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Designers

Aug 20, 2013

Top Data Center Engineering Firms [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Fluor, Syska, Jacobs top Building Design+Construction's 2013 ranking of the largest data center engineering and engineering/architecture firms in the U.S.

Aug 20, 2013

What you missed: Last week's top construction market news

AIA, Gilbane, DBIA, and USGBC released major reports last week. Here's a roundup of the latest market news for the nonresidential construction industry. 

Aug 20, 2013

First look: $550 million Billie Jean King National Tennis Center renovation

The United States Tennis Association has announced its plans for a sweeping transformation of the USTABillie Jean King National Tennis Center that will include the construction of two new stadiums, as well as a retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium.  The transformation will be implemented in three phases to begin at the conclusion of the 2013 US Open, with the goal of overall completion by the 2018 US Open.

Steven Burns | Aug 19, 2013

The secret to creativity is… a messy desk?!

Anyone whose desk resembles a war zone can proudly cite a new scientific study that suggests a messy workspace may actually help people think more creatively and stimulate new ideas. 

Drew Ballensky | Aug 19, 2013

Discovery of hidden asbestos complicates DFW terminal renovations

The finding of more asbestos in Terminal B than expected, and the pending merger of US Airways and the airport’s largest tenant, American Airlines, is causing construction delays on a $2.3 billion Dallas/Fort Worth Airport terminal renovation.

Jim Young | Aug 19, 2013

Integration of solar panels in building skin seen as key net-zero element

Recent high-profile projects, including stadiums in Brazil for the upcoming World Cup and Summer Olympics and a bank headquarters in the U.K., reflect an effort by designers to adopt building-integrated photovoltaics, or BIPV.

Julie S. Higginbotham | Aug 16, 2013

Today's workplace design: Is there room for the introvert?

Increasingly, roaming social networks are praised and hierarchical organizations disparaged, as workplaces mimic the freewheeling vibe of the Internet. Research by Susan Cain indicates that the "openness" pendulum may have swung too far.

Aug 16, 2013

$5,000 in prizes to be awarded at BD+C's U40 Leadership Summit

Do you have the next big idea for improving the performance of buildings and the built environment? BD+C's 3rd Annual U40 Leadership Summit is your chance to shine—and share in $5,000 in prizes. 

Aug 15, 2013

Design-build project delivery holds steady at nearly 40% of nonresidential construction: DBIA study

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the only organization that defines, teaches and promotes best practices in design-build, has released research indicating that design-build project delivery represents nearly 40 percent of total market share in the United States, based on dollar value at the end of 2012. 

Sasha Reed | Aug 15, 2013

What do LEED and black magic have in common? A project principal leverages PDFs to demystify it for us.

LEED has become a labyrinth of standards which requires a full-time translator and tour guide to navigate. Now with LEED v4 on the horizon, I’m curious to see if any progress has been made to make these standards more consumable and applicable to true innovations within the six areas of sustainability.

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