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    Rainscreen system installed at the west building expansion of the University of Arizonas Meinel Optical Sciences Center in Tucs
    Until recently, it has been lighting, mechanical, and control system upgrades which have received the most attention in the green building movement. At long last, the industry...
    Dec. 10, 2011
    When the glazing system windows are open, horizontal twin ball-bearing runner carriages with a high load-bearing capacity keep s
    What if you could squeeze a few dozen extra square feet of usable space out of an existing apartment or condo unit? Instead of unsightly balconies that often store bicycles and...
    Dec. 10, 2011
    Share Point360 Was Used To Manage The Renovation And Expansion Of Three Community Colleges
    Two innovations—program manager Gafcon’s SharePoint360 project management platform and a new BIM “wall creator” add-on developed by ClarkDietrich Building Systems for use with...
    Dec. 10, 2011
    MHTN Architects, based in Salt Lake City since 1923, is one of the largest design firms in Utah. It was the first Utah-based des
    At 65 employees, MHTN Architects is one of the largest architecture firms in Utah, which it has been serving from its base in Salt Lake City since 1923. That devotion to service...
    Dec. 9, 2011
    HMC Architects was founded as a small studio in Ontario, Calif., in 1940. Since then, it has grown into a major player in healthcare, education (K-12 and higher ed), government...
    Dec. 9, 2011
    Staff meeting at one of Genslers 40 offices. The design giants talent development program is aimed at meeting the career needs
    While Gensler may be the largest architecture firm in the U.S. by revenue ($657 million in 2010, according to BD+C's Giants 300 rankings), the firm doesn't let its size get in...
    Dec. 9, 2011
    Senior living tower in Milwaukee combines lakefront luxury, urban flare Okanagan College hosts largest PV array in western Canada West Chelsea art gallery exposes the old to create...
    Dec. 9, 2011
    Chapman Construction/Design professionals on the job. Commercial interiors make up 80% of its work. Nearly half the firms staff
    Based in Newton, Mass., Chapman Construction/Design is a 54-person firm specializing in sustainable construction management and consulting services for corporate, education, and...
    Dec. 9, 2011
    Orange County children’s hospital raising new state-of-the-art patient tower Washington-based active-wear company plans sustainable global headquarters Boise, Idaho, to welcome...
    Dec. 9, 2011
    EYP Architecture & Engineering designers review drawings for a historic preservation project. The firms in-house education foru
    With annual revenues above $60 million and a staff of 300 working out of six offices—Albany, N.Y., Boston, Greenville, S.C., New York City, Orlando, and Washington, D.C.—EYP Architectur...
    Dec. 9, 2011
    Bringing together the community, school districts, corporations and volunteers, The Green Schoolhouse Series, in collaboration with Cause and Effect Evolutions and Washington ...
    Dec. 1, 2011
    The stalled projects website helps address one of the persistent impediments facing the design and construction sector, which ac
    The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced that it has launched an online database that will let developers and architects network with investors interested in ...
    Nov. 29, 2011
    The 65th Street Lincoln Center pavilion in New York earned national recognition in the 2011 Innovative Design in Engineering and
    The 65th Street Lincoln Center pavilion in New York, a multi-use project housing Lincoln restaurant, the new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the Laurie Tisch Illumination...
    Nov. 9, 2011
    University of Iowa, Hawkeye Arena Always looking for opportunities to recycle materials that would otherwise end up in the lan
    Sika Sarnafil has won the Plastics Recycling Technologies and Applications Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers. Sika's PVC recycling program is designed to recover...
    Nov. 9, 2011
    CSI provides a uniform structure for manufacturers to report the sustainable characteristics of their products through GreenForm
    The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and ICC Evaluation Service, LLC (ICC-ES), today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the...
    Nov. 4, 2011
    More than 6,000 submissions for projects located in 146 countries entered the Holcim Awards which aims to promote sustainable re
    The winners of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects and visions from North America have been announced. A total of $300,000 was...
    Nov. 1, 2011