Perkins&Will Breaks Ground on Tarleton Interprofessional Education (IPE) Building
The team will celebrate the groundbreaking of Tarleton State University's second building in Fort Worth at 10:30 a.m. today, March 23, at 10850 Texan Rider Drive. The 102,000-square-foot Interprofessional Education Building will provide a new home for two rapidly growing programs: the College of Health Sciences and Human Services and the College of Education. The interdisciplinary building will house state-of-the-art-high-fidelity simulation and clinical skills suites, teaching and research l...
Siam Cement Group to become distributor of COBOD 3D construction printers in Thailand and beyond
Siam Cement Group (SCG) to become distributor of COBOD 3D construction printers in Thailand and beyond SCG previously used other printers to make various prototypes, but has now turned to the world leader in 3D construction printing solution for their state-of-the-art printers COBOD International, world leader in 3D construction printing solutions and known for having provided the 3D construction printers to most of the 3D printed buildings announced in 2021 and 2022 including buildin...
View Smart Windows Installed at Uplands Corporate Center, a Premium Office Space in Austin Focused on Health and Wellness
Austin, Texas and Milpitas, Calif.—March 16, 2022—View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEW) (“View”), the leader in smart building technologies, announced its Smart Windows have been installed at Uplands II, a 124,081-square-foot office building in Southwest Austin, Texas. Developed by Drawbridge Realty and located on a 48-acre site, the recently completed Uplands II property is the second building in the Uplands Corporate Center. The property was designed for a post-Covid office environment with tenant heal...
Clayco Completes Construction of X Phoenix, a New 20-story Residential High-rise in Phoenix’s Downtown Core
[PHOENIX] – [March 10, 2022] – Clayco, a full-service, turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm, provided construction management services for X Phoenix, a new mixed-use residential high-rise located at 200 W. Monroe Street in Phoenix’s downtown core. Designed by Fitzgerald and Associates, this 731,321-square-foot project is owned and developed by Chicago-based The X Company. The recently completed first phase of X Phoenix is a 20-story, 330-unit conc...
The EIB and Solas Capital join forces to invest in energy efficiency in buildings across the European Union
Solas Sustainable Energy Fund ICAV (SSEF), a fund advised by Solas Capital AG, reaches its first close with €140 million, including a €30 million commitment by the European Investment Bank The fund has a target size of €200 million and will provide debt financing to energy service companies to carry out energy efficiency and small renewable energy projects, mainly in the European Union SSEF is classified as Article 9 or “Dark Green”, the highest classification under the European Union’s ne...
From Bus Repairs to Water Reclamation—Old Kentucky Building Brings New Uses for Storm Runoff
LEXINGTON, Ky - The 100-year-old former bus garage here is now providing the city with 21st century ecological benefits. The Greyline Station has a retention system that gathers rainwater from its five-acre site and holds some of it for reuse. Redeveloped and opened in 2020, the 65,000 square foot complex now has retail spaces, an event venue, restaurants, a public market and even a radio station. The new owner of the former Lextran public bus system’s headquarters and maintenance garage us...
SBC Rewards Spacewell Solution Accreditation Against the Smart Building Certification Framework
Antwerp/Amsterdam, February 17, 2022 – Smart Building Certification has rewarded Spacewell solution accreditation against the SBC framework. “We can all learn a lot from Spacewell,” said Nicholas White, Co-Founder Smart Building Certification. They have solutions that span the entire certification and can truly deliver holistic smart buildings, from asset management, facility management, maintenance, smart workplaces, energy efficiency, and now office re-entry. Whatever the subject around sma...
American Concrete Institute Releases New Repair Code
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich - The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released ACI CODE-562-21 Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures - Code and Commentary in print and digital formats. The Code was developed to provide design professionals with a code for the assessment of the damage and deterioration, and the design of appropriate repair and rehabilitation strategies. ACI CODE-562-21 was written specifically to be integrated into building codes as a mechanism f...
New ASCE Standard 72 Provides Design Guidance for Self-Supporting Structures
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s newest standard, Design of Steel Lighting System Support Pole Structures, ASCE/SEI 72--21, provides design parameters applicable to self-supporting structures, with base plates for installation on a concrete pier foundation, or as direct embedded, backfilled poles with the base section being either steel or concrete. This consensus standard covers proper specification and/or development of the various loads and load combinations to be applied to support str...
Mammoet assisted the construction of the iconic UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020
Project scheduling minimized disruption to other work on congested site. Dubai Expo 2020, currently hosted in the United Arab Emirates, is a six-month event showcasing architecture, global culture and innovation that will bring together participants from 192 countries and six continents. The theme of the Dubai Expo is ‘Connecting Minds and Creating the Future’ through sustainability, mobility and opportunity. The Expo includes some of the most innovative ideas in architecture and des...