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Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, centerpiece of innovation hub, opens

The recently opened Michigan Central Station in Detroit is the centerpiece of a 30-acre technology and cultural hub that will include development of urban transportation solutions. The six-year adaptive reuse project of the 640,000 sf historic station, created by the same architect as New York’s Grand Central Station, is the latest sign of a reinvigorating Detroit.




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Top 45 Parking Structure Engineering Firms for 2023

Walker Consultants, Kimley-Horn, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, KPFF Consulting Engineers, and Walter P Moore head BD+C's ranking of the nation's largest parking structure engineering and engineering/architecture (EA) firms for 2023, as reported in the 2023 Giants 400 Report.  

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Transportation & Parking Facilities

Sep 4, 2013

Augmented reality goes mainstream: 12 applications for design and construction firms

Thanks to inexpensive mobile devices and increasingly advanced software apps, Building Teams are finally able to bring their BIM models to life on the job site. 

Sep 3, 2013

Delinquency rate for commercial real estate loans at lowest level in three years

The delinquency rate for US commercial real estate loans in CMBS dropped for the third straight month to 8.38%. This represents a 10-basis-point drop since July's reading and a 175-basis-point improvement from a year ago. 

Aug 30, 2013

Local Government Report [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Building Design+Construction's rankings of the nation's largest local government design and construction firms, as reported in the 2013 Giants 300 Report.  

Aug 30, 2013

State Government Report [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Stantec, Jacobs, PCL Construction among nation's top state government design and construction firms, according to BD+C's 2013 Giants 300 Report.

Aug 28, 2013

Federal Government Report [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Building Design+Construction's rankings of the nation's largest federal government design and construction firms, as reported in the 2013 Giants 300 Report.  

Aug 26, 2013

What you missed last week: Architecture billings up again; record year for hotel renovations; nation's most expensive real estate markets

BD+C's roundup of the top construction market news for the week of August 18 includes the latest architecture billings index from AIA and a BOMA study on the nation's most and least expensive commercial real estate markets. 

Aug 22, 2013

Energy-efficient glazing technology [AIA Course]

This course discuses the latest technological advances in glazing, which make possible ever more efficient enclosures with ever greater glazed area.

Aug 14, 2013

Green Building Report [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Building Design+Construction's rankings of the nation's largest green design and construction firms. 

Jul 29, 2013

2013 Giants 300 Report

The editors of Building Design+Construction magazine present the findings of the annual Giants 300 Report, which ranks the leading firms in the AEC industry.

Jul 18, 2013

Top Local Government Sector Construction Firms [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Turner, Clark Group, PCL top Building Design+Construction's 2013 ranking of the largest local government sector contractor and construction management firms in the U.S.

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