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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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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VP, manager, architecture and buildings technical resource center Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, N.Y. EDUCATION BS,...
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Old Governor's Mansion, in Milledgeville, Ga., served as headquarters for General William Sherman as he marched his U...
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With building owners measuring energy savings in fractions of kilowatt-hours, the last thing they want is to see thos...
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BD+C's annual Giants 300 list consists of U.S. firms that designed or constructed the largest volume of commercial, i...
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Many cities have household waste recycling programs for paper, cardboard, plastic, and aluminum. But what about old p...
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From Baltimore to Portland, Ore., light-rail transit systems are helping to stimulate new nonresidential and resident...
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The economy may be struggling , but you'd never know it from the gaming industry's torrid pace. Native American casin...
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Pavements occupy twice the surface area of buildings in the U.S. In urban watersheds they produce two-thirds of exces...
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Faced with overcrowded schools and ever-shrinking capital budgets, more and more school districts are turning to the...
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In 1985, the city of San Diego ordered the historic Balboa Theatre, its beleaguered performing arts center, to be shu...
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The talk in real estate circles is that condos are dead, but don't tell that to three developers who are building gre...
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At first glance, the condo tower rising 10 stories above Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district may look more like D...
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The advent of a high-technology economy has meant a whirlwind of development on many fronts, and nowhere, perhaps, ha...
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Describing the efforts of architects, contractor, and owners to bring the new home of Houston's Texas Heart Institute...
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With the continued advancement of glass curtain wall technology, the popularity of these systems has skyrocketed to a...
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The surge of silent generation retirees and the impending burst of baby boomers marching toward retirement age are cr...
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Action movies can be shameless about motivating their heroes. Often, the vengeful and breathless lead will turn to th...
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When tasked with transforming an early 1920s Italian Renaissance bank building into a fully functional library for th...
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Last year, we noted that business was good for the great majority of firms in Building Design & Construction's Gi...
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While Boston Red Sox fans had to wait 86 years between World Series Championships, they at least had Fenway Park all...
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Joel Garreau's widely read 1991 book Edge Cities described a phenomenon that has had a profound impact on U.S. develo...
