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Choose the Right Material for the Right Job

Choose the Right Material for the Right Job


June 15, 2015

Failure to heed a plumbing designer’s advice can result in lost time and money as Tim Burns explains.

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As part of our ongoing studies of how building design influences human behavior in today’s social media-driven world, HOK’s workplace strategists had an idea: Leverage the power of social media to collect data about how people feel about their workplaces and the type of spaces they need to succeed.

| Sep 3, 2014

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The LEED Proven Provider designation is designed to minimize the need for additional work during the project review process.

| Sep 2, 2014

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| Sep 1, 2014

Ranked: Top federal government sector AEC firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Clark Group, Fluor, and HOK top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest federal government design and construction firms, as reported in the 2014 Giants 300 Report. 

| Aug 27, 2014

If you value your life, don't walk in Florida

A report from Smart Growth America on pedestrian fatalities shows that cities in Florida and other parts of the Sunbelt are more deadly than others.

| Aug 26, 2014

Ranked: Top industrial sector AEC firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Stantec, Jacobs, and Turner top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest industrial sector design and construction firms, as reported in the 2014 Giants 300 Report.

| Aug 25, 2014

Photographer creates time-lapse video of 1 WTC using 30,000 photos

Choosing from 30,000 photos he took from the day construction began in 2006 to the day when construction was finished in 2012, Brooklyn-based photographer Benjamin Rosamund compressed 1,100 photos to create the two-minute video.

| Aug 20, 2014

Seattle's King Street Station thoughtfully restored [2014 Reconstruction Awards]

After years of neglect and botched renovations, King Street Station sparkles once again.

| Aug 12, 2014

Design firms invited to submit qualifications for St. Petersburg, Fla., waterfront project

The city of St. Petersburg, Fla., invites firms to submit their ideas for a new and improved pier for Florida's fifth largest city.

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The recently opened Michigan Central Station in Detroit is the centerpiece of a 30-acre technology and cultural hub that will include development of urban transportation solutions. The six-year adaptive reuse project of the 640,000 sf historic station, created by the same architect as New York’s Grand Central Station, is the latest sign of a reinvigorating Detroit.




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