flexiblefullpage
billboard
interstitial1
catfish1
Currently Reading

6 must reads for the AEC industry today: May 15, 2020

Market Data

6 must reads for the AEC industry today: May 15, 2020

Nonresidential construction employment sees record loss and Twitter will keep all of its office space.


By BD+C Editors | May 15, 2020


1. KPF designs three-building San Jose office campus (BD+C) 
"The project will be adjacent to Google's planned eight million square foot transit village and Diridon Station."

2. Nonresidential construction employment sees record loss in April (ABC) 
"The construction unemployment rate was 16.6% in April, up 11.9 percentage points from the same time last year."

3. European cities to revamp transportation after pandemic reopening (BD+C)  
"In Milan, the city core will be partly remodeled to turn over 22 miles of road space previously used by cars to bikes and pedestrians. Cars in the city center will be required to adhere to a new, reduced 30 kilometers per hour speed limit."

4. ‘Too early to write the epitaph’ for office real estate, UBS analyst says (CNBC) 
"In a new forecast, CBRE predicts that after hitting $35.66 per square foot per year in the first quarter of 2020, the average office rent will hit a low of $33.23 in the fourth quarter and then gradually recover by the first quarter of 2022."

5. Class A meet plan B: How the coronavirus could impact NYC’s newly built office space (Commercial Observer)
"The outlook for new office space just got a whole lot more complicated."

6. Twitter Says It’s Keeping All Its Office Space, Despite Forever Work-From-Home Policy (Bisnow)
"Twitter may be allowing all its employees to work from home forever, but it doesn't have any plans to reduce its office footprint, the company told Bisnow Thursday."

 

Related Stories

Market Data | Jul 27, 2020

6 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 27, 2020

Customized labs give universities a recruiting edge and the U.S. construction pipeline remains robust through the first half of 2020.

Market Data | Jul 27, 2020

The U.S. construction pipeline remains robust through the first half of 2020, despite pandemic

Projects currently under construction stand at 1,771 projects/235,467 rooms, up 3% and 1% respectively, YOY.

Market Data | Jul 24, 2020

5 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 24, 2020

North Carolina will stop relying on FEMA flood mapping and Cal Poly Pomona's newest project.

Market Data | Jul 23, 2020

New LEED guidance from USGBC helps cities and communities expand resilience efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Credits integrate public health and social equity with sustainability planning.

Market Data | Jul 23, 2020

6 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 23, 2020

Skanska selects Pickard Chilton to design new ofice tower and days grow long at nursing homes as virus lockdowns drag on.

Market Data | Jul 22, 2020

6 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 22, 2020

Phase one of Toronto's The Orbit detailed and architecture billings remains in negative territory.

Market Data | Jul 21, 2020

Nonresidential building spending to decline through 2021

The commercial building sector is expected to be the hardest hit.

Market Data | Jul 21, 2020

7 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 21, 2020

Abandoned high-rise becomes mixed-use luxury apartments and researchers are developing anti-coronavirus tech for buildings.

Market Data | Jul 20, 2020

Construction employment rises from May to June in 31 states, slips in 18

Recent data from Procore on jobsite workers’ hours indicates employment may have leveled off.

Market Data | Jul 20, 2020

6 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 20, 2020

Never waste a crisis and robotic parking systems help developers optimize parking amenities.

boombox1
boombox2
native1

More In Category




Giants 400

Top 100 Architecture Engineering Firms for 2024

Stantec, HDR, Page, HOK, and Arcadis North America top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest architecture engineering (AE) firms for nonresidential building and multifamily housing work, as reported in BD+C's 2024 Giants 400 Report.

halfpage1

Most Popular Content

  1. 2021 Giants 400 Report
  2. Top 150 Architecture Firms for 2019
  3. 13 projects that represent the future of affordable housing
  4. Sagrada Familia completion date pushed back due to coronavirus
  5. Top 160 Architecture Firms 2021