Dow plans to introduce the world’s first commercially available program for carbon-neutral silicones in building façades
PAS 2060-certified carbon-neutral silicones will decrease the environmental impact of buildings and contribute to achieving regional and global targets for CO2 reduction. DOWSIL™ Carbon-Neutrality Program to offer silicones for structural glazing, insulating glass, and weathersealing. MIDLAND, Mich. – Dow (NYSE: DOW) today announced the plans for 2022 to launch the world’s first commercially available carbon-neutrality program for silicone materials used for structural gla...
MdeAS Breathes New Life into Historic McGraw-Hill Building at 330 West 42nd Street
Tower - Credit MdeAS Architects (New York, N.Y.) – MdeAS (em-dee-a-s), a New York based architecture firm known for modern design and focused on redefining Class A buildings, interiors and public spaces, is currently working on the revitalization of the historic McGraw-Hill building at 330 West 42nd Street in Manhattan. The firm worked extensively to ensure that the landmarked building’s upgrades met the proper guidelines while adding elements that would reestablish the property as a des...
New Blackwater Community School Continues to Serve as a Hub for Education and Culture for Generations to Come
Rosendin Completes Construction on the New School for Gila River Indian Community Tempe, Arizona (October 13, 2021) – Construction on the new Blackwater Community School, a two-story structure on the Gila River Indian Community, located southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, was completed on August 31, 2021. The school serves pre-school, the Family And Child Education Program (F.A.C.E.) and K-5 Grade School. The two-year long build on the 7.43 acre campus was in conjunction with Rosendin, the nation’...
GSA & DOE Seek Technologies for Net-Zero Carbon Buildings
The U.S. General Services Administration’s Green Proving Ground (GPG) program, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain responses from vendors and other interested parties on technologies that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from commercial buildings. The RFI invites industry to submit information on early-commercial technologies that are ready for evaluation in occupied, operational buildings. This year’s RFI focuses...
AISC Offers $5,000 for the Next Great Steel Floor Beam Connection
CHICAGO - Structural steel is already the gold standard for rapid erection. But what if we could make it even faster? The American Institute of Steel Construction is offering $5,000 for up to three great ideas to revolutionize steel floor beam connections. Your back-of-the-napkin, so-crazy-it-just-might-work concept could become the next revolutionary, non-proprietary connection system! The key words are FAST and EASY--to design, fabricate, and erect safely. The ideal solution will be fast...
The Department Announces Construction Award for the U.S. Consulate General in Milan
The Department of State has awarded Caddell Construction Company LLC of Montgomery, Alabama the construction contract, managed by Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), for the new U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy. SHoP Architects of New York is the architect. The approximately 10-acre campus will provide a secure, sustainable, and resilient platform for U.S. diplomacy in Milan and across northern Italy. In addition to the new Consulate building, the project includes restoration of the h...
New Sustainable Hybrid Sandwich Elements Combine Concrete and Wood
Hybrid construction offers construction companies a more sustainable way of building without changing their current building methods. Metsä Wood and its partners have designed a hybrid sandwich wall element, which will renew offsite construction. The innovation combines concrete with Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber). The lighter weight of the hybrid sandwich wall elements proved to be a valuable benefit in the first construction project at Metsä Fibre’s Rauma sawmill. Hybrid constructio...
MHTN ARCHITECTS WINS LEARNING BY DESIGN’S GRAND PRIZE FOR WEST BOUNTIFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The Student-Centered School Promotes Collaboration, Creativity, and Sustainability SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH— OCTOBER 13, 2021— MHTN Architects, a nationally recognized, multidisciplinary architecture firm specializing in student life and educational design, received Learning By Design’s Grand Prize for designing West Bountiful Elementary School in Utah. The 65,000-square-foot, two-story school features several learning studios with sliding doors and portable furniture to provide more flexibi...
Skanska builds rental apartments in Helsinki, Finland, for EUR 68M, about SEK 690M
Skanska has signed a contract with Union Investment to build rental apartments in Helsinki, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 68M, about SEK 690M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the fourth quarter 2021. The 33-storey building encompasses 288 rental apartments, totaling approximately 18,400 square meters. The building will represent the highest energy efficiency class and include rooftop solar panels that will generate some of the electricity used by the property....
Department of State Breaks Ground on New Office Annex for U.S. Embassy in Bangkok
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations celebrates the groundbreaking of the new office annex for the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. Chargé d’Affaires Michael Heath and Director-General Witchu Vejjajiva of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs were joined by other distinguished guests for the ceremony. The new project, located on the site of the original Embassy campus across from the current Chancery, will support the continued growth of U.S.–Thai...
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June Issue 2026
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