Architecture firms NELSON and H2L2 have combined operations, adding H2L2’s higher education and infrastructure practices to NELSON’s account management and service delivery platform, the Philadelphia-based companies announced.
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| Dec 9, 2014
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Nonresidential construction spending rebounds in October
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Frank Gehry creates fanciful brick façade for Australian business school
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