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    Fulcrum
    The major multi-phase renovation of the headquarters of a Fortune 500 insurance carrier in the northern suburbs of Chicago included the addition of several radius columns supplied...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Rheinzink
    Williams Selyem is the first new winery constructed from the ground up in Sonoma County, Calif., in nearly 10 years. Designed by D.arc Group and Patrick Mervin Associates, the...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Nora 6568
    The 132,000-sf Hollenstein Career and Technology Center, Fort Worth, Texas, houses 10 different specialized career training academies. Cosmetology is among the available applied...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Flexible
    Life Church, the second largest church in the U.S., has 15 locations throughout five states. A “wave wall” is included in the design of every new building and is retrofitted into...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Wausau
    Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. was chosen for three new projects on the University of Delaware’s campus, in Newark, each featuring Wausau window systems as part of the university...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    The 165,700-sf Cal Poly University Recreation Center at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif., opened in June to students, faculty, and the community...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Syntheon
    The Dimond Park Aquatic Center in Juneau, Alaska, has strict temperature requirements. The lap pool is maintained at 82°F, the leisure pool at 89°F, and the 20-person sauna at...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Construction on the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ Center for Architecture and Design was recently completed in Raleigh. The southern and northern...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Sefar
    A prominent feature of the interior of Wascosa’s headquarters in Lucerne, Switzerland, is a glass partition system in the rail transport company’s orange and gray corporate colors...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    The Yale School of Medicine West Campus, WB-24 Laboratory, New Haven, Conn., a renovation project that resulted in the delivery
    Whether in the corporate sector or in the academic realm, scientific research is a complex and highly competitive field. Because decisions of where and how to direct research ...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Bim Models (as In The Above Project) Have Evolved To A Level Of Information Beyond That Required For Production Of 2 D Documents
    For many of us who have participated in the rapid growth of BIM, It is tempting to see it as just one more technology development in the project delivery process, but its real...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Douglas Durst
    Nina Rappaport: How is your company organized, and what is your philosophy about development? Do you have a mantra or some basic guiding principles? Douglas Durst: We do have ...
    Dec. 10, 2012
    Classroom Exterior 0
    At Greenbuild 2012, Building Design+Construction sponsored the fabrication of a modular, energy-efficient classroom, which was displayed outside the North Hall of the Moscone ...
    Dec. 9, 2012
    The classrooms exterior cladding consisted of fiber cement boards of varying colors and textures from Nichiha. An abundance of
    At Greenbuild 2012, education and sustainability took center stage with the arrival of the SAGE modular classroom, designed and built by a team from Oregon. The demonstration ...
    Dec. 9, 2012
    This Free Form Floating Ceiling Uses Aluminum To Add Drama To Healthcare Think Tank
    Welcome to the third installment of Building Design+Construction’s “Great Solutions,” highlighting 14 innovative technologies and products that you can put to work in your next...
    Dec. 9, 2012