Issue Contents

August 2012

Digital Edition [1]

Column

Let’s be civil in debate over green building standards [2]

There’s a nasty brouhaha going on in Washington over green building standards. On one side is the U.S. Green Building Council, promulgator of the LEED rating program; on the other, a new coalition of building product makers who say LEED does not...

Feature

AIA Building with brick, stone, and masonry [3]

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August 2012: New Projects Portfolio [4]

ARRA-funded multifamily housing project in Georgia; LEED Gold West Hollywood library; Bridgestone’s new company headquarters in Akron, Ohio; UC Berkeley’s biomedical and health sciences center.

August 2012: On the Drawing Board [5]

Residence Hall at University of Puget Sound; $160 million Fort Irwin Replacement Hospital; Boston residential tower; high school expansion in New York; 28-story Manhattan office tower.

August 2012: Product Solutions [6]

Classroom furniture; colored column covers; roof hatch railing system.

BIM’s future up in the cloud [7]

The AEC industry is on the cusp of a still more significant evolution with cloud computing.

Floors stepping up their profile [8]

NSF International’s new rule for environmental comparison of flooring products arrives just as more diverse flooring options become available.

Giants 300 Science & Technology Report [9]

BD+C's Giants 300 Top 25 AEC Firms in the Science & Technology sector.

Giants 300 Sports Facilities Report [10]

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

How to win more state and local government projects [11]

With a huge building stock at their disposal, state and local governments can be attractive clients, especially in these difficult economic times.

Pioneering revival [12]

Financial setbacks didn’t stop this Building Team from transforming the country’s first women’s medical school into a new home for college students.

Shedding light on the arts [13]

Renovating Pietro Belluschi’s Juilliard School opens the once-cloistered institution to its Upper West Side community.

News

BD+C Under 40 Leadership Summit scheduled [14]

Attendee registration for U40 Summit II now open.

Cardoso joins Margulies Perruzzi Architects [15]

Senior architect brings experience, leadership to firm’s healthcare practice.

Chen named design director at Heery [16]

Chen comes to Heery from his own firm, Mark Chen Architect, a design and planning consulting firm, based in New York City, whose recent work includes large-scale planning studies for mixed-use projects.

Construction employment stagnates in June [17]

Lack of hiring in construction combined with job growth elsewhere threatens to create skilled-labor gap once contractors are ready to hire again.

Construction spending at 2 ½ year peak [18]

Construction economist Ken Simonson says that four private nonresidential categories each posted 12-month spending increases of more than 25%: power and energy construction, 35%; hotels, 29%; educational and manufacturing, 27% apiece.

Cramer joins Gilbane’s NYC Business Development Team [19]

New Business Development Manager brings over 30 years of experience to Gilbane.

Green expert Kats joins GreenWizard as an advisor [20]

Kats' role is to help further expand GreenWizard’s impact in the sustainable construction industry.

Haynes Whaley announces leadership transition [21]

Pronier has worked in the construction industry for the past 30 years.

KBE Building awarded Platinum STEP Award [22]

STEP program provides analysis of safety and loss prevention programs, measure safety program improvements, and provide performance recognition.

KM/Plaza changes name to Plaza Construction [23]

Lands new projects including the Perry South Beach Hotel and Dadeland Mall Kendall Wing Expansion.

Legat & Kingscott relocates architecture/interior design office [24]

Move enables the architecture/interior design firm to better serve its expanding clientele.

NELSON, Torchia announce merger [25]

Former competitors seek competitive advantage by joining forces.

New firm RSK Avanti Partners offers market development services [26]

Full-service consulting firm is focused on working with product manufacturers, designers, specifies and contractors in the building construction market.

OSHA launches campaign to prevent heat illness [27]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched its 2012 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign to educate employees and their employers about the hazards of working outdoors in heat, and how to prevent heat-related illnesses.

Reed Construction hires new project manager [28]

Fread is a LEED AP and received his degree from Purdue University.

Skanska relocates its Philadelphia metro office [29]

Construction firm’s new 19,100-sf office targets LEED Gold certification.

Suffolk Construction launches subcontractor development series [30]

Professional certificate program to provide core construction management skills to disadvantaged, minority, and women business enterprises.

TOLK now called Dewberry [31]

The renaming indicates a simplification in Dewberry’s corporate naming conventions.

Venturi Scott Brown and Associates Becomes VSBA, LLC [32]

After over fifty years as one of the world’s most renowned architects, Bob Venturi has retired from practice, while Denise Scott Brown continues to publish and present her work.

Product Review

Concrete admixture stabilizes tallest building in European Union [33]

The Shard, named by its creator for its resemblance to a shard of glass, is the tallest building in the European Union, measuring 1,016 feet.

Glass helps university library tame the sun [34]

When Colorado State University asked architectural firm Studiotrope to design a sleek, modern glass cube to serve as a new student study space for its Morgan Library expansion.

Glazing offers a fire- and hurricane-rated solution for America’s veterans [35]

The new Orlando VA Medical Center needed glazing that would not only provide light and transparency, but fire and hurricane protection and improved energy performance.

Recording facility’s acoustical panels help bands make sweet music [36]

High-end recording facility Studio X at the Las Vegas Palms’ Pearl Concert Theater is designed for band recording and mixing.

Stone veneers blend theater exterior with existing complex [37]

To give the Clifton Park Center mall in New York an updated look and increase retail offerings, an expansion and remodel called for renovating the mall’s movie theater.

Links:
[1] http://editiondigital.net/publication/?i=120527
[2] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/let%E2%80%99s-be-civil-debate-over-green-building-standards
[3] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/aia-building-brick-stone-and-masonry
[4] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/august-2012-new-projects-portfolio
[5] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/august-2012-drawing-board
[6] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/august-2012-product-solutions
[7] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/bim%E2%80%99s-future-cloud
[8] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/floors-stepping-their-profile
[9] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/giants-300-science-technology-report
[10] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/giants-300-sports-facilities-report
[11] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/how-win-more-state-and-local-government-projects
[12] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/pioneering-revival
[13] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/shedding-light-arts
[14] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/bdc-under-40-leadership-summit-scheduled
[15] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/cardoso-joins-margulies-perruzzi-architects
[16] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/chen-named-design-director-heery
[17] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/construction-employment-stagnates-june
[18] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/construction-spending-2-%C2%BD-year-peak
[19] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/cramer-joins-gilbane%E2%80%99s-nyc-business-development-team
[20] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/green-expert-kats-joins-greenwizard-advisor
[21] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/haynes-whaley-announces-leadership-transition
[22] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/kbe-building-awarded-platinum-step-award
[23] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/kmplaza-changes-name-plaza-construction
[24] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/legat-kingscott-relocates-architectureinterior-design-office
[25] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/nelson-torchia-announce-merger
[26] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/new-firm-rsk-avanti-partners-offers-market-development-services
[27] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/osha-launches-campaign-prevent-heat-illness
[28] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/reed-construction-hires-new-project-manager
[29] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/skanska-relocates-its-philadelphia-metro-office
[30] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/suffolk-construction-launches-subcontractor-development-series
[31] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/tolk-now-called-dewberry
[32] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/venturi-scott-brown-and-associates-becomes-vsba-llc
[33] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/concrete-admixture-stabilizes-tallest-building-european-union
[34] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/glass-helps-university-library-tame-sun
[35] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/glazing-offers-fire-and-hurricane-rated-solution-america%E2%80%99s-veterans
[36] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/recording-facility%E2%80%99s-acoustical-panels-help-bands-make-sweet-music
[37] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/product/stone-veneers-blend-theater-exterior-existing-complex