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Helmut Jahn Tower Planned for Chicago

Ground was recently broken on a $135-million, 41-story luxury condominium tower in Chicago's…

Card reader avoids necessity of swiping

No card swiping is necessary with this easy-to-install card reader. The device has a one-piece…

Detroit's MotorCity Casino to cash in with big expansion

A $275 million expansion of the existing MotorCity Casino in Detroit is under way. The project…

Materials costs ease but no reversal yet

Materials costs for nonresidential buildings are now almost 12% higher than the nearly steady…

Fort Carson, Colo., to get a new battalion headquarters

Greeley, Colo.-based Hensel Phelps Construction and RNL Design, Denver, are teaming to design-…

News Briefs

• New green building standard nears completion. A proposed new standard that will provide…

Tunnel vision

Designed to fit in small areas like entryways and bathrooms, tubular skylights feature a tube shaft…

Chicago dance company to get sustainable theater

Muntu, a company specializing in progressive interpretations of African and African-American…

News bits

Lighting calculator Web site offers free use of an online lighting software that allows…

Healthcare spending grows faster in 2006–07

Healthcare construction spending will increase 10.2% in 2006 and 13.7% in 2007 after a 7.8%…

Global economic outlook brightens

Economic growth in most of the rest of the world was much stronger this year than during 1999. But…

Viñoly strikes gold in England with new visual arts center

A crescent-shaped structure clad with gold-colored copper-alloy panels designed by New York-…

Earn AIA/CES credits!

2006 BD&C Webcast Schedule June 22 — Healthcare Facility Design…

Engineer John Yoon on the Sentry Switch lighting control system

Sentry Switch lighting control devices replace conventional wall switches to enable remote and…

Outdated office tower becomes Nashville's newest boutique hotel

A 1960s office tower in Nashville, Tenn., has been converted into a 248-room,…

Durable fixture

One-piece unitized aluminum casting with molded memory-retentive silicone gaskets and cast door…

Of energy and employee headaches

Reynolds Metals in Richmond, Va., decided to retrofit its outdated office lighting, utilizing…

San Francisco show promises illumination

With more than 400 exhibitors occupying 1,150 booths, Lightfair 2002 expects to draw more than…

Construction Specifications Institute

Construction Specifications Institute Date: April 9-11…

Ceramic tile register surprising price increase

There has not been a sustained increase in prices for ceramic floor and wall tile products for…