Callison, Stantec, Gensler top Building Design+Construction's 2013 ranking of the largest retail architecture and architecture/engineering firms in the United States.

Jacobs, AECOM, Henderson Engineers top Building Design+Construction's 2013 ranking of the largest retail engineering and engineering/architecture firms in the United States.

Retail rentals and occupancy are finally on the rise after a long stretch in the doldrums. 

Shawmut, Whiting-Turner, PCL top Building Design+Construction's 2013 ranking of the largest retail contractor and construction management firms in the United States.

Paul Barter has been named Vice President and Group Leader of Commercial Consulting Engineering at ESD (Environmental Systems Design, Inc.), an international leader in the consulting-engineering design of high performance building systems. 

Although I am encouraged to see BIM for O+M mandates coming from building owners, I can’t help but feel we’re overlooking a very important part of the handover process: making O+M information easily accessible.

Colleges must become more nimble, entrepreneurial, student-focused, and accountable for what students learn, according to Steven Mintz, Executive Director of the University of Texas system’s Institute for Transformational Learning. Mintz offers 15 innovations in higher education. 

A disappointing recovery of the U.S. economy is limiting need for new nonresidential building activity, said AIA Chief Economist, Kermit Baker in the AIA's semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, released today. As a result, AIA reduced its projections for 2013 spending to 2.3%.