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Sustainable city hall conserves water, purifies air

The new city hall in Cambridge, Ont., is registered to become the first LEED Gold-certified…

Pennsylvania school seeks LEED

Radnor Middle School, a new $48 million complex in Wayne, Pa., is seeking LEED certification…

Tech briefs

• Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., has launched a Photoshop CS3 Extended plug-in for the…

Hiring slows down, likely to level off

Contractors hired only 1,000 people in May, drawing from a pool of 647,000 unemployed…

People/Firms

Mergers and acquisitions.Austin Veum Robbins Parshalle (AVRP), a San Diego-based architecture…

Chronicles update

Union Pacific Center Omaha, Neb. Erection of the structural steel…

Office vacancy rates continue to fall

The national office vacancy rate fell to 15.3% in the final quarter of 2006, according to…

On-the-job management

A variety of construction-management functions can be performed on the job site with coordination…

Connecticut high school gets a expansion and renovation

The Morganti Group, Danbury, Conn., is managing the construction of a $41…

News briefs

New green Seattle City Hall is an energy hog. The $72 million facility, which opened two…

Educational construction moves to head of the class

Almost $18 billion in construction work was completed on educational facilities through the…

Dell Children's first hospital to achieve LEED Platinum

         Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas has been awarded LEED Platinum…

Construction employment drops through midyear

Construction employment peaked in April 2006, soon followed by layoffs; about 50,000 workers…

Native Americans get Hyatt resort

The Hyatt Hotels Corp. recently opened the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa in Bernalillo,…

Wis Tavern gets first LEED for Homes Gold in Illinois

Located in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, the Wis Tavern building on Wabansia Ave. had been…

People/firms

Bernard Holmes Bradley, long-time partner with Chicago-based A/E Holabird & Root, died in…

BOMA panel sees slow recovery

Real estate industry executives who appeared on a panel at BOMA's annual convention last month…

Keep cool

Easy-to-apply film provides a low-cost alternative to replacing costly existing windows. The film…

CSI's 'ConstructAmerica' debuts in Windy City

A larger, meatier Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) convention will make its debut…

Bottom floor gets top priority in IRS project

When the Building Team began the $60.7 million renovation and modernization of the 1.4 million…