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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Industry Research | April 09, 2021 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
BD+C’s first-ever owners’ survey finds them focused on improving buildings’ performance for higher investment returns.
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Thousands and thousands of 1960s-era buildings clad in ugly tiles and inefficient, outdated façades are sprinkled thr...
August 01, 2003 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
Located off the Boardwalk at Renaissance Point on what was once landfill, the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa hopes t...
November 01, 2003 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
The destruction of the World Trade Center towers has heightened concern about the progressive collapse of buildings....
May 01, 2006 | By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
In the heart of downtown Charlotte, N.C., just blocks from Hearst Tower and adjacent to the new NBA Bobcats Arena, si...
August 01, 2006 | By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
Back in 2002, before the Building Team working on the design of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tenn.,...
May 01, 2001 | By Jack Klein
The topping out of Milwaukee's Miller Park retractable-roof stadium last November was a milestone in many ways. Just...
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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 April 01, 2001 | By Jack Klein
As a major share of any building's operating budget, heating and cooling costs must be considered from the very incep...
May 01, 2006 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
See if this scenario sounds familiar: A couple of guys come out of architecture school armed with newly minted diplom...
August 01, 2009 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor
11. Operating Room-Integrated MRI will Help Neurosurgeons Get it Right the First Time A major limitation of tradition...
January 01, 2003 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
Largely ignored by professionals in the design and construction industry as recently as five years ago, mold is now t...
October 01, 2008 |
At a time when institutions of higher learning are spending tens of millions of dollars erecting massive, cutting-edg...
July 01, 2009 |
Monthly jobsite office construction spending is off 16% since the mid-2008 peak, and the value of office construction...
July 01, 2008 |
Construction spending for government buildings, excluding housing, education, and healthcare, expanded an estimated 1...
May 01, 2002 | By Rob McManamy, Editor-in-chief
Symphonic simpatico. That's one apt way to describe the artistic bond that has formed between the Bushnell Center for...
June 01, 2004 | By Reneé Young, Contributing Editor
When the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers met last September 29 for the first game in the renovated Soldier Fi...
May 01, 2005 | Staff
With one million members, the National Association of Realtors is the nation's largest membership trade group. Based...
January 01, 2007 | Staff
F. Michael Ayles, 38 Director of business development Antinozzi Associates Stratford, Conn. Peter T. Belisle II , 39...
March 01, 2008 | By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett and C.C. Sullivan
When a major hurricane comes ashore in a populated area, some property loss is inevitable. But sturdy construction of...
July 01, 2002 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
When students enter the Wintergarden sunroom at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay's new Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, mo...
May 01, 2004 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
Tighter security demands and greater technological innovation in courtroom presentation techniques, not to mention th...
May 01, 2005 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
Had it not been for the commitment of the owner and the sensitivity of the locally based Building Team, Denver's new...
August 01, 2005 | Staff
The Uithof university campus southeast of Utrecht is famous far beyond the borders of the Netherlands for its modern...
August 01, 2009 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor
9. HOK Takes Videoconferencing to A New Level with its Advanced Collaboration Rooms To help foster collaboration amon...
May 01, 2008 | By C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Structural steel has been a popular framing material for more than a century. This special report details new develop...
May 01, 2002 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
For network communications giant Avaya Inc., attracting and retaining top research and development talent is of the u...
July 01, 2005 | Staff
Last year, some 35,000 continuing education learning units were made available to architects and other building profe...
January 01, 2004 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
Ever since Washington, D.C.'s 103-mile metropolitan rail system began operating in 1976, development around its 83 st...
September 01, 2009 |
“From eyesore to icon.” That's how Reconstruction Awards judge K. Nam Shiu so concisely described the restoration eff...
September 01, 2009 |
A Matthew H. Johnson, PE Associate Principal Simpson Gumpertz & HegerWaltham, Mass. B K. Nam Shiu, SE, PEVP Walke...
August 01, 2009 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor
1. Riverwalk Transforms Chicago's Second Waterfront Chicago has long enjoyed a beautiful waterfront along Lake Michig...
