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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The U.S. Green Building Council recently announced that its board of directors has told the Leadership in Energy and...
October 01, 2002 | By Tomas Hernandez Jr.
With the transition of the computers based on traditional operation modules to Web-based systems, it is possible for...
November 01, 2000 | By Daryl Delano, Cahners Business Information
Through August of this year, 4.1 percent fewer permits have been issued for construction in residential buildings wit...
November 01, 2008 | Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
A self-contained, multipurpose day labor station prototype designed by the San Francisco-based firm Public Architectu...
May 01, 2006 | Staff
Forrester Construction, Rockville, Md., has been awarded the contract for the $22 million Warrenton Aquatic and Recre...
April 01, 2001 |
Surface friction, ball bounce and rolling load are factors considered in specification of hardwood floors for gymnasi...
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Get inspired! Brick’s adaptability has made it the premier building material for centuries even as styles come and go. Nothing says “classic” like brick, but nothing says “innovative” like brick either. Check out some examples of how fired clay brick remains a major presence in the 21st Century designer’s palette.
read more December 01, 2001 | By Daryl Delano, Cahners Business Information
The office building sector continued to look deceptively healthy — on the basis of year-to-date spending trends — rig...
February 01, 2002 | Staff
Replicating the form and appearance of the rolling hills of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, the 810,000-sq.-ft. City o...
November 01, 2008 |
Raleigh-Durham (N.C.) International Airport officially opened the gates at its new $570 million Terminal 2 late last...
November 01, 2007 | Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
The U.S. Green Building Council unveiled the latest version of its LEED for Existing Buildings green building certifi...
May 01, 2002 | Gordon Wright
As building designers and owners last month awaited the release of an engineering analysis of the World Trade Center...
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Construction has reached the midway point for the Austonian, a 56-story, 850,000-sf high-rise residential and retail...
February 01, 2007 | Staff
The Village Walk at EastLake is a new 162,000-sf specialty retail complex serving the master-planned community of Eas...
February 01, 2005 | By Jim Haughey, Reed Business Information Economist
The construction materials market has stabilized enough that cost estimates can again be made with reasonable confide...
May 01, 2008 |
Archeologically inspired columns representing Canada's First Nations, ancient Egypt, China's traditional culture, Mex...
September 01, 2008 | By Lenora Jane Estes, Editorial Intern
Irvine, Calif.-based gkkworks has begun the construction phase of the Biszantz Family Tennis Center for Claremont McK...
May 01, 2006 | Staff
The U.S. Department of Energy has launched the Building Energy Codes Resource Center, an online resource that links u...
January 01, 2001 | Staff
NOTE: Costs as shown are for the basic building and do not include: 1. sitework (site clearing and grading, utilities...
June 01, 2006 | Staff
Seattle's tallest residential tower, 1521 Second Avenue, will begin rising this summer. The 440-foot glass-and-steel...
February 01, 2006 | Staff
Construction is underway on the 750,000-sf Fountains at Arbor Lakes mixed-use center in Maple Grove, Minn., about 15...
February 01, 2006 | Staff
Built in 1923 as a hotel-apartment building, the 11-story Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas is being expanded with luxury co...
March 01, 2008 |
San Jose International Airport has started construction on its new Terminal B complex and comprehensive upgrades to i...
February 01, 2004 | By Jim Haughey, Reed Business Information Economist
Post-recession government belt tightening and reduced donations and several years of investment fund losses on the pr...
January 01, 2008 |
Irvine, Calif.-based architect KTGY Group has unveiled its design for the Market Lofts, a $70 million mixed-use urban...
March 01, 2006 | Staff
MGM Mirage Inc.'s board of directors has approved the $7 billion first phase construction budget and the design of th...
November 01, 2008 |
• Many consumers still think cars and trucks create the most pollution. Shelton Group’s Energy Pulse survey revealed...
December 01, 2008 |
Suman Sorg, architect for the new U.S. embassy in Barbados, took her design cue not from the island’s older civic ver...
May 01, 2008 |
• Claim of found Freedom Tower blueprints sparks probe.Officials at the Port Authority of New York ordered an interna...
January 01, 2005 | Dave Barista
Cellular antennas have become a pesky source of mayhem to architectural landscapes in nearly every city across the na...
September 01, 2003 | By Jim Haughey, Reed Business Information Economist
The national office vacancy rate increased 0.8% to 16.4% in the first quarter of 2003, but this is expected to be the...
