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Pittsburgh to get two hotels in one

Vista Host, a Houston-based hotel management and development firm, is heading a joint hotel…

Miami mixed-use tower will use wind and sun for power

Miami-based Nexus Development Group has been granted city approval to build a $40 million “…

Architects Unveil Plan for Javits Center Expansion

The plan will add a hotel and more than double the size of the Jacob K. Javits Convention…

University of Minnesota’s civil engineering building will double as demonstration project

The 34,000-sf James I. Swenson Civil Engineering Building at the University of Minnesota…

News briefs

One-man building boom, baby. Summer's heating up for Las Vegas mega-developer Steve Wynn. On…

Middle schools, high schools, and cultural facilities lead education spending

The value of education construction starts increased 17.7% during the first nine months of…

Clarifications

The project cost reported in the October 2006 news item (p.13) on the 450,000-sf master plan…

Luxury senior living planned along Pompano Beach

        Washington, D.C.-based WDG Architecture has been commissioned to design a new 415-unit…

New Firm, New Project

Meltzer/Mandl Architects and Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects (EE&K), both…

Ford plant drives green design

Planting the seeds of corporate ecological stewardship, Ford Motor Co. is using sustainable…

Medical office building planned in Fort Worth, Texas

Dallas-based TGS Architects has unveiled its design for the five-story, 130,000-…

The hidden strength of fibers

Polypropylene and steel fibers can be added to concrete to reduce cracking-and improve aesthetics.…

People/firms

On the move URS Corp., New York, has hired Michael J. Burton, former Executive Deputy…

HMC Architects's Pam Maynard on Finelite direct/indirect pendant light fixtures

            In lieu of…

Retail construction spending growth to halve by '08

Retail construction spending increased 13% in 2006. However, double-digit growth in retail…

Office construction spending up, but expected to peak soon

Office construction spending was sluggish early in this business expansion, but then jumped 31…

Software enables 'virtual constructability'

A big stumbling block in getting true data integration through the life cycle of a building…

Huge Southern California project completed in just 28 months

Matt Construction of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., recently completed its work as general…

Congress hears findings, but more answers sought

Even as rebuilding efforts begin to take shape at Ground Zero while repairs at the Pentagon…

California high school opens in urban area

Panorama High School is the newest addition to the Los Angeles Unified School District. Due to…