January 2013

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Chicago Metallic’s linear metal ceiling systems allow Building Teams to carry their intended designs from the interior to the exterior, while offering a variety of performance...
Jan. 4, 2013
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Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, with a new 22,720-sf headquarters at the Waukesha County (Wis.) Airport. Built by Anderson-Ashton Inc., a Butler Builder in New Berlin, Wis....
Jan. 4, 2013
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At California State University, Fullerton, the athletic department was looking for customized lockers to accommodate taller athletes participating in basketball and volleyball...
Jan. 4, 2013
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At department store chain Dillard’s distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas, maintenance manager Roger Tudor was looking for a way to keep interior temperatures down, especially...
Jan. 4, 2013
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The Prairie Hills Junior High School in Markham, Ill., is a brand new 200,000-sf school designed to accommodate more than a thousand students in the district. It features a glazed...
Jan. 4, 2013
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One of the largest solar electric power-generation systems in New York State is located in Yonkers on the roof of i.Park Hudson, a technology, office, and industrial complex owned...
Jan. 4, 2013
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Built in 1907, the Muscatine County Courthouse in Iowa recently underwent a series of renovations and upgrades, becoming one of only a handful of courthouses in the U.S. to earn...
Jan. 4, 2013
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The original cladding for the nine-story Silver Creek Resort’s location in Snowshoe, W. Va., was not proving well in holding up against the region’s snow and other wet weather...
Jan. 4, 2013
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The Dennis (Mass.) Union Church had been serving that Cape Cod community for nearly 200 years when a building committee came together to decide on how best to treat the church...
Jan. 4, 2013
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The new U.S. Departures Terminal at Edmonton (Alb.) International Airport features 118,400 sf of retail and restaurant space that offers an outdoor-like urban dining environment...
Jan. 4, 2013
To maximize daylight and views for the children, alternating windows of the first-floor classrooms were changed into glazed door
Empty churches and shuttered parochial schools are scattered throughout neighborhoods in many older U.S. cities, and Chicago is no exception. Meanwhile, many daycare providers...
Jan. 3, 2013
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“BIM not just for new buildings” January 2012How the Ohio State University Medical Center converted 55 existing buildings from AutoCAD to BIM to improve quality and speed of decision...
Jan. 3, 2013
Dana Strand Senior Apartments, a 100-unit New Urbanism complex in Los Angeles, designed by KTGY Architects for ROEM Development
With more than 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, the demographics are smiling on the senior housing market segment. Although the overwhelming majority of boomers will ...
Jan. 3, 2013
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Building Teams and their clients tend to think of a decorative concrete contractor as just another trade to be fit into the construction schedule, preferably at the lowest possible...
Jan. 3, 2013
The only freestanding dining facility on the main University of Houston campus, the 25,000-sf Cougar Woods Dining Hall is a glas
Institutions of higher learning are investing heavily in new facilities—student unions, dining facilities, residence halls, and the like—that address the non-academic side of ...
Jan. 2, 2013
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Total global investment in data centers is expected to slow down somewhat this year but still increase at a respectable 14.3%, according to DCD Intelligence. Total worldwide spending...
Jan. 2, 2013
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The construction sector in the nine states with 50% of construction employment was up 169,000 jobs from February to September 2012, following a lost of 137,000 jobs from September...
Jan. 2, 2013
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New York City lags behind other large cities in recycling with only 15% of residential trash being recycled. A new bill passed by the City Council aims to improve the rate by ...
Dec. 13, 2012
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The District of Columbia has released a revised set of building codes to make it a leader in green construction. Under the new codes, new buildings will use 30% less energy than...
Dec. 13, 2012
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LPCiminelli, a New York-based construction firms, has established an office in Manhattan to serve the New York City metropolitan area.  The company, which is headquartered...
Dec. 13, 2012
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Roger Soto recently joined Ziegler Cooper as Senior Principal and Director of Design. Soto will oversee design efforts, bringing a high level of quality and problem solving capabilities...
Dec. 6, 2012