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December 2006

Steel Teams Lead The Way Toward 3-D Integration
Across the nation, teams of engineers, steel detailers, fabricators, and erectors are banding together and using 3-D modeling to speed the steel-building process.

People+Firms

News Briefs

Leslie Shepherd named Chief Architect of the GSA

2007 Construction Forecast Nonresidential Construction Growth Continues In ’07

Building Technology Tech-Friendly Cladding System
Metal cladding interfered with communications at UC San Diego's advanced technology research facility, so the Building Team found a substitute that was visually high-tech but remained invisible to transmission signals.
Coatings Wall, Clean Thyself
Experimental paints and coatings aim for zero maintenance.
Cover Story 5 Emerging Themes in Retail Development

Departments Clarifications

Editorial Cities should halt 'LEED creep'

Greenbuild Show Report BD+C White Paper presented to a full house

USGBC announces partnerships, unveils new climate initiatives

Information Technology BIM software integrates RSMeans for project costing

Letters Letters

Metals Steel Teams Lead The Way Toward 3-D Integration
Across the nation, teams of engineers, steel detailers, fabricators, and erectors are banding together and using 3-D modeling to speed the steel-building process.
Modular Building The Commercial Modular Market Remains Strong
Education, general office, and healthcare markets are all-star performers within the $3.5 billion commercial modular construction industry.
New Project Portfolio New Project Portfolio

On The Drawing Board Providence, R.I., ends a 15-year drought with condo project

Miami mixed-use tower will use wind and sun for power

UC-Denver gets a medical library

K-12 campus under way on site of LA's famed Ambassador Hotel

Condos are just steps from Chicago's Magnificent Mile

T-shaped towers at the center of Steven Holl's design for mixed use in Denmark

Fort Carson, Colo., to get a new battalion headquarters

Ooo-la-la! Curving skyscraper by Mayne could rival the Eiffel Tower

Professional's Choice Kirei USA's Kirei Board

Roofing Technology Constructing a Convertible
The latest retractable roof technology makes desert sun a home field advantage.
Thought Leaders F. Leigh Branham: 'Retaining good employees takes commitment'