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Changes completed on 2015 IECC provisions

The 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)ā€”the code that serves as the model for statesā€¦

Design-build makes gains along with more authorizing legislation

In 2009, more legislation authorizing design-build project delivery passed than in any year inā€¦

Rotterdam resiliency policies include floating neighborhood

The low-lying city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is a world leader in storm resiliency withā€¦

Meet the 'world's greenest building': One Angel Square

The 500,000 sf, 14-story One Angel Square in Manchester, England, is being promoted as "the mostā€¦

ā€˜BIM for allā€™ platform pays off for contractor

Designing and building laboratories is complicated enough. Imagine having to answer to 40 ownerā€¦

Historic Daytona International Speedway undergoing $400 million facelift

The Daytona International Speedway is zooming ahead on the largest renovation in the Florida venueā€™ā€¦

Creating a healthcare capital project plan: The truth behind the numbers

Everything is moving in the right direction. You have put together capital budgets for a newā€¦

Architects urge government to reform design-build contracting process

Current federal contracting laws are discouraging talented architects from competing for federalā€¦

Construction spending hits four-year peak after rare spike in public outlays

An unusual surge in public construction in October pushed total construction spending to itsā€¦

Army Corps of Engineers workers displaced during renovation of federal building in Huntington, W. Va.

A $47.6 million overhaul of the Huntington Federal Building in Huntington, W.Va., includes alteredā€¦

Security is key component of Armyā€™s net-zero assessment strategy

For the U.S. Army, creating secure sources of energy is an important driver for its net-zero goalsā€¦

BIG's 'oil and vinegar' design wins competition for the Museum of the Human Body [slideshow]

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and A+ Architecture have been announced winner of the internationalā€¦

ASHRAE data center standard open for public review

Standard 90.4P, Energy Standard for Data Centers and Telecommunications Buildings, is beingā€¦

Ohio legislators move to ban use of LEED on public construction

Two Ohio state senators have introduced legislation that seeks to ban the use of LEED in publicā€¦

ASTM issues revised standard on phase I environmental site assessments

ASTM has issued revised standard ASTM E1527-13 that governs phase I environmental site assessmentsā€¦

Vancouver, B.C., bans doorknobs in building code update

The goal of making it easier for people to age in place led to amendments to Vancouver, B.C.ā€™sā€¦

Retail renaissance: What's next?

The retail construction category, long in the doldrums, is roaring back to life. Consumerā€¦

Pediatric hospitals improve care with flexible, age-sensitive design

Pediatric hospitals face many of the same concerns as their adult counterparts. The most consistentā€¦

Exclusive survey: Revenues increased at nearly half of AEC firms in 2013

Nearly half of the respondents (46.1%) to an exclusive Building Design+Construction survey of AECā€¦

Wonder walls: 13 choices for the building envelope

BD+C editors present a roundup of the latest technologies and applications in exterior wall systemsā€¦