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Brooklyn's colorful new affordable housing project includes retail, public spaces

A new affordable housing development located in the fastest growing section of Brooklyn, N.Y., where over half the population lives below the poverty line, transformed a long vacant lot into a community asset. The Van Sinderen Plaza project consists of a newly constructed pair of seven-story buildings totaling 193,665 sf, including 130 affordable units.




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Contractors

Bringing the concepts of architects, engineers, and clients to life often requires problem-solving and compromise, and always requires hard work on the contractor’s part. Keeping construction within the allotted budget and up to the rest of the building team’s standards requires a combination of extensive technical and product knowledge.

May 21, 2012

Winchester High School receives NuRoof system

Metal Roof Consultants attended a school board meeting and presented a sloped metal retrofit roof as an alternative to tearing off the existing roof and replacing it with another flat roof.

May 17, 2012

EMerge Alliance forms new Campus Microgrid Technical Standards Committee

Intel leading the charge to connect multiple DC microgrids throughout commercial buildings; others invited to join effort.

May 16, 2012

AIA issues guide to IGCC

Getting the IgCC adopted in all 50 states and in jurisdictions across the country is the primary mission of the ICC, which published the code in March.

May 16, 2012

Architecture Billings Index reverts to negative territory

Decline is possibly a brief pause from unusually strong winter activity.

May 16, 2012

AEG releases 3D video of L.A.'s Farmers Field

The Los Angeles Convention Center footage depicts the new convention center hall spaces, including a new lobby above Pico Boulevard, pre-function space, and what will be the largest multi-purpose ballroom in Los Angeles.

May 16, 2012

Balfour Beatty Construction taps Kiger as VP of operations

Kiger will manage current relationships and pursue other strategic clients, including select healthcare clients and strategic project pursuits in the Central Tennessee region.

May 15, 2012

One World Trade Center goes to new height of sustainability

One of the biggest challenges in developing this concrete mixture was meeting the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey’s strict requirement for the replacement of cement.

May 15, 2012

Suffolk selected for Rosenwald Elementary modernization project

The 314-student station elementary school will undergo extensive modernization.

May 15, 2012

Don’t be insulated from green building

Examining the roles of insulation and manufacturing in sustainability’s growth.

May 15, 2012

National Tradesmen Day set for Sept. 21

IRWIN Tools invites the nation to honor "The Real Working Hands that Build America and Keep it Running Strong".

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