As architects design high-performing commercial buildings, supporting life safety via perimeter fire containment systems is critical. Specifying a tested, listed assembly that incorporates six essential design elements and withstands extreme testing conditions can help architects support passive life safety and optimize opportunities for egress during a commercial building fire.
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas is aiming for LEED Platinum for its new 13-room house and...
February 01, 2002 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
835 Market St.San FranciscoFor more than a century, the Emporium department store has stood strong in the heart of Sa...
February 01, 2001 |
Qualified A/E/C professionals can quickly be located through the Orange Pages Directories, an online collection of mo...
October 01, 2004 | Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church, which identifies its Michigan Avenue location by saying that the 110-story John...
December 01, 2006 | Staff
Robert Cassidy, editor-in-chief,Building Design+Construction, was a presenter at the fifth annual Greenbuild Conferen...
July 01, 2007 | Staff
The San Diego-based architectural firm Carrier Johnson announced plans to design a $300 million mixed-use project for...
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Ground was recently broken on the $5 million Kansas City Cardiology Outpatient Heart and Vascular Center, which will...
December 01, 2007 |
• The architecture unit of engineering company Stantec Inc. recently acquired Toronto's Murphy Hilgers Architects, a...
December 01, 2000 |
Designed to help prevent slipping, raised-design rubber floor tiles are available in diamond, square or disc patterns...
January 01, 2002 | Larry Flynn
When the Liberty Memorial reopens to the public in Kansas City, Mo., on Memorial Day following completion of a $40 mi...
January 01, 2007 | Staff
PITG Gaming was recently awarded a license to build a 17.5-acre Majestic Star slot machine casino in Pittsburgh's Nor...
June 01, 2006 | Staff
Napa Valley's indoor/outdoor character of living will be reflected in its new Bardessono Inn and Spa, using a green d...
October 01, 2006 | By Jim Haughey, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed Construction Data
Office construction is slowly recovering from the recession, significantly trailing the pace set by the retail and ho...
August 01, 2009 |
The $30 million upgrade, restoration, and expansion of the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles was completed by the team...
November 01, 2008 |
The Children's Medical Center in late September officially opened the doors to its new 184,000-sf Legacy facility in...
December 01, 2005 | Staff
A glass bridge is under construction as part of an expansion of the Hualapai Ranch at the Grand Canyon West resort in...
November 01, 2005 | Staff
Targeted for completion in summer 2007, the 88,000-sf Communication Arts Building has broken ground at Grossmont-Cuya...
December 01, 2006 | Staff
• CBI Consulting, Boston, has opened an office in Miami, Fla., its second U.S. office. Albert F. Perez, AIA, has been...
May 01, 2007 | Staff
For more than 100 years, residents of Hercules, Calif., have had to travel to neighboring cities for library services...
November 01, 2002 | Barbara Horwitz, Associate Editor with BD&C's sister publication, Consulting-Specifying Engineer
Taking the next step in revising its MasterFormat document, which currently organizes construction specifications int...
November 01, 2008 |
Loaded with sustainable design features, including drip irrigation systems, high-performance glazing, and distinctive...
December 01, 2000 |
The Labor Department's composite measure of average prices received for the entire range of construction materials an...
March 01, 2007 | By Jim Haughey, PhD, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed Construction Data
After two years of booming sales, U.S. manufacturing market growth is expected to closely match overall 2007-08 econo...
November 01, 2000 | Staff
A joint venture of two Denver design firms, David Owen Tryba Architects and RNL Design, has been selected through a d...
November 01, 2006 | Staff
Architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have grand plans for a new corporate headquarters tower near the Pearl R...
June 01, 2006 | By Jim Haughey, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed Construction Data
The national office vacancy rate declined 0.2% to 16.4% in the first quarter, according to Property & Portfolio R...
February 01, 2008 |
St. Louis-based firms Lawrence Group and Alberici Constructors have completed a 10,000-sf, $8 million expansion of th...
May 01, 2003 | Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
When 16,000 architects descended on Charlotte for last year's American Institute of Architects convention, their curi...
May 01, 2001 | Staff
Mergers and acquisitions. Des Moines-based Pulley & Associates, a consulting engineering firm, has merged with Ph...
March 01, 2003 | Staff
Overall employment in the construction industry was estimated at 6.648 million workers during December 2002 — a decli...
