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Insights for working well in a hybrid world

GBBN Principal and Interior Designer Beth Latto, NCIDQ, LEED AP, ID+C, WELL AP, share a few takeaways, insights, and lessons learned from a recent Post Occupancy Evaluation of the firm's Cincinnati, Ohio, office.


MFPRO+ Special Reports

Top 10 trends in affordable housing

Among affordable housing developers today, there’s one commonality tying projects together: uncertainty. AEC firms share their latest insights and philosophies on the future of affordable housing in BD+C's 2023 Multifamily Annual Report.



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Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has severly impacted the $800 billion U.S. commercial and institutional construction industry. Since March 2020, Building Design+Construction has dedicated significant editorial resources to research and report on breaking news, industry reports, and trends and innovations related to COVID-19 and its short- and long-term impacts on the nation's architecture, engineering, construction, and building owner/developer firms.

This news channel includes more than 100 coronavirus-related news posts. For more coronavirus news, check out our newsfeed: COVID-19 and real estate: How the coronavirus is impacting the AEC industry.

Coronavirus | Apr 16, 2020

COVID-19: Pennsylvania building products supplier raises $1.2 million for Pittsburgh-area food bank

Pennsylvania building products supplier raises $1.2 million for Pittsburgh-area food bank.

Coronavirus | Apr 15, 2020

How has your work been impacted by COVID-19?

The SMPS Foundation and Building Design+Construction are studying the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the ability to attain and retain clients and conduct projects, along with other consequences.

Coronavirus | Apr 15, 2020

COVID-19 alert: 93% of renters in professionally managed multifamily housing paid some or all of their rent, says NMHC

In its second survey of 11.5 million units of professionally managed apartment units across the country, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) found that 84% of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by April 12, up 15 percentage points from April 5.

Coronavirus | Apr 15, 2020

DCAMM teams with SLAM and Gilbane Building Company to re-occupy Newton Pavilion for temporary quarantine of homeless during COVID-19 pandemic

First and only quarantine shelter in Boston-area to convert a shuttered hospital for homeless patient occupancy.

Coronavirus | Apr 15, 2020

3D printing finds its groove fabricating face shields during COVID-19 crisis

The architecture firm Krueck + Sexton is producing 100 shields for a Chicago-area hospital.

Coronavirus | Apr 14, 2020

COVID-19 alert: Missouri’s first Alternate Care Facility ready for coronavirus patients

Missouri’s first Alternate Care Facility ready for coronavirus patients

Coronavirus | Apr 13, 2020

COVID-19 alert: City conducts a 'virtual building inspection' to allow Starbucks and bank to open

Bothell, Wash., issues a certificate of occupancy to developer after inspecting the property online. 

Coronavirus | Apr 13, 2020

Construction layoffs spread rapidly as coronavirus shuts down projects, in contrast to job gains through February in most metros

Association officials urge quick enactment of infrastructure investment, relief for hard-hit firms and pensions in order to save jobs in construction and supplier industries.

Coronavirus | Apr 12, 2020

How prefab can enable the design and construction industry to bring much needed beds to hospitals, faster

The outbreak of COVID-19 represents an unprecedented test for the global healthcare system. Managing the pandemic—and saving lives—depends largely on the availability of medical supplies, including the capacity of hospitals. But the United States lags behind other nations, with only 2.8 beds per thousand people compared to 4.3 in China and 12.8 in South Korea.

Coronavirus | Apr 10, 2020

HGA and The Boldt Company devise a prefabricated temporary hospital to manage surge capacity during a viral crisis

A STAAT Mod system can be ready to receive patients in less than a month.

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