still looking for international business but choosing not to establish additional offices.

News

Allsteel names Kris Yates to head architectural products group [24]

Yates is responsible for the start up, launch and ongoing sales and marketing of Allsteel’s new Beyond movable walls.

ANSI approves Green Building Initiative’s design standard [25]

The Green Building Initiative (GBI), a Portland, Ore. nonprofit organization, has had its new consensus-based standard for the design, construction, and operations of environmentally friendly buildings approved by the American National Standards...

Call for Entries: 2013 Reconstruction Awards [26]

Call for Entries: 2013 Reconstruction Awards. Deadline July 19, 2013
Winners will be profiled in October 2013 issue of Building Design+Construction

Hoffman Architects Arbuckle elected president of New York/Tri-State DOCOMOMO [27]

As chapter president, Arbuckle will guide and oversee the organization's efforts on behalf of Modern buildings and sites, and he will act as the main spokesperson for the organization.

KLMK Group awarded contract with Parkland Health & Hospital System in Texas [28]

KLMK will also provide planning guidance in all aspects of the project related to facility activation.

Living Building Challenge wins the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge [29]

The Living Building Challenge was chosen from a pool of 122 of entries from around the world.

New York City Department of Buildings approves 3D BIM site safety plans [30]

3D BIM site safety plans enable building inspectors to take virtual tours of construction projects and review them in real-time on site.

Pringle Brandon in discussions to join forces with Perkins+Will [31]

The London offices would be known as Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will.

Skyline Construction names Millitello president [32]

Millitello is a 31-year veteran who has overseen the construction of campus-size projects.

USGBC delays LEED 2012; renames it LEED v4 [33]

In response to concerns by LEED users, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that it will delay the ballot on LEED 2012 until June 1, 2013.

WDMA and FMA to affiliate and integrate operations [34]

Over the coming months both organizations will begin the process of formalizing the details of the agreement for final approval by both organizations, with the formal change expected to take effect in January 2015.

Links:
[1] http://editiondigital.net/publication/?i=118405
[2] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/giants-300-keep-pluggin%E2%80%99-along
[3] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/2012-giants-300-special-report
[4] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/3-important-trends-hospital-design-healthcare-giants-are-watching-closely
[5] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/aec-firms-ready-dive-public-projects
[6] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/architecture-giants-spreading-their-wings
[7] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/bim-finally-starting-pay-aec-firms
[8] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/contractors-finally-%E2%80%98moving-bottom%E2%80%99
[9] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/data-centers-report-demand-%E2%80%98exploding%E2%80%99
[10] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/firms-bracing-dod-cuts
[11] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/gensler-stantec-turner-lead-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-firms
[12] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/giants-300-firm-index-2012
[13] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/global-boom-hotels-retail-not-so-much
[14] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/higher-education-market-holding-steady
[15] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/july-2012-new-projects-portfolio
[16] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/july-2012-drawing-board
[17] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/july-2012-product-solutions
[18] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/july-2012-products-work
[19] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/k-12-schools-report-%E2%80%98-lot-pent-need%E2%80%99-optimism-%E2%80%9913
[20] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/office-report-fitouts-renovations-keep-sector-moving
[21] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/renovation-resurgence-cuts-across-sectors
[22] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/rental-market-pushing-service-%E2%80%98community%E2%80%99
[23] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/us-engineering-firms-set-sail-foreign-ports
[24] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/allsteel-names-kris-yates-head-architectural-products-group
[25] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/ansi-approves-green-building-initiative%E2%80%99s-design-standard
[26] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/call-entries-2013-reconstruction-awards
[27] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/hoffman-architects-arbuckle-elected-president-new-yorktri-state-docomomo
[28] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/klmk-group-awarded-contract-parkland-health-hospital-system-texas
[29] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/living-building-challenge-wins-2012-buckminster-fuller-challenge
[30] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/new-york-city-department-buildings-approves-3d-bim-site-safety-plans
[31] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/pringle-brandon-discussions-join-forces-perkinswill
[32] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/skyline-construction-names-millitello-president
[33] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/usgbc-delays-leed-2012-renames-it-leed-v4
[34] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/wdma-and-fma-affiliate-and-integrate-operations