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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Market Data | January 19, 2021 |
AIA
The pace of decline during December accelerated from November.
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Codes and Standards | January 19, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Incentive was scheduled to be reduced to 22%.
Eight leading construction industry economists forecast a slowdown this year for the nonresidential building industry, with the hotel and amusement/recreation sectors taking the biggest hit, according to AIA's latest Consensus Construction Forecast. Photo: Juan Cruz Palacio via Pexels
Market Data | January 19, 2021 |
AIA
Healthcare and public safety are the only nonresidential construction sectors that will see growth in spending in 2...
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Codes and Standards | January 19, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Will address climate change, social equity, rapid urbanization, and health.
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Multifamily Housing | January 19, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
KTGY Architecture + Planning is designing the project.
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Office Building Design | January 19, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
Perkins&Will is designing the building.
The 752,000-sf building represents the first significant transformation of Vassar Brothers Medical Center in 133 years. Images: Brad Feinknopf
Healthcare Facilities | January 16, 2021 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The pavilion includes a 66-room Emergency Department.
Multifamily Housing | January 14, 2021 |
BD+C Staff
This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders about innovations in Passive House desig...
All renderings courtesy 3XN
Laboratories | January 14, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
3XN designed the project.
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Codes and Standards | January 14, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Environmental and planning groups note soaring claims, flood insurance debt.
Energy | January 14, 2021 | Abundance: The Paladino Blog | Michelle Christopher
Now is the right and necessary time for the commercial real estate industry to shift its environmental strategy fro...
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Market Data | January 13, 2021 |
CBRE
U.S. construction activity is expected to bounce back in 2021, after a slowdown in 2020 due to challenges brought b...
Construction costs rose marginally in the latest quarterly tracked by the consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall. Image credit: RLB
Market Data | January 13, 2021 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Rider Levett Bucknall’s latest cost report singles out unemployment and infrastructure spending as barometers.
Market Data | January 13, 2021 |
AGC
ABC’s Construction Confidence Index readings for sales, profit margins, and staffing levels increased in December....
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Codes and Standards | January 13, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
New procedure would diminish influence of local code officials.
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Codes and Standards | January 12, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Energy-intensive sector comprises 10% of all commercial real estate.
Office Building Design | January 12, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
The video game company is currently valued at over $17 billion thanks to Fortnite, its massively popular battle roy...
The 800-unit NEMA Chicago, recently completed by McHugh Construction, is the city’s tallest rental tower, at 896 feet. Photo: Courtesy Crescent Heights
Multifamily Housing | January 11, 2021 |
JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO.
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Transit Facilities | January 11, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
LMN Architects designed the $187 million project.
Life of an Architect Podcast | January 11, 2021 | Bob Borson, FAIA
There is a nostalgia associated with sketching in the architecture profession. But is sketching still an integral p...
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Codes and Standards | January 11, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Restraints include high upfront cost, and lack of universal definition and approaches.
Market Data | January 11, 2021 |
Turner Construction Company
SourceBlue draws upon 20 years of supply chain management experience in the construction ind...
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Codes and Standards | January 11, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
First update of ‘safe harbors’ in 15 years provides better clarity for design and construction firms.
Central Station at its opening in October 1914 and the revitalized hotel in 2020. Photo: VRX Studios
Reconstruction Awards | January 10, 2021 |
ROBERT CASSIDY, EXECUTIVE EDITOR
The under-construction Ohana Center for Health in Monterey, Calif., reflects a growing need for mental heathcare. Images: NBBJ
Healthcare Facilities | January 09, 2021 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
NBBJ is among the firms tapping into this trend.
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Market Data | January 08, 2021 |
AGC
Gains are likely temporary as new industry survey finds widespread pessimism for 2021.
A green wall frames a properly masked student resident at ōLiv Tucson, near the University of Arizona, which operated on a hybrid Covid-19 schedule until Thanksgiving, then was scheduled to go all virtual. Photo: Nathan Oppenheim
Multifamily Housing | January 08, 2021 |
Robert Cassidy, Editor
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, many college and university residences were completed in time for classes, live o...
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Codes and Standards | January 08, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Battle over IP property claims by ICC and other codes bodies continues.
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Codes and Standards | January 08, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contirbuting Editor
Businesses that install green roofs, rain gardens, permeable pavement, and rainwater harvesting are eligible.
