Video: Construction Climate Talks Episode 8
The first seven episodes in the Construction Climate Talks series has looked at sustainable development in the construction industry and the concept of green buildings. In the eighth film, released today, Helen Pineo, Associate Director at BRE, talks about the importance of different systems and professionals working together to make sustainable design going forward.
Dr. Todd Helwig Delivering NASCC Keynote Address
Todd Helwig, PhD, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, is the 2017 recipient of the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award. His lecture will focus on the stability of exural systems in steel buildings and bridges with a particular emphasis on bracing requirements. The presentation will highlight the results from large-scale experiments and computational studies on I-shaped beams, trusses, and box girders. Discussions on lean-on techniques, system buckling of narrow girder systems, and other...
Success at Hong Kong Green Building Awards
/ Arup has won four Grand Awards and six Merit Awards at the Green Building Awards (GBA) 2016. Co-organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC), this biennale award is one of the highest accolades in Hong Kong recognising the concerted effort and commitment of the industry in sustainable built environment. A total of 12 Grand Awards and 21 Merit Awards were selected by a renowned jury panel comprised of a broad...
How Safe Are Our Crumbling Bridges And Vulnerable Buildings?
America’s bridges need work. So do some of the nation’s buildings – both old and new – that were designed to avoid collapsing during an earthquake or other major catastrophe, but aren’t quite up to the task of remaining inhabitable after disaster strikes. “Earthquakes are possible just about any place, not just in California,” says Douglas P. Taylor, president of Taylor Devices (www.taylordevices.com), which manufactures seismic dampers that protect structures during such events as earthquakes...
WakeMed North Family Health & Women’s Hospital Expansion Project Wins Best in BIM Award
Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas award recognizes use of BIM to convert healthplex into licensed acute care hospital. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas recognized the WakeMed North Family Health & Women's Hospital expansion project for innovative use of building information modeling (BIM) to further excellence in every stage of construction. Brasfield & Gorrie accepted the Best in BIM award as part of ABC of the Caro...
Young Architects Worldwide Create Solutions for Urbanization in the “City Above the City” Competition
Metsä Wood’s competition has inspired architects worldwide to design wooden extensions to city centres. Entries from 40 countries proposed wooden solutions to the challenges of urbanization. Best winning designs were made to New York, Shanghai and Tampere, Finland. Architects from 40 countries created their Plan B for urbanisation using wood (Kerto® LVL – laminated veneer lumber) as the main material. The task was to design a wooden extension to an existing urban building. The entries were de...
Dewberry Receives Jurors' Special Citation Award
Dewberry was awarded a Jurors' Special Citation Award for the 2016 Metals in Construction design challenge. Designers were invited to submit their vision for recladding New York City's MetLife building (formerly known as the Pan Am building) while meeting Architecture 2030 Challenge requirements. They were asked to reimagine the building with a resource-conserving, eco-friendly enclosure—one that creates a highly efficient envelope with the lightness and transparency sought by today's office wor...
Adolfson & Peterson Construction Breaks Ground on the New UNC Campus Commons
Greeley, Colo. - Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP), in partnership with design teams Semple Brown Design and Handprint Architecture, celebrated the groundbreaking of the new and innovative University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Campus Commons project. When complete, this 114,000-sf student recreation center will showcase the University’s world-class music and musical theatre programs. UNC’s new space will provide the University with state-of-the-art performance, rehearsal and display spac...
First University of Central Asia Campus Opens in Mountain Community of Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic
The first phase of a major international project to deliver state-of-the-art university campuses in Central Asian mountain communities was celebrated today with the inauguration of the University of Central Asia (UCA) Campus in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic. The occasion was commemorated by senior leadership of the Kyrgyz Government and His Highness the Aga Khan. The first fully residential undergraduate university in the remote region, UCA was established to increase access to an internationally reco...
China Is Leading the New Wave of Towers Rising to 500m and Beyond
China is leading the new wave of mega-tall towers, but locating services such as lifts and cooling towers within these slender giants has required some serious lateral (and vertical) thinking. The Home of Super-Tall If America was the birthplace of the skyscraper, China is undoubtedly the home of the super-tall tower. The Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats defines a tower as ‘super-tall’ when it tops 300m. So far, 97 have been completed around the world and 36 are in China. Of t...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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