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Surging materials costs to ease

Nonresidential builders are reluctantly absorbing the sharply higher spot prices for…

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Pitt to spend $5.6 million replacing a three-year-old roof. The University of Pittsburgh…

'The Cell' ballpark in Chicago getsnation's largest permeable parking lot

More than 527,000 interlocking permeable pavement blocks make up parking lot L at US Cellular…

Multifamily starts off, but spending up

Although the number of multifamily housing units started so far during 2001 has fallen a bit…

Travel market revival boosts lodging spending

Construction spending for lodging has recovered to the highest level in two years after an…

More input sought on WTC disaster

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last month issued the first interim…

Coming or going?

Speed control is available in manual revolving doors that are easy to install. Featuring a new…

Operable curtain wall

Designed for applications up to 8 feet high, curtain-wall system features 2 1/2-in. sight lines and…

Moscow Will Soon be Home to Europe's Tallest Building

Federation Towers, a mixed-use development planned for Moscow, Russia, includes twin towers (…

Design/build at a crossroads

This year's Professional Design-Build (D/B) Conference, sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based…

Capital inflow keeps high vacancy rate from depressing the multifamily housing market

Developers are building multifamily units currently at a 340,000-per-year pace, down from the…

District must pay after project goes pffftt

An arbitrator has ruled that the Los Angeles Unified School District must pay $17 million in…

Jones secures loan, dodges German parent trap

Charlotte contracting giant J.A. Jones Inc. may not be reeling from the March bankruptcy of…

Omniplan completes second phase of Watermark Church master plan

Architecture firm Omniplan completed phase two construction of a 2,100-seat worship center for…

World of wonder

World of Concrete is an annual trade show of interest to building designers and contractors.…

Education spending up 14% this year, 11% increase expected in '07

Construction spending on education facilities rebounded to double-digit growth last fall,…

Southwest Virginia center to display regional art

The new Artisan Center of Southwest Virginia is intended to showcase local artisans and foster…

Manhattan's latest boutique hotel will be LEED Silver certified

                  N ew York-based…

SmithGroup's Rodrigo Manríquez on io Lighting’s Line Series 2.0 LED fixture

io Lighting’s Line Series 2.0 LED fixture is just two inches high and two inches deep,…

San Francisco could use green building in Treasure Island development

San Francisco may build a sustainable artificial island city on the existing Treasure Island…