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San Jose breaks ground on airport terminals

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Education spending held back a year

Post-recession government belt tightening and reduced donations and several years of…

LA to get a mixed-use community

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MGM Mirage Approves $7 Billion Project CityCenter

  MGM Mirage Inc.'s board of directors has approved the $7 billion first phase construction…

News Briefs

• Many consumers still think cars and trucks create the most pollution. Shelton Group’s Energy…

Coral limestone quarry become site for U.S. embassy

Suman Sorg, architect for the new U.S. embassy in Barbados, took her design cue not from the…

News Briefs

• Claim of found Freedom Tower blueprints sparks probe.Officials at the Port Authority of New…

Church steeple doubles as a cellular antenna

Cellular antennas have become a pesky source of mayhem to architectural landscapes in nearly…

Rising demand may enliven office sector

The national office vacancy rate increased 0.8% to 16.4% in the first quarter of 2003, but…

Two of three planned luxury condo towers open in Irvine, Calif.

Two of the three towers designed for the Plaza Irvine in Irvine, Calif., have been completed.…

People/firms

Mergers and acquisitions Fort Worth, Texas-based Carter & Burgess Inc.'s Boston office…

Smart thinking

When Lubrizol Corp. of Wickliffe, Ohio, wanted to upgrade its alarm system while maintaining its…

Construction forecast

A summary of CMD Group's North American Construction Forecast is now available. The conference…

News bits

Free steel design tool may help save money Available as a free download from American Institute of…

North Miami to get a new high school

The City of North Miami and Miami-Dade County Public Schools have broken ground on the 165,000…

No June swoon for construction industry employment rate

Employment in the U.S. construction industry increased for only the second time in the past 15…

Davoren joins BD+C editorial board

Peter J. Davoren, president and CEO of Turner Construction Co., has joined Building Design+…

Contractors seek claims from Disney project

The filing of claims by contractors after the completion of a major project is not unexpected…

Kirei USA's Kirei Board

Kirei Board is an engineered panel constructed from the stalks of sorghum (a member of the…

Projects awarded

Scheduled for a 2006 opening, the 790-room Westin Convention Center Seaport Hotel is under…