TIA and UL Launch World’s First Smart Building Assessment and Rating
Northbrook, Ill. and Arlington, Va., September 29, 2020 – UL, a leading global safety science company, and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today launched the SPIRETM Smart Building Program, the world’s first-and-only, comprehensive and objective assessment and rating program for smart buildings. Created in a partnership between the two organizations, SPIRE provides an...
Lucy Moses Preservation Award for iconic 280 Broadway renovation
Photo by Ola Wilk/Wilk Marketing Communications $17.5 Million Historic Façade Restoration of the 240,000-square foot National and New York City Landmark 280 Broadway Building, by DCAS, DDC, Urbahn Architects, and Jablonski Building Conservation, Wins 2020 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy Historic 1846 structure is New York City’s first commercial building designed in the Italianate style New York, NY – The historic restoration of the mar...
ASCE Press Book Offers Clear Explanation of New Tsunami Design Provisions for Standard ASCE 7-16
RESTON, Va. – Tsunami Loads and Effects: Guide to the Tsunami Design Provisions of ASCE 7-16 provides a clear, authoritative explanation of the tsunami load requirements contained in Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE/SEI 7-16. When used in conjunction with the standard, structural, coastal, and geotechnical engineers can apply the latest thinking in tsunami design. Ian Robertson helps engineers and allied professionals understand the backgro...
Turner-AECOM Hunt Joint Venture celebrates the opening of SoFi Stadium, largest in the NFL
SoFi Stadium recently kicked off its first regular season NFL football game LOS ANGELES – Turner-AECOM Hunt, the joint venture of Turner Construction Company and AECOM Hunt, part of AECOM (NYSE:ACM), celebrate the opening of SoFi Stadium, the new home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, in Inglewood, California. The 3.1 million-square-foot facility, which is the first football stadium erected in Los Angeles in nearly a century, can host approximately 70,000 fans and is expandabl...
$20 Million Bronx Charter School for Excellence, Designed by CTA Architects, Receives LEED Silver Certification
CTA Architects collaborated with the engineering and construction team to achieve the high sustainability rating within a limited budget. Bronx, NY – The Bronx Charter School for Excellence, also known as Bronx 1, has earned a coveted LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This high performing school, located at 1952-1960 Benedict Avenue in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, serves over 800 students in grades K-8. Bronx 1 is currently one of the m...
USGBC Report: Green Building Industry Insights on Economic Recovery
During yesterday’s Green Business Summit at Greenbuild, USGBC announced the release of the Healthy Economy Forum Report. The Forum, held in August and attended by more than 1,000 green building and business professionals, discussed strategies for recovery and how green building will need to evolve. Not only was health central to the conversation, but there was an acknowledgement that moving forward greater focus needs to be on building for resilience given the challenges of the pandemic, as w...
Metsä Wood: Fast Construction of Wooden Residential Buildings In Linnanfältti
Wooden multi-storey apartment buildings in Linnanfältti, close to the centre of Turku, Finland are being built with Kerto® LVL-based elements. A residential building constructed from wooden elements can rise in less than half the time compared to a similar kind of concrete building. With Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL-based elements (laminated veneer lumber) buildings are fast, light and green to construct. Four multi-storey wooden residential buildings in Linnanfältti are made of Kerto LVL-based woo...
Fort Knox Middle High School Addition Earns LEED Gold Certification
Woolpert was the architect of record for the $21 million project at the Department of Defense Education Activity school. FORT KNOX, Ky. (Aug. 26, 2020) — Fort Knox Middle High School has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its recent 52,000-square-foot addition, which was designed by Woolpert. It is the most recent Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) school to be certified as LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Wo...
Cintec North America Announces Restoration And Anchoring Work On Massey Hall, Famed Canadian Concert Venue
North American firm helps complete restoration of historic Toronto building Cintec North America announces its reinforcement anchors offer stability and support during the revitalization of Canada’s most renowned concert venue, Massey Hall. As Massey Hall marks its 125th anniversary, a century and a quarter of Canadian history has been stripped bare to be massively restored, not only to recapture the hall’s original sound, but to make sure it will serve audiences for generations to come. T...
Stantec completes The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, the largest residential adaptive reuse in South Florida
The development features 111 luxury condos and world-class hotel-style amenities MIAMI (DATE) NYSE, TSX:STN: Global integrated design firm, Stantec, announces the completion of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, located on seven-and-a-half acres in Mid-Beach in one of Miami Beach’s finest residential neighborhoods. Developed by Lionheart Capital, Stantec served as the architect of record, working in collaboration with Italian master architect, Piero Lissoni. Initially constructed in 1925 as...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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