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May 2006
City Slicker
Chicago's latest Class A spec office tower is winning big in a tough market, thanks to the well-executed efforts of its Building Team. |
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Stanley's Dura-Storm 3000 Series automatic sliding glass doors
Web-based cameras grow as a jobsite productivity tool
R.S. Means Cost Comparison: Recreational Buildings
Modular construction takes a giant leap forward
The 'unauthorized workers' debate
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| Best AEC Firms to Work For |
Best Firms, Hnedak Bobo Group: HBG Gives Its Architects The Freedom to Design
Greg Hnedak and Kirk Bobo let professionals run the day-to-day affairs of the firm so that HBG's architects can concentrate on design—and keeping clients happy.
Best Firms, FreemanWhite: Home Schooled the 'FreemanWhite Way'
By arming its employees with the best education and training possible, Charlotte, N.C.-based FreemanWhite has grown from a hometown studio into one of the largest healthcare design firms in the U.S.
Best Firms, McCarthy: 'It's Not about Iron, It's about People'
Mike Bolen, CEO of McCarthy, now in its 142nd year, says the company's real mission is not just putting up buildings. It's about building a future for the firm's employees.
Best Firms, Shawmut Design and Construction: A Talent for Development
Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction's focus on customer service and career development helps its employees meet today's toughest construction challenges.
Best Firms, Walter P Moore: Three-tiered Plan Keeps Skilled Employees
The 75-year-old engineering and consulting firm's mentoring, training, and generous benefits are some of the best in the AEC industry, helping it attract new graduates and retain its existing cadre of skilled engineers and consultants.
11 Proven Ways to Transform Your Company into a 'Best Firm'
From free onsite yoga lessons to unlimited vacation time, BD&C's 2006 "Best AEC Firms to Work For" recognition program reveals 11 creative management ideas that can help make your company a more rewarding place to work.
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| Bronze Award |
Building Team Awards, ImaginOn: Children's Center A Whimsical Wonderland
An imaginative Building Team rewrites the book on learning environments for kids, creating a one-of-a-kind children's center in downtown Charlotte.
Building Team Awards, Holland Center for the Performing Arts: Nebraska's New Sound of Music
The Building Team behind Nebraska's Holland Center for the Performing Arts defied traditional restraints to create an acoustically superior concert hall.
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| Cladding |
Glass curtain wall: Plenty of Light, but is it Soundtight?
As glass curtain walls become the façade of choice on more projects, Building Teams must solve interior noise transmission issues.
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| Concrete |
Color Concrete Using Your PC
A PC-based system lets you create 17,000 colors for concrete applications.
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| Education Facilities |
Taking Technology to School
Devices like the fully networked Wharton Lectern and the Laptop Garage table are making life easier for wired students and teachers.
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| Gold Award |
Building Team Awards, USPS Philadelphia Center: The Postal Worker's Paradise
Construction of the USPS's new mail facility in Philadelphia kept 4,000 jobs in the city and created a dignified workplace for postal employees.
Building Team Awards, Lewis & Clark Building: Lean, Green Environmental Machine
The Show Me State didn't provide much of a budget, but the Building Team nonetheless managed to turn this project into a LEED Platinum showcase.
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| Industry Data |
Construction hiring to decrease, labor wages to increase in 2006
Warehouse starts drop, spending still up 6–7%
Hotel construction spending up 12%, starts up 37%
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| Letters |
Letters
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| News and Trends |
People/firms
BD&C Online Poll
DOE debuts online resource center for energy codes
News briefs
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| On The Drawing Board |
New Arizona Cardinals Stadium Will Have Retractable Roof
LEED-CS Building Planned for Southern California
Banking Center on the Rise
Lifestyle Shopping Center Planned for Suburban Philly
Vancouver Tower Will Have the Foster Touch
Helmut Jahn Tower Planned for Chicago
Play Ball! Washington Nationals Ballpark Unveiled
Rat-A-Tat-Tat! Biograph Theater Being Remodeled
Denver Art Museum to Open Expanded Campus
Town Rec Center Being Built in Northern Virginia
Atlanta Plans Arts District Near Piano's High Museum
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| Silver Award |
A Bronx Tale
The Bronx Library Center reads like an open book, thanks to a curtain wall façade revealing a flagship branch that's anything but your typical public library.
City Slicker
Chicago's latest Class A spec office tower is winning big in a tough market, thanks to the well-executed efforts of its Building Team.
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| Thought Leaders |
AIA's Chris McEntee: 'Let's tell the architects' story'
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| Workplace Solutions |
Quiet, Please!
Four innovative acoustic ceiling products—including one made of wheat straw and another of recycled polyester fiber—are generating a lot of buzz.
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