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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The Middleton Group is designing the project.
Advocates envision idle offices re-zoned to alleviate housing crisis.

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New study outlines how building product manufacturers can best support architects in climate action.
The demise of retail brick and mortar is overstated and unwarranted - we see digital transformation offering brick...

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American Concrete Institute document contains guidance on codes for structural concrete.
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LMN Architects designed the project.
The pod achieves Hyperloop travel at speeds over 1000km/hour.
Nvidia’s Omniverse will go open beta later this year.
Daylight modeling is a tool to examine how daylight interacts with a building, and how that natural light behaves w...
Federal contracts are proceeding, but states and cities are delaying, deferring, and looking for private investment...
The streetwear retailer forges its online and brick-and-mortar presence.
BD+C editors speak with experts from ALICE Technologies, Build Group, Hastings Architecture, Nvidia, and Woods Bago...

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Golden State voters reject Proposition 21.
Two surveys found that, despite much lower occupancy rates, energy consumption in most commercial buildings didn’t...
Passive House is a high-performance building standard that emphasizes tightly insulated enclosures, heat recovery,...

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Investors would be tapped for damages on such cases.
SERA Architects and Lendlease will design and build the project.

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Goal is to identify high-impact areas for application in design and construction.

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Incoming president and congress should focus on enacting measures to rebuild infrastructure and revive the economy....
The phrase “virtual office” has a much different ring and connotation to it now than it did just a few months ago....
The retail giant will also open four more bulk warehouses, including a 1.2-million-sf DC in Alabama it is building...
The building will become a new hub for innovative companies in Brooklyn.
Recipients’ designs enhance student learning experiences.

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As AEC firm leaders consider worst-case scenarios and explore possible solutions to surmount them, they learn to be...

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A growing number of project cancellations risks undermining future industry job gains.

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Safety training cited as a cause of improvement.
Open source app provides customizable health reporting and contact tracing capabilities.