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Hotel Facilities
A guitar-shaped hotel is South Floridaās latest beacon
The worldās first guitar-shaped hotel, with a price tag estimated at $1.5 billion, opened inā¦
Retail Centers
Worldās first drive-thru only restaurant in Australia
As more customers begin to order food through online channels, a new KFC pilot project in Newcastleā¦
Government Buildings
The Washington Monument reopens with a new visitor center
The project, ostensibly, seems minuscule compared with the imposing structure to which itāsā¦
Reconstruction Awards
Linode Headquarters: High-tech + historic
Christopher Aker, CEO of cloud-hosting company Linode, could have built a new headquarters anywhereā¦
Great Solutions
Skanska designs personal protective equipment tailor-made for the female workforce
The number of women in the construction industry is growing. According to the Institute for Womenāsā¦
Building Team
Autodesk and AGC to provide construction industry with custom-fitting safety harnesses for women
According to theĀ Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationĀ (OSHA), falls are the leading causeā¦
Codes and Standards
National Infrastructure Performance Council to address ānational security crisisā
A new advocacy group, the National Infrastructure Performance Council, has been launched with theā¦
Airports
$1B terminal opens at New Orleans International Airport
After seven years of design and planning work, the new North Terminal at Louis Armstrong Newā¦
Codes and Standards
Major cities are adopting new building performance standards
Three large jurisdictions adopted Building Performance Standards (BPS) policies in 2019, and moreā¦
Codes and Standards
U.S. hotel construction pipeline continues its year-over-year growth
In its fall report, buoyed by a steady consumer-driven economy, analysts at Lodging Econometrics (ā¦
Are you creating a culture that is toxic to innovation?
Since removing impediments and barriers that contribute to unhealthy business practices isā¦
Reconstruction Awards
Woolworth Tower Residences: What a view!
Upon its completion, in 1913, the Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world.ā¦
Codes and Standards
New retrofit design guide for metal roofing published
The Metal Construction Association (MCA) has published a new design guide, "Retrofit Metal Roofingā¦
Cultural Facilities
āThe Whaleā will be an arctic attraction 185 miles north of the Arctic Circle
Andenes, Norway, approximately 185 miles north of the Arctic Circle, is one of the best places inā¦
Multifamily Housing
The Peloton Wars, Part III - More alternatives for apartment building owners
The other morning I had a pleasant tour with architect Ken DeMuth of Pappageorge Haymes Partnersā¦
Building Tech
Pittsburgh is developing a one-stop-shop campus for additive manufacturing and 3D printing
Late last month, the Allegheny County Airport Authority revealed that its 195-acre Pittsburghā¦
Codes and Standards
New York City among the top hotel construction pipelines in the United States
In the most recent Lodging Econometrics (LE) Construction Pipeline Trend report on New York City,ā¦
Sustainability
South Korea plans to build three hydrogen-powered cities by 2022
South Korea has announced its intentions on creating three hydrogen-powered cities by 2022. Theā¦
Reconstruction Awards
2019 Reconstruction Awards: The 1060 Project at Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field, the second-oldest baseball stadium in the country, opened in 1914. Soon after theā¦
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Rainscreens for longer-lasting homes
Water-resistant barriers (WRBās) that keep the sheathing dry have been part of the residentialā¦
