Pickard Chilton Designs Innovative T3 RiNo Project in Denver, Colo. for McCaffery, Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge
Mixed-Use Office Project Utilizes Heavy Timber, Features Floor-to-Ceiling Glass, and Provides Bespoke Balcony Experiences; Poised to Be One of Denver’s Most Sustainable Developments (New Haven, Conn. ) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, has been selected by McCaffery, Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge to design T3 RiNo, a new Class-A, mixed-use office project in Denver, Colorado’...
Helping Roadside Soils Bounce Back After Construction
January 22, 2020 – Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can’t absorb water, so that responsibility falls to the soil next to the road. Unfortunately, those soils are often damaged during construction. Water that runs off roads can contain harmful contaminants. If that water doesn’t infiltrate into nearby soil, those contaminants can make their way into bodies of water and be harmful. Rich McLaughlin and his research team at North C...
Three HDR-Designed Hospitals Break Ground in China
Three HDR-designed hospitals broke ground in China at the turn of the New Year, each with its own distinct aesthetic and purpose for communities in Jiaxing, Nanjing and Beijing. "These new facilities in China demonstrate HDR’s dedication to human life, and commitment to creating tailored design solutions that make a difference both to the individual patients as well as the healthcare ecosystem in Asia," said Sangmin Lee, KIA, LEED AP BD+C, HDR's director of health in China. Jiaxing Tr...
Video: On the Ground in Puerto Rico with Dr. Kit Miyamoto
On Jan. 7, 2020, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook the southern coast of Puerto Rico. It damaged about 10 percent of buildings in the area and collapsed several schools. The Miyamoto International team was dispatched to assist the government and people of Puerto Rico, who haven’t experienced an earthquake in 100 years.
Global Earthquake Recovery Specialist Heads to Puerto Rico
GUANICA, PUERTO RICO: At the request of the public, government and businesses, earthquake structural engineering and recovery experts from Miyamoto International will arrive in Puerto Rico on Sunday to assist with damage assessments and recovery plans. We will assess the conditions and assist the public as required. Dr. Kit Miyamoto, a structural engineer and a California Seismic Safety Commissioner, will lead a specialized team which has responded to more than 100 earthquakes. T...
Automatic parking system creates space for new building in Dusseldorf's trendy Friedrichstadt district
Space for new properties is particularly sought after in trendy urban areas and as a result is expensive. But without the associated parking spaces, even top properties lose their appeal for buyers. An underground automatic parking system from Lödige Industries now provides parking spaces for a completely renovated residential building in Dusseldorf's Friedrichstadt. At the same time, the subterranean construction allows for an additional new building with condominiums including the associated...
Siemens Utilizes Fugro’s UXO Screening Technology in Herne, Germany
Fugro has completed an unexploded ordnance (UXO) screening project for Siemens AG at the site of a new gas-fired power station in Herne, Germany. Over 1300 foundation pile locations were screened for UXO and cleared down to 15 m below ground level without affecting other site preparation activities. In Germany, any areas that suffered bombing during the Second World War must have a UXO site survey before construction can begin. Conventional survey methods involve drilling boreholes that creat...
South Dakota State University Students Move into New Apartment-Style Housing Development Designed by KWK Architects
St. Louis, MO, Dec - South Dakota State University upperclassmen and graduate students have a new apartment-style housing development in a prime location adjacent to campus to call home. Junior, senior and graduate students moved into a new $20 million, multi-building apartment/townhouse development this fall as part of the university’s Southeast University Neighborhood Redevelopment. The new apartment-style housing and adjacent Starbucks were designed by residential housing experts KWK Archi...
Fugro wins nearshore site characterisation contract for Copenhagen megaproject
Danish consulting firm COWI has awarded Fugro a nearshore geotechnical site investigation for CPH City & Port Development’s Lynetteholmen megaproject in Copenhagen. Fugro’s site investigation will be used to inform the detailed design of the new artificial island, which will cover approximately 275 hectares and increase the Danish capital’s land mass by around 2 %. Fugro’s solution will acquire high-quality geotechnical data in shallow water depths from a single jack-up, and ensure fast and effi...
Lödige Industries Builds Germany’s Largest Automated Parking System
Hybrid solution provides a total of over 500 parking spaces Dusseldorf/Scherfede – Lödige Industries, one of the world's leading providers of automatic parking systems, is providing an innovative hybrid solution for the MIZAL Campus at Dusseldorf's Medienhafen, combining a conventional underground car park with a fully automated parking system. Automated parking systems allow more efficient storage of cars on a relatively small footprint. In order to create the number of parking spaces req...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
