Clark Completes UC Berkeley's Bowles Hall Renovation Three Weeks Early
BERKELEY, CA - Students and faculty at UC Berkeley will return to a renovated and modernized Bowles Hall this fall. Clark reached substantial completion on a delicate renovation of the school's historic dormitory nearly three weeks ahead of schedule. Under a $26 million contract with Education Realty Trust and the Bowles Hall Foundation, Clark completely renovated the 57,000 square-foot student dormitory, completing work 18 days early. The project team was focused on exceeding the client's sc...
Arcadis to Lead Climate Risk and Vulnerability Study for City of Boston
Highlands Ranch, Colo. — As part of its Climate Ready Boston initiative, the City of Boston has selected Arcadis to assess the city’s vulnerabilities related to climate change. Arcadis, the leading design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets, will lead the project team responsible for technical assessment, design and communications support for Climate Ready Boston. This multi-disciplinary team consists of Sasaki Associates and the UMass Boston Climate Institute. The ambitious...
HDR, with LBL Architects, Selected to Master Plan and Design a Courts Expansion at the Scott D. Moore Tarrant County Juvenile Services Facility
HDR, in Association with LBL Architects, has been selected by the Tarrant County Commissioner's Court to plan and design a major expansion and alterations to the County's new Scott D. Moore Juvenile Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The new Juvenile Service Center will include up to 50,000 square feet of new construction, with additional demolition and other work possible (based on the approved construction amount). The comprehensive Center dedicated to juveniles will include Administration Services,...
Milwaukee Construction Activity Picks Up in 2016
Mortenson Construction has released its quarterly Construction Cost Index Report for Milwaukee along with five other metropolitan areas in the U.S. According to the report, construction activity in Milwaukee has grown 2 percent over the last two quarters following relatively flat growth in 2015. The report cites construction costs growing at a rate more consistent with long-term averages while construction employment growth has slowed over the past year and is currently five points lower than t...
Three-Sided High-Rise Tower Takes Shape over Mexico City
With its distinctive triangular volume and soaring concrete walls, Torre Reforma makes an eye-catching addition to the skyline of Mexico City. Arup worked with L. Benjamin Romano Arquitects (LBRA) to ensure that the 57-story mixed-use building was not only striking in appearance, but safe in its performance — a particular concern in the seismically active location. “Arup has been indispensable in helping to transform my architectural vision into an efficient and buildable structure. They have p...
Hudson River Park Trust Selects CH2M to Design Repairs for Pier 40 Support Piles
Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) today announced the selection of CH2M as its Engineer of Record to oversee the design of vital repairs of the approximately 3,500 steel piles that hold up Pier 40. One of the most important commercial properties in Hudson River Park, Pier 40 plays an integral role in supporting the Park’s annual operating budget. Originally designed as a passenger ship terminal, today Pier 40 is home to a commercial parking garage, athletic fields and the administrative offices...
Rosa Parks Elementary School Serves as a Model for Energy Reduction
The expansion of Rosa Parks Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which recently added 12 classrooms, a nurse's office, and a public clinic to the building, has achieved a 71.2 percent reduction over standard energy performance. The significant reduction in energy use has enabled the expansion to qualify as an Architecture 2030-compliant project, which calls for a 70 percent reduction in fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy consumption over the regional or national standard....
Transportation Engineers Make More Informed Decisions by Visualizing Multiple Years in a Single View with Fugro iVision 4.5
Many asset managers face the daunting challenge of making appropriate maintenance decisions at the right time especially when sites are miles away from them. With time-saving advancements in computer technology, asset managers can now readily analyze road conditions to determine if they have been maintained properly or are in need of maintenance. They can quickly review the road conditions to determine if additional site characterization surveys are required. The data collected from the survey c...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
