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Great Solutions

41 Great Solutions for architects, engineers, and contractors

AI ChatBots, ambient computing, floating MRIs, low-carbon cement, sunshine on demand, next-generation top-down construction. These and 35 other innovations make up our 2024 Great Solutions Report, which highlights fresh ideas and innovations from leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms.


Airports

SOM unveils ‘branching’ structural design for new Satellite Concourse 1 at O’Hare Airport

The Chicago Department of Aviation has revealed the design for Satellite Concourse 1 at O’Hare International Airport, one of the nation’s business airports. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), with Ross Barney Architects, Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects (JGMA), and Arup, the concourse will be the first new building in the Terminal Area Program, the largest concourse area expansion and revitalization in the airport’s almost seven-decade history. 


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Coronavirus | Jul 20, 2020

Student housing amid the pandemic, infection control in buildings, and future airport design on "The Weekly"

Experts from Core Spaces, Bala Consulting Engineers, and Populous were interviewed in the July 23 streaming program from Horizon TV.

Airports | Jun 24, 2020

LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B officially opens

HOK and WSP USA designed the project.

Airports | Feb 7, 2020

A 780-ft-long pedestrian walkway is positioned over an active taxi lane at Sea-Tac International

It took eight years to plan, design, and construct this bridge.

Airports | Nov 12, 2019

$1B terminal opens at New Orleans International Airport

LEO A DALY designed the project.

Airports | Oct 30, 2019

COX Architecture and Zaha Hadid Architects will design the Western Sydney Airport

The COX/ZHA team was selected from a field of over forty applicants.

Giants 400 | Oct 25, 2019

Top 55 Airport Sector Construction Firms for 2019

Hensel Phelps, AECOM, Turner, Skanska, and PCL top the rankings of the nation's largest airport terminal sector contractors and construction management firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 25, 2019

Top 60 Airport Sector Engineering Firms for 2019

Jacobs, Arup, Burns & McDonnell, Ghafari Associates, and Kimley-Horn head the rankings of the nation's largest airport terminal sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 25, 2019

Top 50 Airport Sector Architecture Firms for 2019

AECOM, Gensler, HNTB, Corgan, and HOK top the rankings of the nation's largest airport terminal sector architecture and architecture engineering (AE) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Design Innovation Report | Jun 25, 2019

2019 Design Innovation Report: Super labs, dream cabins, office boardwalks, façades as art

9 projects that push the limits of architectural design, space planning, and material innovation.

Airports | Gensler | May 20, 2019

How the Internet of Things will transform airport environments

Connected devices and their wealth of data have led to significant improvements in operational efficiency and passenger experience in airports.

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