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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1. Riverwalk Transforms Chicago's Second Waterfront Chicago has long enjoyed a beautiful waterfront along Lake Michig...
July 01, 2002 | Larry Flynn
If the economy were a disease and the industrial building sector were a living being, it would be at death's door. Bu...
April 01, 2003 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
Six years ago, Bayer Group, the $30-billion chemical, pharmaceutical, polymer, and agricultural products manufacturer...
February 01, 2006 | By Dave Barista, Assistant Managing Editor
When evaluating the merits of roofing systems, specifiers generally consider a product's performance record, warranty...
December 01, 2003 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
Despite recent struggles, 2004 looks to be the year when nonresidential building returns to healthy growth. "There ar...
October 01, 2005 | Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Flash back to 1910, when the newly opened Hotel Stockton was a classy 252-room hotel with shops, restaurants, a ballr...
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Whether it's planting a green roof, installing building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, or applying coatings...
April 01, 2007 | By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
Over a five-day stretch last December, students at the Carroll School in Lincoln, Mass., witnessed the installation o...
March 01, 2007 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
Office design has always been linked to productivity—how many workers can be reasonably squeezed into a given space—b...
November 01, 2004 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
The General Services Administration's great architectural awakening came 10 years ago, with the implementation of its...
May 01, 2007 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
SmithGroup has a rightful claim to the title of the country's oldest architecture/engineering firm. Sheldon Smith fou...
January 01, 2005 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
By almost any measure, the design and construction of Grace Church in Eden Prairie, Minn., must be judged a remarkabl...
November 01, 2004 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
As Chief Architect of the U.S. General Services Administration, Edward A. Feiner, FAIA, oversees an inventory of more...
January 01, 2009 |
Construction executive Mortenson Construction, Madison, Wis. EDUCATION BS, Arizona State University ACCOMPLISHMENTS T...
August 01, 2005 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
With 3,700 legal advisers in 28 offices in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, Clifford Chance holds the...
April 01, 2008 |
Earlier this year, New Millennium Building Systems surveyed architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, and...
January 01, 2001 | By
Dave Barista,
Associate Editor
When Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) regulating water-flow rates for plumbing fixtures, enginee...
April 01, 2009 | By C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Windows are among the most desirable features of most building types, welcoming in natural light, linking to the outd...
October 01, 2001 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
Spiraling energy costs, energy conservation efforts and the beneficial effects of daylight exposure on worker product...
April 01, 2004 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
The new Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility in Cambridge, Mass., can easily be mistaken for a commercial o...
November 01, 2007 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
Yale University's new $52.6 million sculpture building and gallery has been described by its architect, Stephen Kiera...
January 01, 2009 |
VP HKS, Dallas EDUCATION BS, Southern Illinois University MBA, MArch, University of Illinois PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS...
June 01, 2002 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
These days, integrated voice and data communications providers can wire most office buildings with high-speed communi...
January 01, 2009 |
Associate Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, Santa Fe, N.M. EDUCATION BASc, MArch, University of Pennsylvania PROFESSION...
December 01, 2007 |
Green coatings for commercial applications Dulux has expanded its line of low-VOC paints with two green coatings. Pro...
March 01, 2007 | Staff
Virtual flipcharts leave users thunderstruck With Thunder Virtual Flipcharts, organizations can experience an entirel...
April 01, 2007 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
Worcester, Mass., is the birthplace of vocational education, beginning with the pioneering efforts of Milton P. Higgi...
September 01, 2009 |
Chicago's Palmer House Hilton holds the record for the longest continuously operated hotel in North America. It was o...
August 01, 2006 | By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
Fashion and architecture mingle seamlessly in stylish locales like New York, Paris, Milan, and, of course, Omaha, Neb...
May 01, 2008 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
When U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan first saw designs for the new federal courthouse in Eugene, Ore., he hated the...
