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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VP Barton Malow Company, Oak Park, Mich. EDUCATION BSCEM, Purdue University ACCOMPLISHMENTS Youngest VP in firm's his...
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An architect's dream at the drafting board can oftentimes turn into a contractor's nightmare during execution. But in...
November 01, 2006 | Dave Barista, Managing Editor
Glazed brick has been a mainstay in building construction for more than 4,000 years, cladding some of the world's old...
March 01, 2008 |
Gilbane Building Company, a full-service construction manager and general contractor based in Providence, R.I., repor...
December 01, 2004 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
The continued growth of urban renewal and mass-transit projects has placed an increase importance on parking. Mixed-u...
October 01, 2006 | Maggie Koerth-Baker
After more than a century without a substantial renovation, Old Suffolk County Courthouse, designed in Neo-Classical...
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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.
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When the Rocco Forte Collection opens the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort in Sicily in early 2009, the 200-room luxury...
February 26, 2007 | By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
As the popularity of vegetated roofs grows in the U.S., Building Teams are finding new methods for greening rooftops....
October 01, 2002 | By Renée Young, Contributing Editor
It is a house of beautiful spacious rooms furnished in exquisite taste and elegance, and will make a strong appeal to...
February 01, 2003 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
From sunny San Diego to frigid New York, roofs across America are slowly becoming whiter, brighter — cooler. Most tra...
January 01, 2003 | By Jim Crockett, Contributing Editor
The forecast of Glenn Mueller, Ph.D., a professor at John Hopkins University's Real Estate Institute, should prove us...
April 01, 2002 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
When the klieg lights went up last month on the new Kodak Theatre's first-ever hosting of the annual Academy Awards g...
September 01, 2003 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
Five years ago, Bank of America, the mammoth financial services company — it now has 4,400 banking centers in 21 stat...
October 01, 2008 |
Since its founding in 1794, when what is now the state of Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,...
May 01, 2007 | By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
Managed care, advances in medical technology, shrinking Medicare reimbursements, and growing patient populations have...
January 01, 2009 |
Director of sustainable development AECOM, Los Angeles EDUCATION MA, Cambridge University PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS LE...
December 01, 2005 | Staff
A survey of 205 executives involved in K-12 school construction and 250 executives involved in university buildings s...
June 01, 2004 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
When students stroll past the three-building Centergy complex adjacent to the Georgia Tech campus in midtown Atlanta,...
December 01, 2000 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
When Grande Boulevard Mall opened its doors in 1981, its owners envisioned success by catering to Jacksonville, Fla.'...
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Take a metal deck roof, which many specifiers like for its strength, light weight, economy, and ease of installation,...
August 01, 2007 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
Looking at the raw desert landscape of the San Jacinto Mountains outside Hemet, Calif., it's hard to imagine that mor...
January 01, 2009 |
Associate principal KJWW, Rock Island, Ill. EDUCATION BS, Purdue University MS, University of California, Berkeley PR...
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Kingswood School is perhaps the best example of Eliel Saarinen's work in North America. Designed in 1930 by the Finni...
December 01, 2004 | By Jim Haughey, Reed Business Information Economist
The evolving economic environment will drive rapid expansion in nonresidential construction in 2005–06. In non-single...
July 01, 2009 |
BD+C's annual Giants 300 list consists of U.S. firms that designed or constructed the largest volume of commercial, i...
June 01, 2004 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
Evenings along busy Tremont Street in Boston's thriving Theater District, motorists and pedestrians passing by the ba...
April 01, 2005 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several years, you've probably noticed the often-fierce battles t...
November 01, 2001 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
Considered one of college basketball's most intimidating places to play, Oklahoma State University's Gallagher-Iba Ar...
September 01, 2002 | By Walker Lee Evey
I joined the Pentagon Renovation Program (PENREN) almost five years ago and began my first career experience with maj...
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Astor Court sits at the heart of the 265-acre Bronx Zoo, and its six Beaux Arts buildings were constructed at the tur...
