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Flameless water and gas install for Noah’s Ark
Located in Williamstown, Ky., the Ark Encounter, a 510-foot long wooden boat, is designed to be a…
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Fire resistive blast and ballistic glass walls in high security facilities
Project: Public Safety Facility in the East CoastArchitect: Skidmore Owings & MerrillGlazing…
Healthcare Facilities
Rapid growth of retail health clinics presents new choices for consumers, payers, and providers
Retail health clinics, which have been around since 2001, and until recently have been profit…
Museums
Construction begins on new and expanded International Spy Museum in Washington D.C.
The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., will be moving next year. If you want the new…
Codes and Standards
Feds publish framework for evaluating public-private partnerships
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently published an Economic Framework for Comparing Public-…
AEC Tech
Driverless cars could soon start impacting commercial, retail project design
Driverless cars could have an impact on the design of commercial and retail projects a lot sooner…
Codes and Standards
Bay State moves toward single BIM protocol on state projects
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the body that runs Boston’s Logan Airport, recently…
Movers+Shapers
Hantz Woodlands brings thousands of trees to hard-pressed Detroit neighborhoods
On May 7, 1,200 volunteers planted 3,150 six-foot sugar maples around the new learning laboratory…
Movers+Shapers
REAL ESTATE ARTIST: Theaster Gates works to revitalize African-American neighborhoods
Theaster Gates is an award-winning artist whose installations, sculptures, and performance works…
Performing Arts Centers
Synagogues in Omaha and New York get new lives after intense reconstruction
A couple of years ago, Ruth Meints, Executive Director of the Omaha Conservatory of Music, got a…
Transportation & Parking Facilities
Dero’s modular Bike Depot offers efficient storage
Many people will get to use Dero’s new Bike Depot. The modular storage shelter can store up to 14…
Building Materials
ABC: Construction material prices rise again in May
Construction input prices expanded by 0.7% in May and have now expanded for three consecutive…
Office Buildings
Ability to focus, not perks, is top concern for office employees
Employees’ top priority in an office environment is to be able to focus without interruptions,…
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Fiber Cement Panels: Wood Without the Headaches
Wood has been in use as both a structural and decorative material for thousands of years.…
Industrial Facilities
Western U.S. ports prepare to handle increased shipping from expanded Panama Canal
It’s still faster and more cost effective to ship to most parts of the U.S. from West Coast ports…
Movers+Shapers
THE PANAMAX EFFECT: Panama Canal expansion could trigger an East Coast construction boom
Two months ago, the town of Summerville, S.C., broke ground on a $19 million, 307,000-sf shell…
Laboratories
How HOK achieved design consensus for London's Francis Crick Institute
HOK worked on the Francis Crick Institute for more than seven years. The firm was as much a…
Industry Research
Survey: Americans avoid touching handles but use their phones in public bathrooms
The restroom fixture manufacturer Bradley released its 2016 Healthy Hand Washing Survey, which…
Architects
Design Thinking makes its way into Yale School of Management
Jessica Helfand and Michael Bierut, writers, graphic designers, and co-founders of Design Observer…
High-rise Construction
WilkinsonEyre designs diamond-patterned Bay Park Centre for Toronto
London-based architecture firm WilkinsonEyre got the nod from developers Ivanhoé Cambridge and…
