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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.




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May 2, 2012

Building Team completes two additions at UCLA

New student housing buildings are part of UCLA’s Northwest Campus Student Housing In-Fill Project.

May 1, 2012

Construction is underway on MLK ambulatory care center in L.A.

Featuring a variety of sustainable features, the new facility is designed to achieve LEED Gold Certification.

Apr 26, 2012

Orange County, Fla. high school receives NAIOP “Public Development of the Year” award

School replacement designed by SchenkelShultz Architecture and constructed by Williams Co.

Apr 23, 2012

Innovative engineering behind BIG’s Vancouver Tower

Buro Happold’s structural design supports the top-heavy, complex building in a high seismic zone; engineers are using BIM technology to design a concrete structure with post-tensioned walls.

Apr 20, 2012

McCarthy completes Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Replacement Facility

The new hospital’s architectural design combines traditional Santa Barbara Spanish colonial architecture with 21st century medical conveniences highlighted by a therapeutic and sustainable atmosphere.

Apr 20, 2012

Shawmut completes Yard House Restaurant in Boston

12,000-sf restaurant marks new addition to Boston’s Fenway neighborhood.

Apr 19, 2012

Holcim cement plants recognized at PCA Spring Meeting

The Holly Hill plant received the PCA’s Chairman’s Safety Performance Award in recognition of their exceptional health and safety programs. The Theodore plant received the Environmental Performance Award in recognition of the steps they take beyond those required by laws, regulations and permits to minimize their impact on the environment.

Apr 18, 2012

Lafarge moving North American headquarters to Illinois

Lafarge CEO John Stull says the factors in their decision were location in the Midwest and area transportation.

Apr 18, 2012

Positive conditions persist for Architecture Billings Index

The AIA reported the March ABI score was 50.4, following a mark of 51.0 in February; greatest demand is for commercial building projects.

Apr 16, 2012

Drake joins EYP as science and technology project executive

Drake’s more than 30 years of diversified design and project delivery experience spans a broad range of complex building types.

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