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| Atlantic City |
Upping the Ante
The Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa raises the croupier's stick for luxury gaming resorts in Atlantic City
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| Casino Trends |
Royal flush
The gaming industry is hitting the jackpot, as Native American casinos, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City raise the stakes on sophistication
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| Computer Applications |
Integrating life-safety technologies
In the past, life-safety systems were controlled by different devices. The move now is toward a single set of controls
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| Editorial |
Will the last company to leave the city please turn off the lights?
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| Fire/Life Safety |
High-Tech Hazard
Generations of abandoned cable can turn a building's air-distribution plenum into a fiery smokestack. Will new codes make your building safer?
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| Hotel Trends |
Shelter from the Storm
The sluggish economy makes hotels a frightening market in which to be. Though few new stand-alone hotels are being built, some segments of the industry are being hospitable to Building Teams.
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| Industry Data |
Cost comparisons per square foot in select metro markets
Nonresidential building construction spending
Materials price inflation low but rising
Multifamily spending keeps pace
Vacancy rate shows hope for industrial sector
Education work stalled by state/local budget deficits
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| Las Vegas |
Bigger, But More Intimate
Las Vegas is returning to its Sin City roots and building ever-larger luxury resorts. But the trick for Building Teams is making them seem intimate.
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| Legal Insights |
Contract language best protection against mold litigation
While problems with mold are millions of years old, parties need to find 21st-century solutions to this age-old problem.
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| Letters |
Letters
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| Metals |
Green Pittsburgh facility showcases unconventional innovations
The new 1.5 million sq.-ft., "green" Pittsburgh facility showcases structural, HVAC, daylighting, and water-recycling innovations
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| Native American Casinos |
Stately Pleasure Domes
Forget the "slot box." Native American casinos have been transformed into stately pleasure domes to rival anything in North America.
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| News and Trends |
People/firms
Smaller convention centers: a thriving market
Jahn's latest brings new life to historic Chicago campus
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| Retailing News |
Sears credit division to redeem notes
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