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Building Materials | Aug 28, 2015
Structural steel buildings specification available for second public review
Next year's specification open for comments until Sept. 21
Sponsored | Building Materials | Jul 29, 2015
Glulam provides aesthetic, structural, and safety solution for Appleton Mills project
The Appleton Mills complex includes 5 million square feet of space, with an original structure built in the 1870s and another building added in 1906
Sponsored | | Jul 24, 2015
Nature in Design: The Biophilia Effect
The preference for nature has a name: biophilia, which literally means “love of life.”
Building Materials | Jun 12, 2015
Construction materials prices up in May, down year-over-year
Prices for inputs to construction industries rose by 1.1% in May—the largest month-over-month increase in more than two years.
Fire and Life Safety | May 27, 2015
7 bold applications and innovations for fire and life safety
BD+C’s roundup features colorful sprinklers for offices, hotels, museums; a fire-rated curtain wall at a transit hub in Manhattan; a combination CO/smoke detector; and more.
BIM and Information Technology | May 27, 2015
4 projects honored with AIA TAP Innovation Awards for excellence in BIM and project delivery
Morphosis Architects' Emerson College building in Los Angeles and the University of Delaware’s ISE Lab are among the projects honored by AIA for their use of BIM/VDC tools.
Sponsored | Building Materials | May 19, 2015
The BYU Life Sciences Building draws inspiration from tectonic forms
Strong, lightweight ALPOLIC materials honor the rugged Wasatch Mountains while standing up to the forces that created them.
Contractors | Apr 29, 2015
Construction costs are expected to remain soft through fall of 2015
Labor and materials haven’t appreciated this year through April, according to market analyst IHS.
Wood | Apr 26, 2015
Building wood towers: How high is up for timber structures?
The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad. But Building Teams around the world are starting to use more large-scale structural wood systems.
