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Europe Investigates How to Improve the Resilience of Buildings, Urban Areas and Territories Against Climate Change

February 5, 2024 - in Buildings

The MULTICLIMACT research project will help plan, design and modernise these types of buildings and spaces to adapt to the rise of extreme weather events such as floods, earthquakes and heat waves The 24 participants in the initiative will explore new design…

Next Version of AISC N690 Available for Public Review

February 5, 2024 - in Buildings, News

CHICAGO - A draft of the next edition of the AISC Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear Facilities (AISC N690) is now available…

Alcoa to supply Nexans with low-carbon aluminum, including metal from ELYSISTM technology

February 2, 2024 - in Buildings, Structural components

Alcoa will supply Nexans with low-carbon aluminum rod that will contain metal from the breakthrough ELYSIS technology ELYSISTM is a technology partnership…

Climate Resolve Launches ‘Shine On’ Initiative to Combat Climate Change Through Cool Surface Solutions

February 1, 2024 - in Buildings

Los Angeles, California: Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, has launched Shine On, a new initiative funded by the Grantham Foundation and ClimateWorks Foundation’s Clean Cooling Collaborative (CCC). This innovative program will…

3DXB Group Sets Guinness World Record For the Largest 3D-Printed Villa in Dubai

January 24, 2024 - in Buildings

Dubai, UAE, 23 January 2024 - 3DXB Group, a leading innovator in 3D printing solutions for the construction industry, unveiled today its achievement of a Guinness World Record for the largest 3D-printed villa in the world. This groundbreaking project signifies…

U.S. Green Building Council Announces Top 10 U.S. States for Green Building in 2023

January 24, 2024 - in Buildings

New York leads the way in annual ranking recognizing commitment to LEED certification and sustainable communities    Washington, D.C. (Jan. 23, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the leading authority on green building and…

New Mexico Adopts Money-Saving Building Codes

January 19, 2024 - in Buildings

[ALBUQUERQUE, NM] – The New Mexico Construction Industries Commission voted Wednesday to adopt the most recent international building energy codes, requiring builders to design and construct new buildings with improved performance.  Specifically,…

Proactive Building Maintenance: Stay Ahead, Save Big with Routine Preventative Maintenance for Building Exteriors

January 18, 2024 - in Buildings

(St. Louis, MO, Jan. 17, 2024) All matter breaks down over time. The structures that surround us today are no exception to that law of physics. Some building materials are more durable than others, like stone and steel, but unfortunately the days of structures…

Guidelines to Prevent Damage to Parking Structures During Snow Removal

January 17, 2024 - in Buildings

(St. Louis, MO) – Chemical deicers and snowplows are commonly used in winter to eliminate hazardous ice and snow from parking decks and structures. While deicers are doing their job melting away snow and ice, some may actually be corroding the parking structure’s…

IMC Architecture Completes New Le Café Coffee Location and Other Upgrades at One Dag in Manhattan

January 17, 2024 - in Buildings, News

The IMC Architecture-designed café features top-of-the-line appliances, a Caesarstone counter, engineered wood and wallpaper wall finishes, white birch-colored wall tiles behind the counter, merchandise display shelving, diamond plate wainscoting and terrazzo…