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Two veteran structural engineers give you the lowdown on how to trim costs the next time you build with steel.

The San Diego Community College District's $1.555 billion construction program continues with groundbreaking for a 6,000-sf police substation and an 828-space, four-story parking structure at San Diego Miramar College.

A 31,000-sf expansion is planned for the Woburn (Mass.) Public Library, an 18,000-sf facility…

A Building Team preserves the historic facade of a Broadway theater en route to creating the first green playhouse on the Great White Way.

With more than 250 LEED projects in the works, Enermodal Engineering is Canada's most prolific green building consulting firm. In 2007, with the firm outgrowing its home office in Kitchener, Ont., the decision was made go all out with a new green building. The goal: triple Platinum for New Construction, Commercial Interiors, and Existing Buildings: O&M.

New federal data released recently shows sharp increases in the prices of key construction materials like diesel, copper and brass mill shapes likely foreshadow future increases in construction costs, the Associated General Contractors of America said. The new November producer price index (PPI) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provide the strongest indication yet that construction prices are heading up, the association noted.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2009 Conference, "Evolution of the…

  BETHESDA, MD., June 25, 2009 – The EPDM Roofing Association (ERA) announced the hiring of Ellen…