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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.
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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Perkins+Will, Skanska USA, Webcor Builders, Jacobs, and STV top B...
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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Stantec, BRPH, Fluor Corp., Walbridge, Jacobs, and AECOM top Building Design+Construction’s annua...
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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Gensler, HKS, Turner Construction Co., The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Jacobs, and JBA Consul...
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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Gensler, Perkins+Will, PCL Construction Enterprises, Turner Construction Co., AECOM, and WSP | Pa...
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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff
DLR Group, NBBJ, Hensel Phelps, Sundt Construction, AECOM, and Dewberry top Building Design+Const...
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Los Angeles Convention Center. Photo: Pixabay Public Domain
August 30, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Gensler, LMN Architects, AECOM, Turner Construction Co., and WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff top Build...
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August 30, 2016 | BD+C Staff
HOK, Perkins+Will, Turner Construction Co., The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Jacobs, and Thorn...
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August 23, 2016 | BD+C Staff
A roll-up emergency department, next-gen telemedicine center, and biophilic cooling pods are amon...
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The $24 million renovation of the historic Van Antwerp building in Mobile, Ala., involved working on a tight urban site and reconstituting the building for corporate and mixed-use tenants. Renovations included an 11-story addition, a new parking deck, and completely new interiors. The Building Team consisted of Goodwyn |Mills| Cawood (architect and designer), Doster Construction (GC), and Thompson Engineering (engineer). Photo: Mason Fischer Photography
August 19, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Reconstruction is always a balancing act between the client’s pro forma and what the building nee...
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Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, Washington, D.C. Photo: G. Edward Johnson, Wikimedia Creative Commons
August 19, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Gilbane Building Co., Turner Construction Co., and The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. top Buildin...
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Inverness Village Hall, Inverness, Ill. Photo: Neva O'Laughlin, Wikimedia Creative Commons
August 18, 2016 | BD+C Staff
HOK, Stantec, Turner Construction Co.,Clark Group, AECOM and STV top Building Design+Construction...
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August 18, 2016 | BD+C Staff
CannonDesign, Stantec, Turner Construction Co.,Mortensen Construction, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff...
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August 17, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The hotel will combine the AC Hotels, Residence Inn, and SpringHill Suites brands.
The Pavilion at Ole Miss opened January 7. The 9,500-seat multipurpose facility is home to the University of Mississippi men’s and women’s basketball teams. AECOM designed the $96.5 million facility. BL Harbert International was general contractor. The Rebels men beat ’Bama in the opener, 74-66. Image: © Jeffrey Jacobs courtesy of AECOM.
August 15, 2016 | Michael Chamernik, Associate Editor
Schools are renovating existing structures or building new sports facilities that can serve the s...
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The Campus Crossroads Project at Notre Dame Stadium, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. HOK is a consultant to lead design architect S/L/A/M Collaborative, providing design services for the sports, recreation and hospitality components. Image courtesy of HOK.
August 15, 2016 |
Mortenson Construction, AECOM, and Turner Construction Co. top Building Design+Construction’s ann...
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A construction crew installs one of 1,200 prefabricated cross-laminated timber (CLT) wall panels that make up the 92-room Candlewood Suites at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. Leadlease was the GC, developer, and owner on the project. It is the nation’s first all-CLT hotel project. Photo courtesy of Lendlease.
August 15, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
By privatizing the construction, renovation, operation, maintenance, and ownership of its hotels ...
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The Francis Crick Institute, which opens this summer in London, epitomizes the trend in science and technology projects to combine disciplines and encourage transparency. The Building Team includes HOK (architect and lead designer), AKT-II (SE), Arup (PM, services engineer), CBRE (planning consultant), Turner & Townsend (cost consultant), HCD (approved inspector), RLB (CDM consultant), Cordless (ICT consultant), Exova Warrington (fire consultant), and Horus (security consultant). Photo courtesy of HOK.
August 12, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Interdisciplinary interaction is a common theme among many new science and technology offices....
Georgia BioScience Training Center, Atlanta, Ga. Cooper Carry (architect), Technical College System of Georgia (owner), NBP Engineers (MEP), Eberly & Associates (CE). Photo: Carol Meyhoefer courtesy of Cooper Carry.
August 12, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Skanska USA, Suffolk Construction Co., and The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. top Building Design...
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As part of the design for its corporate headquarters, SRAM, a bike parts maker in Chicago, held a contest for employees to design bike racks for their workstations. Perkins+Will was designer on this project. Photo: Michelle Litvin Studio courtesy of Perkins+Will.
August 12, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Technology is redefining how offices function and is particularly salient in the growing trend of...
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Lenovo Campus Global Headquarters, Beijing, China. Lenovo Co. Ltd. (owner), CallisonRTKL (architect). Photo courtesy of CallisionRTKL.
August 12, 2016 |
Turner Construction Co., Structure Tone, and Gilbane Building Co. top Building Design+Constructio...
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Cadillac House is definitely not your father's car dealership. The 12,000-sf showroom in New York City, part Cadillac's new corporate headquarters, includes an events runway and incubator space for visiting designers. Shawmut Design + Construction built it, Gensler designed it. Photo: @Chris Leonard, courtesy of Gensler.
August 11, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Retail is becoming closely aligned with entertainment, and malls that can be repositioned as life...
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August 10, 2016 | BD+C Staff
VCC, PCL Construction Enterprises, and The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. top Building Design+Con...
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CyrusOne Data Center, Houston, by Kirksey Architecture, Bihner-Chen (SE), KW Mission Critical Engineering (MEP), Skanska (GC). Photo: Aker imaging / Joe Aker, courtesy Kirksey Architecture.
August 10, 2016 | Mike Plotnick, Contributing Editor
Streamlined design and delivery approaches for individual business enterprises and co-location fa...
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Google Data Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Photo: Tony Webster, flickr Creative Commons.
August 10, 2016 | BD+C Staff
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Holder Construction Co., and DPR Construction top Building De...
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A new app launched by Dodge Data & Analytics gives pros a quick and secure way to scan a wide range of projects of interest. Image: Dodge Data & Analytics
August 10, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The product, called PlanRoom, could be particularly useful in sharing data and communications amo...
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A dramatic, three-story wood sculpture of North Carolina State University’s wolf mascot highlights the central atrium of the school’s $120 million Talley Student Union in Raleigh, N.C. On the Building Team: Duda Paine Architects (design architect), Cooper Carry (interior architect), Stewart, Inc. (SE), Stanford White (MEP), Kimley-Horn & Associates (CE), and Rodgers Builders/Russell/Dayeco (joint CM). Photo courtesy of Rodgers Builders.
August 10, 2016 | Mike Plotnick, Contributing Editor
Budget constraints are compelling some public institutions to pursue alternative methods of finan...
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Westcott Building Auditorium at Florida State University. Photo: Pixabay
August 09, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Turner Construction Co., The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co, and Skanska USA top Building Design+C...
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August 04, 2016 | Bluebeam
Bluebeam users inspire technological change through shared insights and training at three-day eve...
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Battery Park City, New York City, New York. Photo: Gryffindor, Creative Commons
August 04, 2016 | Mike Plotnick, Contributing Editor
To address the affordability problem and attract tenants, owners and developers are experimenting...
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CallisonRTKL designed 2929 Weslayan, a 40-story, 254-unit apartment tower in the River Oaks area of Houston, for PM Realty Group. The LEED Gold residence employs rainwater harvesting and performance-based energy modeling. Also on the Building Team: Faulkner Design Group (interior design), Brockette Davis Drake Consulting Engineers (SE), Bury Partners (CE). Blum Consulting Engineers (MEP), Scott Oldner Lighting Design, Studio Outside (landscape architect), and Jordan Foster Construction (general contractor). Photo courtesy CallisonRTKL
August 04, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Lendlease, Suffolk Construction Co., and Clark Group top Building Design+Construction’s annual ra...
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