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Plotting speed, quality to recover costs

Architects and engineers today still depend on paper to distribute their finished products to…

Record highs for steel prices

In the midst of a potential U.S. recession, steel prices are breaking records according to…

Plastic pipe spec sheets

A newly updated revision of specifications has been released by the Plastic Pipe and Fittings…

Design-Builders Capture Third Great Lakes Naval Project

A three-firm design-build team has been awarded its third project at the Great Lakes (Ill.)…

News Briefs

• USGBC will collect performance data on all LEED buildings. The U.S. Green Building Council…

Condos going up in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood

Construction work has begun on the 30,500-sf, five-story Converge Condominiums in Chicago's…

Active year ahead for federal construction

Federal government agencies expect to conduct a healthy volume of building construction in the 2001…

The rewards of green retailing

Best known for shaving per-square-foot costs to the bone, retail owners have rarely displayed…

People+Firms: N.Y.-based JRS Architect has acquired Soffes Wood Inc.

• Mineola, N.Y.-based JRS Architect has acquired Soffes Wood Inc., a full-service design firm…

Roofing contractors optimistic for 2002

The National Roofing Contractors Association's (NRCA) Annual Market Survey revealed a 10.8%…

Chronicles update

Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, Wash. Building team prepares sub packages for…

Chicago leads the blooming green roof market

The installation of vegetated roofs in North America increased by 30% between 2006 and '07,…

NEWS BRIEFS

NYC eyes Stock Exchange tower. Left without a developer, the city of New York may…

Green office complex under way in Sin City

Construction has commenced on a six-story, 187,000-sf LEED-registered office building in Las…

New Jersey's high-tech landscaping facility

Designed to enhance the use of science and technology in Bergen County Special…

San Francisco gets its largest hospitality addition in 19 years

San Francisco-based Webcor Builders recently put the finishing touches on the 32-story…

Solar wall

Used as a substitute for traditional glass curtain wall systems to form the outer building envelope…

Correction to the Design/Construct 300 listing

A misplaced decimal point resulted in an incorrect ranking for a firm in the Engineers…

Materials/supplies prices ebb

The Labor Department's composite measure of average prices for the entire range of…

Geode gives engineers a 17-surface puzzle

The development of plans for a large geode was clearly the most challenging assignment for McNamara…