Building Types
Navien NPE tankless water heaters being monitored at a senior living facility in Pennsylvania. Photo: Navien Inc.
Twelve factors to consider in using tankless water heaters in multifamily housing.

More than 300,000 residents from 2,200 multifamily properties depend on Boingo’s “instant-on” W...
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ACF units modified from existing modular containers. Photo: PODS.
CallisonRTKL and PODS collaborate on repurposed containers for ACFs

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Multifamily has consistently been one of the strongest performers among 58 submarkets measured...
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Despite the economic downturn from the coronavirus pandemic, the overwhelming majority of renters in professionally managed multifamily housing paid all or part of their rent by mid-April. Image courtesy Pixabay.
In its second survey of 11.5 million units of professionally managed apartment units across the...
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Manor Miramar, in Miramar, Fla., designed by Stantec for Related Group. Rendering: Stantec
Related Group picks Stantec to design and engineer Manor Miramar residences in Florida.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Gen. R. Mark Toy is briefed by Tarlton construction executives on the site of the alternate care facility. From left: Senior Project Manager Cameron Denison, who managed the night team; Vice President Joe Scarfino, who led the effort and managed the day team; and EVP John Doerr.
Missouri’s first Alternate Care Facility ready for coronavirus patients

This Starbucks and an adjacent bank in Bothell, Wash., were opened thanks to a virtual building inspection by the city. The coffeeshop's drive-thru has stayed open through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bothell, Wash., issues a certificate of occupancy to developer after inspecting the property on...
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Typical COVID-19 patient room layout in an alternate care facility. Photo: Henderson Engineers
COVID-19: Converting existing unused or underused hospitals, hotels, convention centers, and ot...
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Study Areas at the Trone Student Center, Furman University
Since many academic departments have been concentrated in their own buildings or portions of ca...
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Isolation pods being installed at Miami Beach convention center, which is being converted to a field hospital by 250 workers under the direction of contractor Robins & Morton.
COVID-19 alert: Robins & Morton to convert Miami Beach Convention Center into a 450-bed fie...
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The NMHC found that the majority of the 135 multifamily contractors surveyed had experienced delays with apartment or condominium projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
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Lumber and building materials revenue totaled $72 billion in 2019, according to Principia.

The first 500 patient rooms at McCormick Place Convention Center. The 10X10-foot "rooms" have a cot, folding chair, lamp, and blanket, and a bowl containing a toothbrush, surgical masks, and earplugs.
Walsh Construction, one of the largest contractors in the city of Chicago and in the United Sta...
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TLC Engineering Consultants' guidance on ventilation in COVID-19 patient rooms.
Ventilation engineering guidance for COVID-19 patient rooms

Rendering courtesy HDR
The hotel will be located in Kelowna, British Columbia.

The 170,000-sf replacement hospital, under construction in Uvalde, Texas, deployed a collaborative design process advocated by the project's GC Hoar Construction. Rendering and photos courtesy of Hoar Construction
Hoar Construction’s formula emphasizes preconstruction planning and input from healthcare worke...
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We believe that part of the longer-term answer lies not just with traditional health providers,...
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All photos courtesy OMA
OMA designed the project.

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While student dormitories are well-suited to certain alternate healthcare uses — from housing c...
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All images courtesy of RBB Architects
RBB Architects designed the building.

Photo: Mark Ballogg
Completed in 2018, the seven-story, 98-guest room hotel complements the local museums, cultural...
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Courtesy Morphosis
The HQ’s design is meant to serve as an extension of lululemon’s core values.

Courtesy Ponce Health Sciences University
Clayco will build the project.

All photos courtesy FortaPRO
Onsite construction was completed in two weeks.

A survey of executives found that the majority sees value in investing in workplace amenities that will attract and retain workers. Image: Pixabay
A recent survey conducted by JLL and Harvard Business Review found that more companies are givi...
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Gensler's Denver office lobby space. Photo courtesy Gensler
Touch-free design solutions and air purifiers can enhance workplace wellness.

The company, based in Commerce, Calif., makes a wide range of plumbing fixtures and accessories for the commercial and multifamily building sectors.
Pioneer Industries launches new website

Photo: CRB
It’s underfoot, sure, but the floor coatings in your manufacturing facility should be top of mi...
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SmithGroup’s Campus Strategy & Analytics team uses a variety of mapping tools to demonstrate space distribution for higher education institutions. This type of map shows the location and density of a particular space type found within buildings across a campus. Building footprints were extruded vertically based on the amount of assignable square feet (ASF), or density, of that space type in the building. Image: SmithGroup
Its service provides schools with a growth strategy, based on current and future needs.
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