KTGY Designed Japanese Inspired 97-Unit Mixed-use Apartment Community in San Jose Now Complete
Located in the heart of Japantown, Exhibit at JTown Apartments attracts young professionals by blending traditional east Asian elements with contemporary design and local art SAN JOSE, CALIF. – KTGY, a leading full-service architecture, branding, interior and planning firm focused on residential, retail, hospitality and mixed-use developments, today announced the grand opening of Exhibit at JTown Apartments, a mixed-use apartment community in the heart of Silicon Valley. Boasting contempora...
Premier Awarded Design & Procurement with Fairfield Residential
Dallas-Based Firm Expands Portfolio in Downtown Los Angeles DALLAS — Premier, an end-to-end architecture, design, procurement, and capital management firm, is pleased to announce it will lead the interior design and procurement services for a new Fairfield property in a large urban market, Los Angeles. The property in downtown Los Angeles marks the first project Premier will be working on with the ground up developer, Fairfield Residential. “We are honored that a well-known multifamily deve...
Major Update to PPI Plastic Pipe Design calculator Announced
Association’s Version 3.0 Adds Pipe Sizes, Fluids, and Static Water Column Pressure Function IRVING, Texas - The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has announced a major update to its Building & Construction Division’s Plastic Pipe Design Calculator, a free software tool for the design of plastic pressure pipe and tubing systems using CPVC, HDPE, PEX, PE-RT, PP-R and PP-RCT. The calculator is intended to be used for applications such as plumbing, water service, fire protection, hydroni...
Vutility Selected to Participate in AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator for Infrastructure
Vutility will enable real-time energy monitoring supporting sustainability in the built environment leveraging AWS products and services. SANDY, Utah - Vutility, Inc., today announced it has been selected to participate in the AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator for Infrastructure, a technical, business, and mentorship program for commercially scaled, high-growth startups seeking to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make infrastructure more sustainable. This opportunity will support Vutilit...
AWWA releases insights report from Water 2050 Sustainability Think Tank
DENVER – A diverse group of influential thinkers from within and outside the water community put forth 10 recommendations for a sustainable water future in the first think tank report of the Water 2050 initiative. Published today by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Water 2050 Sustainability Think Tank Report is the first in a series of five think tank reports associated with the initiative. Water 2050 seeks to envision the future of water and chart a course for sustainability....
PCA Elects 2023 Board of Directors Leadership
Washington, D.C. – Portland Cement Association (PCA) is proud to announce new leadership for its Board of Directors after holding elections today at its Fall Board meeting. Filiberto Ruiz has been elected PCA Board Chairman. Ruiz is the current President and CEO at Votorantim Cimentos North America and has served the last two years as Vice Chair to outgoing Chairman Ron Henley. Henley is President and CEO of Global Cement and Concrete of America. Massimo Toso has been elected PCA Vice Chai...
The Cintec Reinforcement System Used To Repair John Sopinka Courthouse Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
The Man John Sopinka was born in Broderick, Saskatchewan in 1937 and lived there until his Ukrainian Canadian family moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 1939. He completed secondary school at Saltfleet High School in Stoney Creek and earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees at the University of Toronto . While studying law, he also played professional football with the Canadian Football League ,Toronto Argonauts (1955 to 1957) then the Montreal Alouettes (1957). A noted trial lawyer, he w...
Poralu Marine, the world leader in the design of aluminum marinas, is setting its sights on its new floating waterfront development business unit
Poralu Building the future of floating living spaces: this is the idea behind the new offering from Poralu Marine. The worldwide leader in the design, construction and installation of aluminum marinas, Poralu Marine is continuing to diversify its products and services with the launch of a new waterfront development business unit that is revolutionizing communities’ urban development projects, with the aim of achieving €50 million in turnover in 5 years. Innovative, patented solutions...
World Building of The Year and Interior of The Year revealed amongst 2022 finalists at World Architecture Festival
World Interior of the Year: Pingtan Children Library by Condition_Lab © Sai Zhao Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) by 3XN in Sydney, Australia has been declared the World Building of the Year 2022, while Pingtan Children Library by Condition_Lab, has been named World Interior of the Year for 2022. The winners were announced amongst other ultimate accolades including Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year, at the fifteenth annual World Architecture Festival (WAF), held in Lisbon....
Data Conversion from the Mechanical CAD System to BIM in the New AMC Bridge Technology Demonstration
Waltham, MA - The demand for digital product data in the construction sector is accelerating faster than ever. Its driving factors, among others, are increasing adoption of building information modeling (BIM), legal requirements for product traceability, and commercial pressure to deliver fully specified technical designs of projects quicker and error-free. However, architects and mechanical engineers have different design needs, resulting in varying and often non-compatible CAD tools and file...