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Kuvella Modular Designs and Z Modular Announce Partnership to Expand Delivery of Modular Design and Construction

February 1, 2019 - in Buildings, News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Kuvella Modular Designs, a leader in sustainable modular construction, and Z Modular, a division of Zekelman industries and leader in modular steel construction, today announced an alliance between the two companies…

New Method To Determine How Safe Buildings Are After An Earthquake

February 1, 2019 - in Buildings, News

More information: Yves Reuland et al. A model-based data-interpretation framework for post-earthquake building assessment with scarce measurement data,…

Cintec Technology Aids in Restoration of Award-Winning 12th Century Castle

February 1, 2019 - in Buildings, News, Products

CINTEC International, a world leader in the field of structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation, announces that its patented…

Video: Chicago Union Station Renovation Time-Lapse

January 30, 2019 - in Buildings, Videos

Sunlight is shining on the Great Hall at Chicago Union Station once again! Teams completed a major restoration of the 219-foot-long skylight that is at the center of the train station and EarthCam documented the entire process. With EarthCam's 4K time-lapse…

Boulder Valley School District Hosts Grand Opening for New Transportation Center

January 25, 2019 - in Buildings, News

On January 25, the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) will celebrate the opening of its new Transportation Center, the first of three major projects to support educational opportunities in the 31,000-student district, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The…

Chubb Leads the Way in Bermuda for Green-Building Certification

January 23, 2019 - in Buildings

HAMILTON, Bermuda - The Chubb Building on Woodbourne Avenue is the first in Bermuda to be twice recertified as LEED® Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council.  LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building certification…

Ashley Capital Announces Construction of Second Building at Enterprise Business Park

January 22, 2019 - in Buildings, News

RACINE COUNTY, Wis. - Ashley Capital is pleased to announce the construction of a new 438,000 square foot cross-dock, speculative, industrial building. Located at 11201 Enterprise Way, Sturtevant, Wisconsin, it is the second building to be constructed at Enterprise…

Video: A Look Inside a Major Seismic Retrofit

January 21, 2019 - in Buildings, Videos

There are more than 1,600 old brick buildings in Portland at serious risk of crumbling in the event of a major earthquake.

Awair Secures Coveted RESETâ„¢ Accreditation for Omni Air Quality Monitor

January 21, 2019 - in Buildings, News, Products

SAN FRANCISCO  - Awair, the creators of intelligent air quality monitoring solutions, announced that RESETâ„¢, the world’s first sensor-based and performance-driven building standard and certification program, has officially certified the Awair Omni…

Design, Building Codes and Emergency Strategies All Play Important Role in Residence Hall Emergency Evacuations

January 18, 2019 - in Buildings, News

(St. Louis, MO) One of the elements of safe residence hall design is proper evacuation of the building. When someone enters a building, eventually they will have to exit, sometimes quickly in the case of an emergency. Building codes, emergency strategies and…