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Office vacancy rates move higher again during Q2/2002

National vacancy rates bumped up for both office and industrial space in the second quarter of…

Seismic design experts assess earthquake building codes for high-rise structures

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of…

Projects awarded

Downtown San Diego will see its first new high-rise building in more than a decade. The 23-…

An office by any other name ...

The cubicle farm is out; free and funky heads-down areas are in. As if to prove that today's…

New mixed-use exhibition center largest in China

Constructed on a tight schedule in order to host the International Auto Show in April and…

Benedictine Sisters plan a 'green' monastery near Colorado Springs

Construction work is nearly set to begin on the Benet Hill Monastery project, a $6.1 million,…

Chronicles update

Union Pacific Center Omaha, Neb. Foundation completed, steel erection kicks off…

Industry group proposes use of elevators during fires

We've all read and heard the nightmarish details of how the heroic firefighters made their way…

Unraveling the mystery of 3-D modeling

Ask any three people in the construction business what comes to mind when you mention the phrase "3…

Federal construction funds delayed until late '09

President Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus plan includes $51 billion for nonresidential…

People/firms

Patrick MacLeamy has been named CEO of St. Louis-based A/E HOK Group Inc. The 36-year HOK…

World's largest forensic DNA lab a big step up

At 15 stories and 335,500 sf, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner DNA…

Jobs increase, but not in nonresidential

Contractors employed a record high 6.86 million workers in March, adding 71,000 jobs.…

People/firms

Dirk Lohan, grandson of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is leaving Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects…

Always in touch

Digital security intercom systems offer a hands-free alternative for commercial, institutional or…

Sears returns to State Street

With the opening of a five-story, 250,000-sq.-ft. store in downtown Chicago, Sears, Roebuck…

Warehouse starts down

The warehouse market, as always, is tracking very closely with trends in the overall economy.…

Library construction surpasses billion-dollar plateau

Spending on library facilities reached record levels in fiscal 2004, surpassing the $1 billion…

News briefs

Trump lowers his sights. Representatives of Donald Trump who briefed Chicago officials last…

Glass dome

A renovation of the Malcolm B. Love Library at San Diego State University involved the unusual task…