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Adaptive Reuse

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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Building Owners

Aug 11, 2010

Burt Hill, HOK top BD+C's ranking of the nation's 100 largest university design firms

A ranking of the Top 100 University Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
Aug 11, 2010

PBK, DLR Group among nation's largest K-12 school design firms, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report

A ranking of the Top 75 K-12 School Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
Aug 11, 2010

UC Irvine to host design innovation symposium October 1, 2009

WHO:  UC Irvine Design & Construction Services (D&CS); building industry leaders WHAT:  …
Aug 11, 2010

WHR Architects’ Cadenhead Presents at Design + Health Congress in Singapore on Trends in Critical Care

Houston, TX — Charles Cadenhead FAIA, FACHA, Senior Principal at WHR Architects will join an…
Aug 11, 2010

Australian water expert Dr. Jim Gill to keynote WaterSmart Innovations Conference, Oct. 7-9, Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (June 29) – Dr. Jim Gill, inaugural chairman of Water Australia and past CEO of the Water…
Aug 11, 2010

AGC unveils comprehensive plan to revive the construction industry

The Associated General Contractors of America unveiled a new plan today designed to revive the nation’s construction industry. The plan, “Build Now for the Future: A Blueprint for Economic Growth,” is designed to reverse predictions that construction activity will continue to shrink through 2010, crippling broader economic growth.
Aug 11, 2010

High-profit design firms invest in in-house training

Forty-three percent of high-profit architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms have in-house training staff, according to a study by ZweigWhite. The 2008-2009 Successful Firm Survey reports that only 36% of firms overall have in-house training staff. In addition, 52% of high-profit firms use an online training system or service.
Aug 11, 2010

Architectural firms Durrant and SmithGroup selected to design Denver Police Crime Lab

PHOENIX, Ariz. (June 24, 2009) — Durrant and SmithGroup have been selected by the City and County…
Aug 11, 2010

Zweig Letter's 2009 Hot Firm List of Fastest-growing Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Firms

WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS- Management consulting and research firm ZweigWhite has identified the 200…
Aug 11, 2010

Report: Fraud levels fall for construction industry, but companies still losing $6.4 million on average

The global construction, engineering and infrastructure industry saw a significant decline in fraud activity with companies losing an average of $6.4 million over the last three years, according to the latest edition of the Kroll Annual Global Fraud Report, released today at the Association of Corporate Counsel’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Boston. This new figure represents less than half of last year’s amount of $14.2 million.
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