Building Design & Construction back issues from April 2008:
Integrated Project Delivery Using BIM.
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor Building information modeling is being touted by its advocates as a lifesaver for complicated projects because of its ability to correct errors in the design stage and accurately schedule construction. But can AEC firms unlock the full potential ...
Work begins on four faceted mixed-use towers in Shenzhen.(Leo A. Daly Co.)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff The Washington, D.C., office of Omaha, Neb.-based Leo A Daly is serving as the design architect for four soaring towers and an expansive retail podium that comprise the Excellence Huanggang Century Center in Shenzhen, China. When completed, the large-scale mixed-use ...
South Florida transit-oriented development gets city approval.(York Residential )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Atlanta-based developer York Residential has received approval from Deerfield Beach, Fla., to build Deerfield Station, a transit-oriented development with office, retail, hotel, and housing components. Construction of the $180 million mixed-use development, which is ...
Luxury condos coming to Houston's Upper Kirby/River Oaks area.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Priced from $500,000 to more than several million dollars, each of the 96 condo units at the new 2727 Kirby at River Oaks development in Houston's Upper Kirby/River Oaks area will feature 12-foot ceilings, fireplaces, and a private terrace with an outdoor kitchen. ...
Purdue learning center to test and explore new approaches to teaching.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Purdue University's $17.5 million, 90,000-sf Discovery Learning Center, set to open in fall 2009, will provide an environment for creating and studying the impact of new teaching methods and cutting-edge learning approaches. Indianapolis-based BSA LifeStructures designed ...
Residential lofts promote live-work environment in Carlsbad, Calif.(Trammell Crow Residential Services)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Trammell Crow Residential's newest loft development in Carlsbad, Calif., is designed for the niche market of people that operate home-based businesses or are trying to get their small businesses off the ground. The Bluwater Crossing live-work lofts and ...
North Miami to get a new high school.(Miami-Dade Community College)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff The City of North Miami and Miami-Dade County Public Schools have broken ground on the 165,000-sf North Miami Senior High School on a 4.5-acre site in North Miami, Fla. Designed by local architect Arquitectonica, the multi-story facility will have two primary volumes, ...
Art and opulence coming to Pasadena.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Construction work has commenced on The Dalton, the first condo project in Pasadena, Calif., to incorporate a large-scale public art project into its design. The four-story mixed-use development includes 55 opulent condos and 7,500 sf of first-floor retail, as well as three ...
How to prepare for-shhh!!!- the 'R' word.
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief Construction jobs, mostly in housing, are down more than 330,000 since late 2006. U.S. home prices dropped 11.4% in January, the steepest decline in 20+ years. The Conference Board said consumer confidence fell to its lowest level in five ...
Big fan on a pivot.(Big Ass Fan Co.)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff A functional, flexible solution for mezzanines, narrow aisle ways, around ceiling obstructions, and in confined workspaces, the Pivot ceiling fan features two pivot points that provide 73 unique hanging positions. The compact, six-foot-diameter fan ...
Bullet-resistant glazing.(Sheffield Plastics Inc.)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff AeroLite Armor NIJ Level III-rated anti-ballistic glazing has heightened bullet resistance for critical military and security applications, including flight control towers and federal buildings. ...
Window wall system.(TRACO)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Line of window wall systems has been expanded to include 4 5/8-inch-deep products and an accessories package featuring receptors, subsills, and mullions that provide enhanced performance, ease of installation, and potential cost savings ....
Concrete admixture.(Grace Construction Products)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Color-enhancing and efflorescence-control admixture is formulated to improve the overall appearance and physical properties of manufactured concrete products such as segmental retaining wall units and concrete paving stones by improving cement and pigment dispersion. ...
Green workstation partition panels.(HON Co.)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Nature Core fiberboard is an alternative construction material for HON's Initiate panel systems for office workstations. The non-woven composite material is made from a blend of natural and synthetic fibers, resulting in a panel system that features low formaldehyde ...
UFAD design guides.(Tate Access Floors Inc.)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Tate Access Floors offers a series of guides extracted from its experience working on underfloor air distribution projects to help ensure the successful design and construction of these systems. The ...
Precast truss system.(High Concrete Group)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Ideal for mixed-use residential buildings with parking underneath, ER-Post precast trusses support two levels simultaneously, allowing for large, column-free areas on alternating ...
Destination hotel boom not over... yet.
Apr 01, 2008 ... By Jim Haughey, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed Construction Data The hotel market continues to be the fastest growing commercial building segment, but construction spending is slowing. The 66% annual growth rate seen at the end of December is expected to slow to an ...
Warehouse starts down.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Jim Haughey, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed Construction Data The warehouse market, as always, is tracking very closely with trends in the overall economy. Warehouse construction activity in 2007 stalled at a high level, parallel to the trend in GDP growth. The ...
RSMeans costs comparisons.
Apr 01, 2008 ... By Jim Haughey, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed ...
Fiber Optic Skylight Illuminates Maryland's EnviroCenter.
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor A new fiber optic daylighting system brightens an architect's own green office building. A pendant light fixture trained on the building's reception desk dims as clouds pass overhead, then brightens again in full sunlight-an effect ...
Rethinking Project Delivery.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff An Owner-Centered Approach Earlier this year, New Millennium Building Systems surveyed architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, and developers to determine which issues were top-of-mind going into 2008. To drill deeper into the statistical findings, ...
Michael Graves-designed renovation nearly complete at Detroit Institute of Arts.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Construction is nearing completion on the $158 million master plan renovation and expansion of the Detroit Institute of Arts, designed by Michael Graves and Associates with SmithGroup as architect of record and Walbridge Aldinger/Jenkins as contractor. ...
San Francisco gets its largest hospitality addition in 19 years.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff San Francisco-based Webcor Builders recently put the finishing touches on the 32-story InterContinental San Francisco, the largest hospitality addition in the city in nearly two decades. Designed by Patri Merker ...
USC cancer center promotes collaboration to find the cure.(University of Southern California Harlyne Norris Research Tower)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff The University of Southern California Harlyne Norris Research Tower, designed by Lee, Burkhart, Liu of Marina del Rey, Calif., is the latest addition to the Norris Cancer Center within the Health and Sciences campus at USC. Built to effect change in the culture of ...
Turning pond scum into a community jewel.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Searching for an ideal location for a new community center and park, the city of El Paso, Texas, selected an unlikely spot: a detention pond that was riddled with crime and ignored by the development community. The city challenged the Building Team to turn the 100-acre ...
Philadelphia's historic Ayer building gets new life.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Built in 1929 for NW Ayer, the nation's first advertising agency, Philadelphia's landmark Ayer building has been transformed into a luxury condo development following a two-year, $75 million renovation project. Designed by local architects Wesley Wei and PZ Architects, ...
French Alliance turns a former printing facility into its Miami 'bureau'.(construction of McGowan Buildersew )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff McGowan Builders, Coral Gables, Fla., served nonprofit Alliance Française de Miami as general contractor for construction of its new facility in Miami, known as the Alliance Française Village. The $3.1 million project encompassed the renovation and ...
Cuyamaca College opens its first-ever performance venue.(Rudolph and Sletten Inc. constructs Communication Arts Center )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Rudolph and Sletten, Redwood City, Calif., has completed construction of the Communication Arts Center at Cuyamaca College in Rancho San Diego, a suburb of East San Diego County. San Diego-based NTD ...
Georgia Perimeter College opens a 100-acre campus.(Architecture Group, Aeck & Sargent and KSi/Structural Engineers constructs college building)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Georgia Perimeter College, a metro Atlanta multi-campus, two-year college, opened the doors to a new 100-acre campus in Covington with its first building: a 104,000-sf, all-in-one campus facility. Construction on a second student service-focused building began in December, ...
Office Depot readies its first green store.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Jeff Yoders Office Depot has broken ground on its first green store, in Austin, Texas. Designed to achieve a LEED Silver rating from the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council, the store is one the first prototypes in the USGBC's retail portfolio program, a pilot ...
News Briefs.(JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to build office building)(UAE hotels produces carbon dioxide emissions)(commercial construction forecasted)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff * LEED certified versus LEED certifiable in Boston. A new building code in Boston requires all new private developments over 50,000 sf to be LEED certifiable ... but not LEED certified. After a 12-month study, a city task force recommended an amendment to the Boston Zoning ...
Bathroom 'pods' coming to Rice University student residence halls.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Later this month, construction crews are expected to begin installing more than 175 prefabricated modular bathrooms for twin, six-story, 120,000-sf student residence buildings at Rice University in Houston. Manufactured by Kullman, Lebanon, N.J., the bathroom ...
People + Firms.(Sandy Mendler appointed at Mithun Partners Inc.)(Denise van den Bossche appointed at Smith Seckman Reid)(Fletcher-Thompson Inc. opens a office)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff * Nationally recognized design leader and sustainability advocate Sandy Mendler , AIA, will be a principal at Seattle-based architecture firm Mithun starting later this year. The former SVP and design principal for HOK will work primarily out of Mithun's new San Francisco ...
CLARIFICATION.(Correction notice)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff A news item in the March 2008 issue of BD+C (p. 80) on Sika Sarnafil's 2007 Projects of the Year ...
Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Thanks for the credit, but- Ghafari appreciates the interest in its BIM programs and applications, but your November 2007 article 'Further Down the Merry Road to BIM' (p. 52) contained some inaccuracies that we feel need to be corrected: * Ghafari ...
Innovative tension cable and fabric membrane roofing system tops Kuwait Stadium.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Completed in December 2007, Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, also known as Kuwait Stadium, seats more than 64,000 spectators and is the largest soccer and Olympic-standard sports venue in the country. The stadium is topped with a fabric membrane roof system made up of ...
Concrete shines for medical equipment maker.(QuestMark Flooring )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff When Medrad, a Warrendale, Pa.-based manufacturer of medical equipment, wanted to replace its clear-coat epoxy floors with a new flooring system that was both easier to maintain and environmentally friendly, the company specified a DiamondQuest concrete floor system. Its ...
Ballpark has a neighborly feel, thanks to fiber cement siding.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Staff To achieve an attractive neighborhood look and feel for the Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Ballpark in Frisco, Texas, the design team of HKS, Dallas, and David M. Schwarz Architectural Services, Washington, D.C., chose to clad the pavilions in Hardiplank fiber cement lap siding. ...
Wausau windows make an impact at Florida hospital expansion.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Located in Florida's distinguished retirement community, The Villages (Fla.) Regional Hospital's patient friendly atmosphere and stylish design are paramount. Wausau Window and Wall Systems was called upon to provide a window system for the hospital's recent expansion ...
Atlanta tower gets a new garden roof.(American Hydrotech Inc.)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff A fully landscaped garden roof, outdoor dining terraces, and two new 56-foot dome skylights highlight the recently completed green roof renovation project at Atlanta's Northpark 500. As part of the project, the building's original 56,000-sf green roof and 60-mil ...
Corian goes on exhibit in New York.(design and construction of New Museum of Contemporary Art)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff When New York's New Museum of Contemporary Art opened its doors to the public on December 1, visitors experienced 'Museum As Hub,' an exhibit whose centerpiece is a flexible social system made entirely from DuPont Corian solid surface. Custom designed by Christoff:Finio ...
3form Varia custom architectural resin panels.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff 3form Varia architectural resin panels can be custom designed with virtually any color, pattern, interlayer, and finish, providing architects with endless design possibilities for functional and decorative panel systems. Diane Taitt, IIDA, ASID, senior interior ...
Cantilever Design Transforms Chicago Hotel.
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor A developer builds a 17-story hotel using a staggered steel truss framing system-a first for Chicago. Early in 2002, Craig McNay was having lunch with his old friend Bill Gerdes, a steel fabricator from Quincy, Ill., when he ...
'Construction is a very dysfunctional industry'.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Staff Barry B. LePatner, Esq., Hon. AIA, is founder of LePatner & Associates LLP, a New York City law firm that represents owners, institutions, developers, and architects. Clients include Barnard College, Gehry Partners, Goldman Sachs, Millennium Partners, Starwood Lodging and ...
Design Criteria for Windows + Doors.(Industry overview)
Apr 01, 2008; ... By C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett Whether it's offering a pleasant view, providing a fresh breath of air, or contributing to overall comfort and mood, windows and doors go a long way toward ensuring the well-being of building occupants. The Washington, D.C.-based U.S ....