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MFPRO+ Special Reports

Top 10 trends in affordable housing

Among affordable housing developers today, there’s one commonality tying projects together: uncertainty. AEC firms share their latest insights and philosophies on the future of affordable housing in BD+C's 2023 Multifamily Annual Report.


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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.

Aug 11, 2010

Paul Baginski joins Parsons Brinckerhoff as director of buildings, infrastructure

NEW YORK, NY – Paul Baginski has been named National Director of Buildings and General…
Aug 11, 2010

Healthcare Design + Construction: Trends, Innovations, Opportunities

AIA Academy of Architecture for Health American College of Healthcare Architects July 24-26, 2009…
Aug 11, 2010

EPDM Roofing Association names Ellen Thorp as Associate Executive Director

  BETHESDA, MD., June 25, 2009 – The EPDM Roofing Association (ERA) announced the hiring of Ellen…
Aug 11, 2010

USGBC’s Greenbuild 2009 brings global ideas to local main streets

Save the planet with indigenous knowledge. Make permanent water part of your life. Dive deep water for clues to environmental success.  Connect site selection to successful creative concepting. Explore the unknown with Discovery Channel’s best known guide. These are but a few of the big ideas participants can connect to at USGBC’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, taking place on November 11-13, 2009 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Aug 11, 2010

Do Dual-Flush Toilet Conversion Kits Save Water?

It seems like a great way to reduce water usage - convert your old toilet with a dual-flush…
Aug 11, 2010

Urban Land Institute honors five 'outstanding' developments in Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Five outstanding developments have been selected as winners of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2009 Awards for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) competition. This year, the competition also included the announcement of two special award winners. The Awards for Excellence competition is widely regarded as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program.
Aug 11, 2010

A glimmer of hope amid grim news as construction employment falls in most states, metro areas

The construction employment picture brightened slightly with 18 states adding construction jobs from April to May according to a new analysis of data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  However, construction employment overall continued to decline, noted Ken Simonson, the chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America.
Aug 11, 2010

Thom Mayne unveils 'floating cube' design for the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas

Calling it a “living educational tool featuring architecture inspired by nature and science,” Pritzker Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and leaders from the Museum of Nature & Science unveiled the schematic designs and building model for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park. Groundbreaking on the approximately $185 million project will be held later this fall, and the Museum is expected to open by early 2013.
Aug 11, 2010

American Concrete Institute forms technical committee on BIM for concrete structures

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces the formation of a new technical committee on Building Information Modeling (BIM) of Concrete Structures.
Aug 11, 2010

Former Colorado Governor Bill Owens retained by PCL Construction as senior advisor

Bill Owens, former Colorado Governor, has been retained by PCL Construction as senior advisor for the company’s U.S. operations, headquartered in Denver, Colorado.  The PCL family of companies collectively form the seventh largest contracting organization in the U.S. with major offices in 29 locations across North America, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Caribbean.
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