Engineers

Engineering goes hand-in-hand with design, putting a practical lens on the architect’s vision and finding the best way to make it happen. Without a talented engineer, the project will never reach completion, and certainly will not reach the standards of functionality and sustainability that the architect and client are seeking.

The Aggressive Growth of Salas O'Brien, with CEO Darin Anderson

Photo courtesy Salas O'Brien

July 23, 2021 | BD+C Staff

The aggressive growth of Salas O'Brien, with CEO Darin Anderson

Engineering firm Salas O'Brien has made multiple acquisitions over the past two years to achiev...

The future of mass timber construction, with Swinerton's Timberlab

Photo: Portland (Ore.) International Airport, courtesy Swinerton

July 16, 2021 | BD+C Staff

The future of mass timber construction, with Swinerton's Timberlab

In this exclusive for HorizonTV, BD+C's John Caulfield sat down with three Timberlab leaders to...

Economic rebound leads to record increase in multifamily asking rents Photo courtesy Pixabay

Photo courtesy Pixabay

July 15, 2021 | Yardi Matrix

Economic rebound leads to record increase in multifamily asking rents

Across the country, multifamily rents have skyrocketed. Year-over-year rents are up by double d...

AEC firm actions in light of Covid opening

Major AEC firms took action – a new office, a relocation, staff hires and promotions – as construction activity picked up following the loosening of Covid restrictions in many parts of the country.

July 11, 2021 | ROBERT CASSIDY, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Staffing, office changes at SCB, SmithGroup, RKTB, Ryan Cos., Jacobsen, Boldt, and Adolfson & Peterson

AEC firms take strategic action as construction picks up steam with Covid openings.

STEM High School Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) HorizonTV, LPA Architects

Photo courtesy LPA Architects

July 09, 2021 | BD+C Staff

LPA Architects' STEM high school post-occupancy evaluation

LPA Architects conducted a post-occupancy evaluation, or POE, of the eSTEM Academy, a new high...

Interior designer Creative License International fashioned this community room for P83, a 250-unit rental community in Peoria, Ariz. 2021 Multifamily Amenities study

Interior designer Creative License International fashioned this community room for P83, a 250-unit rental community in Peoria, Ariz. On the team for client Opus Group: Dekker/Perich/Sabatini (architect) and MT Builders (GC). Photo: Todd French, todd@arizonarealtours.com

July 07, 2021 | Robert Cassidy, Editor, Multifamily Design+Construction

Make sure to get your multifamily amenities mix right

One of the hardest decisions multifamily developers and their design teams have to make is wha...

July 02, 2021 | BD+C Staff

A new approach to cold storage buildings

Cameron Trefry and Kate Lyle of Ware Malcomb talk about their firm's cold storage building pro...

A post-pandemic ‘new normal’ for apartments, Grimm + Parker, Building Design+Construction 2021 Exercise area

June 30, 2021 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

A post-pandemic ‘new normal’ for apartment buildings

Nearly 40 million Americans live in apartments. And because of the COVID-19 pandemic, developer...

June 24, 2021 | BD+C Staff

Oceanographer John Englander talks resiliency and buildings [new on HorizonTV]

New on Horizo...

COVID-19’s impact on multifamily amenities 1 Outdoor fitness - Liv+ Campus Adv

Last summer, in response to the pandemic, Campus Advantage (developer) built an outdoor fitness facility at Liv+ Gainesville, its 618-bed student residence near the University of Florida medical, dental, and veterinary schools. “This has been our most used amenity, as residents are able to stay socially distanced in an outdoor area,” said Katy Smerko, CA’s Vice President of Operations. Demarest (architect) and CORE (GC) formed the project team with Campus Advantage. Photo: Campus Advantage

June 23, 2021 | ROBERT CASSIDY, EDITOR

COVID-19’s impact on multifamily amenities

Multifamily project teams had to scramble to accommodate the overwhelming demand for work-from-...

A rendering of a new school campus with flexible indoor-outdoor teaching spaces

A section of a rendering showing how a flexible learning village might lay out. The image comes from HMC Architects, one of the AEC firms that Los Angeles County consulted for its new design guidelines for outdoor learning.

June 20, 2021 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Los Angeles County issues design guidelines for extending PreK-12 learning to the outdoors

The report covers everything from funding and site prep recommendations to whether large rocks...

Adaptive reuse for hospitality, with Frank Cretella of Landmark Developers

Adaptive reuse for hospitality, with Frank Cretella of Landmark Developers

June 18, 2021 | BD+C Staff

Adaptive reuse for hospitality, with Frank Cretella of Landmark Developers

In an exclusive interview for HorizonTV, Landmark Developers' President Frank Cretella talks ab...

Exterior rendering of mass-timber TimberQuest school building

TimberQuest, which uses prefabricated mass timber components, can significantly reduce a project's design and construction periods. Images: Courtesy of XL Construction

June 10, 2021 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Three AEC firms launch a mass timber product for quicker school construction

TimberQuest brand seeks to avoid overinvestment in production that has plagued other CLT provid...

June 10, 2021 | BD+C Staff

The future of the workplace is social clubs

Office design experts from NELSON Worldwide propose a new concept for the workplace, one that r...

June 04, 2021 | David Barista, Editorial Director

Call for Speakers: BD+C’s 2021 Women in Design+Construction Conference

The 2021 Women in Design+Construction event will take place December 1-3, 2021. This is an online...

June 03, 2021 | BD+C Staff

Student Housing Trends 2021-2022

In this exclusive video interview for HorizonTV, Fred Pierce, CEO of...

Orro Announces Google Nest Integration for the Orro Switch

Photo: Orro

June 01, 2021 | Orro

Orro Announces Google Nest Integration for the Orro Switch

Orro, creators of the professional-grade top-of-the-line Orro Smart Living System, today announ...

The rooftop deck at The Net tower in Seattle, designed by NBBJ

The rooftop deck at The Net, in Seattle, designed by NBBJ. Renderings courtesy NBBJ

May 27, 2021 | BD+C Staff

The anti-high rise: Seattle's The Net by NBBJ

In this exclusive video interview for HorizonTV, Ryan Mullenix, Design Partner with NBBJ, talks...

A digital twin of Marishal Square in Scotland

A digital twin of the two-building, 177,000-sf Marischal Square in Aberdeen, Scotland, draws upon sensors that, among other things, alert the management to building-control failures and monitor leasing and occupancy. Rendering: Cityzenith

May 24, 2021 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Digital twin’s value propositions for the built environment, explained

Ernst & Young’s white paper makes its cases for the technology’s myriad benefits.

The post-COVID-19 state of senior living design

May 19, 2021 | BD+C Staff

Senior living design: Post-COVID trends and innovations

Two senior living design experts discuss the latest trends and innovations in the senior living...

Multifamily housing sector sees near record proposal activity in early 2021

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May 18, 2021 | PSMJ

Multifamily housing sector sees near record proposal activity in early 2021

The multifamily sector led all housing submarkets, and was third among all 58 submarkets tracke...

Photo: Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, designed by Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates.

Photo: Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, designed by Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates.

May 14, 2021 | David Barista, Editorial Director

What's next for mass timber design?

An architect who has worked on some of the nation's largest and most significant mass timber co...

The Weekly Show, Apr 29, 2021: COVID-19's impact on campus planning, and bird management strategies

April 29, 2021 | BD+C Editors

The Weekly Show, April 29, 2021: COVID-19's impact on campus planning, and bird management strategies

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C Senior Editor John Caulfield interviews a duo of industry ex...

Photo shows damage from the lack of an expansion joint at a junction.

Photo shows damage from the lack of an expansion joint at a junction. Photo: Brick Industry Association

April 22, 2021 | Brian E. Trimble, PE, James A. Tann, and Charles (Chip) Clark, AIA, PE

26 ways to prevent cracks in brickwork

Changes in temperature or moisture can wreak havoc on building materials, and brick is no excep...

April 22, 2021 | BD+C Staff

The Weekly Show, Apr 22, 2021: COVID-19's impact on multifamily amenities

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C's Robert Cassidy speaks with three multifamily desi...

April 15, 2021 | BD+C STAFF

The Weekly Show, Apr 15, 2021: The ins and outs of adaptive reuse, and sensors for real-time construction monitoring

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders from PBDW Architects...

BD+C exclusive research: What owners want from AEC firms

April 09, 2021 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

BD+C exclusive research: What building owners want from AEC firms

BD+C’s first-ever owners’ survey finds them focused on improving buildings’ performance for hig...

Bipartisan ‘YIMBY’ bill would provide $1.5B in grants to spur new housing

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March 30, 2021 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor

Bipartisan ‘YIMBY’ bill would provide $1.5B in grants to spur new housing

Resources for local leaders to overcome obstacles such as density-unfriendly or discriminatory...

Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19

At 360 Newbury Street in Boston, repurposing the top five floors of the former Wurlitzer Music & Sound Co. offices into urban housing was a perfect solution for outdated office space.

March 26, 2021 | Simon O'Byrne

Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19

Using the right planning tools can spur new uses for Class B and C commercial real estate.