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Multifamily Housing
Courthouse becomes mixed-income housing development
Courthouse Lofts has officially completed in Worcester, Mass. The project is the certified historic…
Contractors
RC Andersen Construction to join the STO Building Group
Today the STO Building Group and RC Andersen Construction announced the two firms have joined ranks…
Codes and Standards
Fact sheets offer strategies to improve indoor air quality in schools
The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council released a series of fact sheets…
Market Data
One-fifth of metro areas lost construction jobs between September 2020 and 2021
Nearly one-fifth of U.S. metro areas lost construction jobs between September 2020 and September…
Codes and Standards
Rapid acceleration of affordable housing development expected over next five years
Affordable housing development is expected to soar over the next five years, according to housing…
High-rise Construction
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt completes in NYC
Snøhetta and SL Green Realty Corp. have recently unveiled SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, the new four-story…
Architects
What rugby can teach us about designing the workspace of the future
In a 1986 Harvard Business Review article, “The New New Product Development Game,” Hirotaka…
Healthcare Facilities
Key design considerations for designing the smart patient room
Most of us have fully integrated technology into our lifestyles with smartphones, smartwatches,…
Contractors
Building profits: Working with a construction-cost manager
Truth be told, for all parties involved in a construction project, it’s the bottom line that's the…
Market Data
Construction spending slumps in September
Total construction spending declined in September for the first time since February, as both…
Codes and Standards
New bird-friendly technical design guide released
The National Glass Association (NGA) has released a new guide to bird-friendly technical design.…
Mass Timber
A new mixed-used building in L.A. could set the stage for greater mass timber use for western construction
A building team that includes Santa Monica, Calif.-based developer Redcar Properties, Portland, Ore…
Data Centers
Construction begins on Facebook’s Mesa Data Center
Facebook’s new 960,000-sf data center has broken ground in Mesa, Ariz. The $800 million project…
Adaptive Reuse
CallisonRTKL explores converting decommissioned cruise ships for housing
In 2020, a record number of cruise ships were decommissioned, sold, or sent to a scrapyard. Due to…
Balancing beauty, dignity, and safety in behavioral health facilities
A critical challenge in behavioral health design is the need to balance aesthetics, dignity and…
Codes and Standards
World’s first chief heat officer tackles how to protect Miamians from extreme heat
Jane Gilbert, Miami-Dade County’s chief heat officer, the world’s first government official to hold…
Museums
Rowan University’s new fossil museum sits within an active dinosaur fossil dig
The new Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park and Museum has broken ground on the Rowan University…
Contractors
A grim Market Outlook foresees more shortages that impede construction
The good news: the cargo and transportation snags that have encumbered building material…
Hotel Facilities
Marriott leads with the largest U.S. hotel construction pipeline at Q3 2021 close
According to the third quarter report by analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE), the franchise…
Headquarters
Florida’s Seagate Development Group tackles design-build projects from a developer’s vantage
On October 21, Fort Myers, Fla.-based Seagate Development Group announced that it would develop,…
