Our easy-to-use ExpressPlus® order system allows builders to configure and price low-complexity metal building structures in a matter of minutes. These quick-turn buildings reduce on-site labor costs while achieving the highest level of integrity and durability.
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Multifamily Housing | October 15, 2020 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
AS+GG designed the tower.
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Contractors | September 01, 2020 |
Associated Builders and Contractors
Of the 16 nonresidential subcategories, 10 were down on a monthly basis.
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Contractors | September 01, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Prince George’s County, Md., is the first jurisdiction in the nation to use public-private partnership for school c...
Canyon View High School in Waddell, Ariz., designed by DLR Group. Photo by Craig Randock, courtesy DLR Group
K-12 Schools | September 01, 2020 | DLR Group Insights Blog | Emily Froese, K-12 Educational Planner, DLR Group
Inquiry-based education offers a methodology that does not rely solely on the educator being the lead in all learni...
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Codes and Standards | August 31, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
First update to 2009 document.
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Contractors | August 31, 2020 |
AGC
Data will be revealed during virtual media event on Wednesday, September 2 at 1 P.M. EDT.
The most prominent need and critical factor in the success of an agriculture-based business is a building. Learn more.
Sponsored Content | Metals | August 31, 2020 |
Star Building Systems
A custom-engineered metal building from Star Building Systems is designed and built to handle all your agricultural...
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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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Life of an Architect Podcast | August 31, 2020 | Bob Borson, FAIA
Leaving your mark on the place where you live is built into the DNA of most architects and designers. This can mani...
Market Data | August 31, 2020 |
BD+C Editors
The world's first LEED Platinum integrated campus and reopening campus performance arts centers.
Courtesy Beau Clowney Architects.
August 31, 2020 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
Beau Clowney Architects designed the project.
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University Buildings | August 31, 2020 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
luis vidal + architects designed the project.
Performing Arts Centers | August 31, 2020 | DLR Group Insights Blog | Raymond Kent
Live productions, which offer students the opportunity to hone their skills with true audience feedback, currently...
Coronavirus | August 28, 2020 |
BD+C Staff
Hotel occupancy likely to dip by 29%, and pandemic helps cannabis industry gain firmer footing.
A 12,560-sf addition to Meritus Health Center in Maryland went from concept to completion in four months. Design-to-permit alone took less than six weeks. Image: (c) John Cole
Healthcare Facilities | August 27, 2020 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Lean practices, and early engagement with the county’s permitting department, moved this project forward quickly....
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Architects | August 27, 2020 |
Tami Hausman, PhD, and Lonny Rossman, AIA , NCARB
As AEC firm leaders consider worst-case scenarios and explore possible solutions to surmount them, they learn to be...
The Arts and Computational Science Building at UC Merced in California is the result of a P3 whose development team included a consortium of financial experts, contractors, operations and maintenance teams, architects, engineers, and consultants. WRNS Studio, the Academic Architect on this project, provided the image.
University Buildings | August 27, 2020 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Transparency and communication are imperative, says new white paper on these agreements.
Coronavirus | August 27, 2020 |
BD+C Staff
Extended-stay hotels are the lodging sector's safest bet, and industrial real estate faces short-term decline.
Melanie Harris AIA, offers her response as a professional woman of color to the death of George Floyd and the movement for racial and social justice.
Architects | August 26, 2020 |
MELANIE HARRIS, AIA, NATIONAL HEALING PRACTICE DIRECTOR, BSA LIFESTRUCTURES
Architect offers a 4-point manifesto to the design community to work for racial and social justice in the U.S. foll...
North Flats, Austin College's newest student housing building, houses 130 students. Images: Courtesy KWA Construction
Higher Education | August 26, 2020 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
KWA Construction built the school’s new residence hall, nearly 10 years after its first student housing project for...
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Codes and Standards | August 25, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently launched the Advanced...
Coronavirus | August 25, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Common, the U.S.’s largest co-living company, recently released an RFP for a...
Laboratories | August 25, 2020 |
BD+C Staff
JLL's Audrey Symes discusses the drivers of growth across the nation's life sciences cluster hubs.
Coronavirus | August 25, 2020 |
BD+C Staff
RCLCO's Brad Hunter reveals the winners and non-winners of the U.S. real estate market during the coronavirus pande...
Coronavirus | August 26, 2020 |
BD+C Staff
Big-box retailers’ profits surge, and rent payment tracker finds 90% of apartment households paying rent.
Coronavirus | August 25, 2020 |
BD+C Staff
Medical office buildings get a boost by demand and capital, and why the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the need fo...
Contractors | August 24, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) have released a...
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Multifamily Housing | August 24, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The city council in Portland, Ore., recently approved the “Residential Infill Project” (RIP), a package of amendmen...
An authentic 12-foot-long illuminated Texaco sign in The Star’s Prohibition-style speakeasy basement, which features a golf simulator, a theater, climate-controlled storage lockers for residents, a dog wash facility, a dog run that uses a network of underground tunnels, and poker, pool, and ping pong tables. Photo: Lauren Parsons
Multifamily Housing | August 24, 2020 |
Mike Plotnick, Contributing Editor
After sitting vacant for nearly three decades, the former home of Texaco, Inc. has been converted into a 17-story,...
Sponsored Content | Multifamily Housing | August 24, 2020 | Boingo: Where Connectivity Meets Community | BOINGO: WHERE CONNECTIVITY MEETS COMMUNITY
Investment Property Advisors is using Boingo's instant-on, managed Wi-Fi and data solutions to attract multifamily...
The conventional real estate market has written off these "misfit parcels," but KFA Architecture sees them as the future of affordable housing in greater Los Angeles.
Multifamily Housing | August 23, 2020 |
LIVIA CAVALLO AND JOHN ARNOLD, AIA, KFA ARCHITECTURE
"Misfit parcels" could be the key to providing more affordable housing in Los Angeles, say two experienced multifam...
The BEAT is a 695,000-sf repositioning of a three-story office and industrial building in Dorchester, Mass., that once housed the headquarters for the Boston Globe. The space is being transformed into a modern hub for creative office, laboratory, and retail uses. Its multistory atrium will serve as a central gathering place with a food hall.
Reconstruction & Renovation | August 21, 2020 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Existing buildings are being adapted to the ‘new normal’ for health and wellness.
