One Vanderbilt Tops Out in New York
AISC certified member fabricator Banker Steel Company recently announced the topping out and completion of the structural steel for One Vanderbilt in New York. One Vanderbilt now claims the title of tallest office tower in Midtown Manhattan. The tiered steel tower topped out at 1,401 ft. thanks to its 100-ft. architectural spire. Banker Steel subsidiary NYC Constructors erected the steel, which was fabricated at Banker's New Jersey and Virginia facilities. The skyscraper opens in 2020 in Man...
Rockefeller Group Announces Topping Out of Rose Hill, The Historic Firm's First Residential Tower in Manhattan
NEW YORK, NY – Rockefeller Group, founded more than 90 years ago to develop Rockefeller Center and today a leading U.S. owner and developer of premier properties across various real estate asset types, celebrated the official topping out of Rose Hill – the firm’s first luxury residential tower in Manhattan. Located in the flourishing NoMad neighborhood at 30 East 29th Street, the 45-story full service condominium building launched sales for the 123 residences earlier this summer, with closings a...
USGBC Announces Vision for LEED Positive
ATLANTA – Today, during its annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo being held in Atlanta, Ga., the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced LEED Positive – a vision statement and LEED development roadmap that will lay the foundation for a future of LEED that is regenerative. “We must do all we can to leverage our tools and resources to scale up reductions in carbon emissions associated with buildings, communities and cities,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO, USGBC...
Urban Land Institute’s Greenprint Center Releases Report on Embodied Carbon
WASHINGTON – The Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance has released a new report, Embodied Carbon in Buildings Materials for Real Estate, explaining how reducing embodied carbon in the construction process can save developers money and help mitigate the impacts of climate change. Greenprint is a worldwide alliance of leading real estate owners, investors, and strategic partners committed to improving the environmental performance of the global real estate indus...
Global Design Firm Populous' New York Office Finds its New Home in The Starrett-Lehigh Building
RXR Realty’s Starrett-Lehigh Building; image provided by RXR. NEW YORK – November 18, 2019 – Global designers Populous, the firm behind such iconic buildings as Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, Allianz Field, and Tottenham and Wembley Stadiums, signed a lease that will move its New York offices to The Starrett-Lehigh Building at 601 West 26th St. in the West Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The 4,800 square foot lease represents the upward trajectory of the New York office and a significan...
Thornton Tomasetti Shares Results of Comprehensive Embodied Carbon Measurement Study
Co-Initiator of 2050 Structural Engineers Challenge Urges Peers to Contribute Data, Commit to Creating More Efficient Structures to Mitigate Climate Change (New York) - Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has released results from its multi-year, project-based embodied carbon measurement study, identifying the type of structures, materials and components with the highest carbon emissions. The findings provide insight into how structural engineers can drive innovation...
Pickard Chilton-designed 609 Main at Texas in Houston Receives Connecticut Green Building Council Award
New Haven, Conn. – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and sophisticated design of high-performance corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that 609 Main at Texas, a 48-story, 1.85million gsf, LEED Platinum-certified office tower in Houston’s Central Business District, has received the Out-of-State Award of Merit from the Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC). The award was presented at a ceremony on October 3, 2019 at the Common Ground...
Construction Complete on University of Colorado Boulder’s Newest and Largest Residence Hall Williams Village East
St. Louis, MO - The new Williams Village East residence hall at the University of Colorado Boulder proudly welcomed its first students in August for the fall 2019 semester. The 178,000-square-foot residence hall, the university’s largest, houses a total of 705 students. The $96.7 million residence hall was designed by St. Louis-based KWK Architects as part of the design-build team, which also included architect-of-record alm2s of Fort Collins, CO and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company of Den...
DFI Publishes New White Paper on Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) Available for Free
Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI announces the release of a new white paper titled “Terminology and Evaluation Criteria of Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) as applied to Deep Foundations.” The paper was produced by a CSL Task Force comprised of members of the DFI Codes and Standards Committee, Drilled Shaft Committee and Testing and Evaluation Committee. The CSL Task Force was chaired by E. Anna Sellountou, Ph.D., P.E., Pile Dynamics. The white paper reviews the state of the practice (including experience...
AISI and CCFSS Announce the Publication of "Cold-Formed Steel Design - Fifth Edition"
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CCFSS) at the Missouri University of Science and Technology announce the publication of “Cold-Formed Steel Design - Fifth Edition,” recognized by professionals around the world as the definitive text on cold-formed steel design. The book was updated by Wei-Wen Yu, Ph.D., P.E. and Roger A. LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E., from CCFSS and Helen Chen, Ph.D., P.E., from AISI. It includes t...
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