USGBC Report: Green Building Industry Insights on Economic Recovery
During yesterday’s Green Business Summit at Greenbuild, USGBC announced the release of the Healthy Economy Forum Report. The Forum, held in August and attended by more than 1,000 green building and business professionals, discussed strategies for recovery and how green building will need to evolve. Not only was health central to the conversation, but there was an acknowledgement that moving forward greater focus needs to be on building for resilience given the challenges of the pandemic, as w...
Metsä Wood: Fast Construction of Wooden Residential Buildings In Linnanfältti
Wooden multi-storey apartment buildings in Linnanfältti, close to the centre of Turku, Finland are being built with Kerto® LVL-based elements. A residential building constructed from wooden elements can rise in less than half the time compared to a similar kind of concrete building. With Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL-based elements (laminated veneer lumber) buildings are fast, light and green to construct. Four multi-storey wooden residential buildings in Linnanfältti are made of Kerto LVL-based woo...
Fort Knox Middle High School Addition Earns LEED Gold Certification
Woolpert was the architect of record for the $21 million project at the Department of Defense Education Activity school. FORT KNOX, Ky. (Aug. 26, 2020) — Fort Knox Middle High School has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its recent 52,000-square-foot addition, which was designed by Woolpert. It is the most recent Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) school to be certified as LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Wo...
Cintec North America Announces Restoration And Anchoring Work On Massey Hall, Famed Canadian Concert Venue
North American firm helps complete restoration of historic Toronto building Cintec North America announces its reinforcement anchors offer stability and support during the revitalization of Canada’s most renowned concert venue, Massey Hall. As Massey Hall marks its 125th anniversary, a century and a quarter of Canadian history has been stripped bare to be massively restored, not only to recapture the hall’s original sound, but to make sure it will serve audiences for generations to come. T...
Stantec completes The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, the largest residential adaptive reuse in South Florida
The development features 111 luxury condos and world-class hotel-style amenities MIAMI (DATE) NYSE, TSX:STN: Global integrated design firm, Stantec, announces the completion of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, located on seven-and-a-half acres in Mid-Beach in one of Miami Beach’s finest residential neighborhoods. Developed by Lionheart Capital, Stantec served as the architect of record, working in collaboration with Italian master architect, Piero Lissoni. Initially constructed in 1925 as...
Design Assist vs. Delegated Design – Industry Experts Release Recommended Guidance
CHICAGO - Over the past few years, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) have worked together to study design collaboration techniques commonly used in the construction industry. As a result of this joint effort, the AIA and AISC have published a paper titled "Design Collaboration on Construction Projects. Delegated Design, Design Assist, and Informal Involvement – What Does it all Mean?" Along the way, the AIA and AISC discovered t...
The Great Reopening: Architects and Engineers Help Schools Envision Safe Designs for COVID Era
K-12 schools now have a range of immediate, short-term, and future design options they can use to create safer buildings and still serve most of their regular student enrollment. New York – The most contentious debate of the COVID-19 era is unfolding this summer as elected officials, administrators, educators, parents, and students all grapple with how to safely open schools for the coming academic year. And schools are discovering that – alongside public health directives and revised cu...
The Power of Paradigm Shifts
Munich, 12 August 2020 – Any innovation in today’s world requires an industry that is stuck in an old paradigm for too long and the development of a core technology challenging that paradigm. The Nemetschek Group believes that it is about time for a paradigm shift in the construction industry. The construction industry is the largest industry in the world. Yet it has been practically stagnant with one percent productivity growth annually over the past two decades. But aren´t we in the age of...
Florida Adopts ACI Concrete Repair Code
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The seventh edition of the Florida Building Code (FBC) was recently released for review and now references the American Concrete Institute’s, ACI 562-19 Code Requirements for the Assessment, Repair and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures. Effective December 31, 2020, Florida will become the third state to reference ACI 562, joining Hawaii and Ohio. A leading authority and resource worldwide for individuals and organizations involved in concrete design, c...
Katerra emerges as North America’s only end-to-end mass timber design, manufacturing and construction firm
Company’s CLT manufacturing facility has capacity to produce 185,000 cubic meters annually, the largest in North America MENLO PARK, CA – Katerra has solidified its position as North America’s only end-to-end supplier of mass timber, demonstrated by the ramping of its unmatched cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing operation, successful delivery of leading-edge mass timber client projects, and continued advancement of quality, sustainable product offerings. Katerra offers mass timber...
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