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Vyhanek joins Thornton Tomasetti’s Kansas City office
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Joe Vyhanek, P.E., has…
U of M installs new lighting at Crisler Player Development Center
The University of Michigan's basketball team is shooting for a Big Ten title and a long NCAA…
Rockingham County Judicial Center receives USGBC Gold NC v.2.2
Branch & Associates, Inc. announced the Rockingham County Judicial Center located in Reidsville…
Liability on green buildings an uncertain prospect
When a building designed to meet LEED standards fails to perform as expected or does not qualify…
LEED puts the 'Gold' in Riverside golden arches
A McDonald's restaurant in Riverside, Calif., was recently awarded LEED Gold certification, the…
Odebrecht and Braskem bring sustainable award to U.S. university students
The Odebrecht Organization is introducing its award for sustainable development to American…
BOKA Powell-designed facility at Texas A&M Bryan campus
Skanska USA Building and BOKA Powell LLC announced the completion of a 130,000-square-foot,…
Trump International Hotel and Tower gets strength from high performance concrete
It’s a Chicago landmark. Officially measuring 1389 ft (423 m) with 98 floors, it’s the second-…
Oakland, Philadelphia, 6 other cities to get free advice on LEED-ND
Philadelphia, Oakland and six other U.S. cities will get free help this year from sustainable…
ABI positive for second straight month
After showing struggling business conditions for most of 2011, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI…
Kansas statehouse dome restoration cleans up murals, 'century of grime'
Long obscured details are being cleaned up in the Kansas statehouse interior dome as part of a…
Use of wood is crux of Defense Dept. ban from building to LEED
LEED standards discourage the use of domestic lumber, says Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and that's…
Chile's seismic code upgrades credited with saving lives in 2010 quake
Since 1960, when Chile suffered a 9.5 magnitude quake, the largest ever recorded; the country has…
Report analyzes residential hurricane codes in 18 states
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) released a new report analyzing…
Death in Chicago high-rise apartment fire blamed on fire code
The death of a Chicago woman who stepped off her elevator into a blazing inferno last week has…
California approves open cell spray foam for energy efficiency standards
The California Energy Commission (CEC) now recognizes open-cell spray foam as an accepted…
SOM Chicago wins competition to design China's Suzhou Center
The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has won an international competition…
FxFowle and CO Architects form joint venture
FxFowle announced the formation of a joint venture with CO Architects, a nationally recognized…
Capital Engineering joins AECOM
AECOM Technology Corp. has acquired Capital Engineering Corporation (CEC), an environmental and…
SOM launches Los Angeles design studio
The partners of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) announced they are launching a new design…
