As the population ages, designers of commercial and multifamily applications are incorporating new solutions to meet those demands. Ergonomics can be an integral part of design, manufacturing, and use. Nowhere is this more critical than in bathroom design.
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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.
Roadway under construction near Medina, Wash. Highway and street-related construction spending increased 0.3% in September. Photo: Washington State Dept of Transportation/Creative Commons
November 02, 2015 | ABC
Despite the monthly drop, September's year-over-year increase is largest in seven years. Seven of...
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Photo: Bill Jacobus/Creative Commons.
October 30, 2015 | ABC
GDP expanded 1.5% during the third quarter while nonresidential fixed investment expanded by 2.1%...
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The Kinetic Block by MIT's Tangible Media Group
October 29, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Asistant Digital Editor
The Kinetic Blocks can manipulate objects into shapes without human interference.
New office space core and shell construction costs are highest in the two coastal cities.
October 28, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
A CBRE report found that New York’s construction costs are more than $500 per sf. San Francisco i...
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Cosntruction in Houston. Photo: Patrick Feller/Creative Commons.
October 16, 2015 | ABC
In the first half, sales expectations and profit margin expectations rose while staffing level in...
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Skid steers are susceptible to theft. Photo: Ildar Sagdejev/Creative Commons
October 07, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Poor security and lax inventory control make jobsites sitting ducks for robbers, according to cri...
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The 777,100-sf development by Landbank Investment on Central & Wolfe in Sunnyvale, Calif., is just five miles from Apple’s current Cupertino headquarters.
October 05, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Asistant Digital Editor
The project has been dubbed as another “spaceship,” referencing the nickname for the loop-shaped...
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Scaffolding on a building in Cincinnati, Ohio. OSHA listed scaffolding as a frequent workplace safety hazard.
October 02, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Fall protection, hazard communication lead the list.
Eight of 16 nonresidential construction sectors—including healthcare, manufacturing, and lodging—experienced spending increases in August on a monthly basis.
October 01, 2015 | ABC
Spending totaled $696.3 billion on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis in August, a 0.3% incr...
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JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at New York’s JFK International gives passengers a sense of place with its new rooftop garden. Photo: @Paul Rivera
September 30, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Nimble designs, and technology that humanizes the passenger experience, are letting airports conc...
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Photo: Salim Virji via flickr Creative Commons
September 30, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
FMI’s latest report singles out manufacturing, lodging, and office sectors as the drivers of nonr...
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Image depicts a brick veneer exterior that has expanded and pulled away from the window. Image: Hoffmann Architects
September 29, 2015 | John J. Hoffmann, FAIA, and Deborah J. Costantini, AIA, Hoffmann Architects
With so many diverse components contributing to building envelope assemblies, it can be challengi...
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The AMIE building, unveiled by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at the DOE’s Industry Day event. Images courtesy SOM
September 23, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy (AMIE) building features a high-performance shell wi...
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Zaha Hadid's original concept for Tokyo's Olympic Stadium. Rendering courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects
September 21, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
After resubmitting a bid, the firm will not design the main venue for the 2020 Olympics after all...
Music City Center, Nashville, Tenn. Photo: Michael Rivera via Wikimedia Commons
September 17, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest convention/events sector design and construction firms, a...
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Terminal B, Logan International Airport, Boston. Photo: Robb Williamson, courtesy AECOM
September 17, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest airport terminal sector design and construction firms, as...
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Washington (D.C.) Marriott Marquis. Photo courtesy Cooper Carry
September 15, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest hotel sector design and construction firms, as reported i...
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Construction of a Publix in West Miami, Fla. Photo: Phillip Pessar/Creative Commons
September 14, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Total construction spending is on pace to achieve double-digit growth in 2015, and a strong singl...
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Sainsbury's distribution center in Waltham Point, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Photo: Nick Saltmarsh via flickr.com/Wikimedia Commons
September 10, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest industrial sector design and construction firms, as repor...
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Photo: United States Navy
September 10, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest military sector design and construction firms, as reporte...
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Photo: cegoh/Pixabay
September 09, 2015 | Associated Builders and Contractors
The backlog indicator is up 1% to 8.5 months during the second quarter of 2015.
Strategically placed illuminated LED panels produce a shimmering glow on the exterior of the newly renovated Bloomingdales at the Galleria mall in Glendale, Calif. On the Building Team: Hixson Architecture Engineering Interiors (AE), Kevin Kennon Architects (designer), and C.W. Driver (GC). Photo: Cristi D. Costea Photography, courtesy Hixson
September 08, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest retail sector design and construction firms, as reported...
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Courtesy Foursquare
September 07, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The power of data: How AEC firms and owners are using analytics to transform design and construction
Case’s bldgs = data conference highlighted how collecting data about personal activities can info...
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Photo: Global Access Point via Wikimedia Commons
September 03, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest data center sector design and construction firms, as repo...
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Eric Salard via Flickr
August 31, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Several surveys gauge passenger satisfaction with airports, as flyers and airlines weigh in on te...
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Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport by Art davis via Wikimedia Commons
August 31, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Small and regional airports are in a dogfight for survival. Airlines have either cut routes to no...
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Logan Airport Rental Car Center, Boston. Photo: Arnold Reinhold via Wikimedia Commons
August 31, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
AEC teams have found fertile ground in building or expanding consolidated rental car facilities,...
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Dan Shouse via Flickr Creative Commons
August 31, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
In February 2015, engineering giant Arup conducted a “salon” in San Francisco on the future of av...
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Glass enclosed work stations between patient rooms provides staff touch down areas with full view of patients without imposing upon their respite @ MaineGeneral Hospital in Augusta, Me. Photo: Anton Grassl/Esto, courtesy TRO Jung
August 28, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The newly revised guidelines from the Facilities Guidelines Institute touch on six factors that a...
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In-board placement of bathrooms buffers corridor noise for birthing rooms at MaineGeneral Hospital in Augusta, Me. Photo: Anton Grassl/Esto
August 28, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Every hospital has its own “culture” of loudness and quiet. Jacobs’ Chris Kay offers steps to a t...
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