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Studio Libeskind designs 190 affordable housing apartments for seniors

In Brooklyn, New York, the recently opened Atrium at Sumner offers 132,418 sf of affordable housing for seniors. The $132 million project includes 190 apartments—132 of them available to senior households earning below or at 50% of the area median income and 57 units available to formerly homeless seniors. 




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Contractors

Bringing the concepts of architects, engineers, and clients to life often requires problem-solving and compromise, and always requires hard work on the contractor’s part. Keeping construction within the allotted budget and up to the rest of the building team’s standards requires a combination of extensive technical and product knowledge.

Aug 11, 2010

Webcor, Hunt Construction lead the way in mixed-use construction, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report

A ranking of the Top 30 Mixed-Use Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
Aug 11, 2010

Parsons appoints William Morrish Dean of School of Construction Environments

NEW YORK, June 11, 2009 – Parsons The New School for Design has appointed William Morrish Dean of…
Aug 11, 2010

Zweig Letter's 2009 Hot Firm List of Fastest-growing Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Firms

WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS- Management consulting and research firm ZweigWhite has identified the 200…
Aug 11, 2010

Clark Group, Hensel Phelps among nation's largest federal government contractors, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report

A ranking of the Top 40 Federal Government Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
Aug 11, 2010

Report: Fraud levels fall for construction industry, but companies still losing $6.4 million on average

The global construction, engineering and infrastructure industry saw a significant decline in fraud activity with companies losing an average of $6.4 million over the last three years, according to the latest edition of the Kroll Annual Global Fraud Report, released today at the Association of Corporate Counsel’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Boston. This new figure represents less than half of last year’s amount of $14.2 million.
Aug 11, 2010

RAND Corporation report on building energy-efficiency programs in EU and Australia offers lessons for U.S. on use of energy performance certificates

September 21, 2009 - The United States can become more energy efficient and create more "green"…
Aug 11, 2010

'Helmets to Hardhats' training program helps veterans get construction jobs

Washington, DC – Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) – a national, nonprofit program dedicated to helping…
Aug 11, 2010

Peter Marchetto joins Tishman as president of Construction Operations

Tishman Construction Corporation Chairman, Daniel R. Tishman, today announced that Peter Marchetto joined the company as President of Construction Operations.
Aug 11, 2010

Whiting-Turner, EMJ Corp. top BD+C's ranking of the nation's 40 largest retail contractors

A ranking of the Top 40 Retail Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
Aug 11, 2010

How AEC firms are using collaborative tools to solve client problems

PERKINS EASTMAN’S ‘ORCHARD’ Perkins Eastman’s intranet, called ORCHARD (…
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