February 2012

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Syracuse law school centergeared to meet university’s environmental goals Adaptive reuse transforms 114-year-old warehouse into loft apartments New base for Arizona State University...
Feb. 7, 2012
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New center at Northern Kentucky University promotes digital research New Jersey banks choose renovation to reinforce universal brand Following a devastating tornado, Georgia community...
Feb. 7, 2012
Total Construction Employment Stands At 5,544,000, Or 03% Higher Than A Month Earlier And 46,000 Higher Than December 2010
Construction employment increased in December 2011 by 17,000, driven by gains in nonresidential construction employment, according the Associated General Contractors of America...
Feb. 1, 2012
Nearly 400 traditionally styled, high-performance, low-maintenance windows with double-pane insulating glass were installed in t
Conventional windows have long been considered the weak link in the building envelope. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Program Multi-Year Program...
Feb. 1, 2012
A crew member uses a ruggedized tablet equipped with augmented reality software to visualize the BIM geometry of a complex stai
Over the past several years, as building information modeling has gained widespread acceptance in the design and construction sector, Building Teams have become increasingly adept...
Feb. 1, 2012
Wood Columns Made Of Parallel Strand Lumber Support The Steel Roof And Glass Curtain Wall Of Arena Stage In Washington, D c
Although wood is commonly used as a finish material in nonresidential buildings, more and more Building Teams are specifying wood as a structural material to accompany steel or...
Feb. 1, 2012
Building Owners Must Plan Ahead For Roof Replacement To Avoid Emergency Leak Remediation Expenses
No building owner wants to be caught unprepared by catastrophic roof failure. Emergency roof replacements tend to be more expensive than planned ones, and damage to interiors ...
Jan. 31, 2012
The Reconstruction Of The Modern Theatre Revived A City Landmark The Project Helped Reinvigorate Boston's Downtown Crossing
In the fall of 2008, Boston’s Modern Theatre looked anything but modern. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the landmark structure, located in the city’s Downtown...
Jan. 31, 2012
The Presidio Landmark Is One Of The Nations First Leed Certified Neighborhood Developments
When Perkins+Will was selected to rehabilitate and adaptively reuse San Francisco’s historic Presidio Landmark in 2004, it never occurred to Andrew Wolfram, AIA, LEED AP, that...
Jan. 31, 2012
Chapman Construction/Design, Based In Newton, Mass, Takes Pride In Its Close Knit, Team Oriented Culture
Inspiration. It can occur in the strangest of places and often when it’s least expected. For John C. Hall, the 55-year-old CEO of Chapman Construction/Design, Newton, Mass., inspiration...
Jan. 31, 2012
Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christis fusion facility combines academic departmentsnursing (above) and kinesiologywith recreat
An emerging design paradigm is having a major impact on the world of university campus planning and design—fusion facilities. As the name implies, fusion facilities bring together...
Jan. 31, 2012
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FxFowle announced the formation of a joint venture with CO Architects, a nationally recognized academic, research lab, and healthcare planning and design firm based in Los Angeles...
Jan. 17, 2012
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The partners of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) announced they are launching a new design studio as part of their West Coast practice. Leading the new studio are three...
Jan. 17, 2012
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FGM Architects has acquired SRBL Architects. All SRBL staff members joined FGM Architects Inc. effective January 3, 2012. During 2010 and 2011, FGM engaged in a firm-wide strategic...
Jan. 9, 2012
Uniting Fore Solutions and Thornton Tomasetti enables Thornton Tomasetti to address the sustainability requirements for any clie
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces the acquisition of Fore Solutions, a green building consulting firm that will allow Thornton Tomasetti to significantly...
Jan. 9, 2012
Doug Wignall, AIA, RAIC, LEED AP
Doug Wignall, AIA, RAIC, LEED AP has been named president of HDR Architecture, Inc., succeeding Merle Bachman, AIA, who retired on December 30, 2011. Wignall, a 20-year veteran...
Jan. 6, 2012
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Siemens Industry, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Pace Global Energy Services, LLC in Fairfax, Va. The acquisition of Pace Global supports Siemens strategic commitment to...
Jan. 4, 2012
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Shawmut Design and Construction has been awarded an extensive renovation contract involving three dormitory buildings at Brown University. The project will enhance the first-year...
Jan. 4, 2012
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Skanska USA has acquired the construction company Industrial Contractors Inc. and its affiliated companies, based in Evansville, Ind., for $135 million. Industrial Contractors...
Jan. 4, 2012
The design of the hospital takes inspiration from the architecture of Toronto, following clean rectilinear lines and using prima
HDR was selected to design Humber River’s new 1.7-million-sf hospital in Toronto. The hospital will be the largest acute care hospital in the greater Toronto area and the first...
Jan. 4, 2012
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Global architecture and design firm Callison has acquired New York-based Barteluce Architects & Associates. The move expands Callison’s luxury retail client base and strengthens...
Jan. 3, 2012
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Oakland, California-based VDK Architects, an architecture firm specializing in the Science & Technology market sector, has merged with Harley Ellis Devereaux, a nationally...
Jan. 3, 2012
The University of Texas at Dallas new LEED Platinum Student Services Building, which was the recipient of this year's Innovatio
The U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools, working in conjunction with its founding sponsor, United Technologies Corp., released its inaugural Best of Green Schools...
Dec. 27, 2011
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The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Chicago) and the AIA Chicago Foundation announced that Tristan d’Estree Sterk, AIA, is the winner of the 2011 ...
Dec. 21, 2011
A unique and valuable aspect of the document is to identify several of the most common issues, pitfalls and challenges that BCA
The Building Commissioning Association (BCA) officially released its New Construction Building Commissioning Best Practices. This publicly available document is applicable to ...
Dec. 20, 2011
Designed by an architectural team headed by Jeanne Gang, principal of Studio/Gang Architects, Aqua already holds two highly-este
The architecturally distinguished mixed-use Aqua tower that anchors Magellan Development Group’s Lakeshore East neighborhood has captured its third and the community’s fourth ...
Dec. 19, 2011