Cintec Technology Aids in Restoration of Award-Winning 12th Century Castle
CINTEC International, a world leader in the field of structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation, announces that its patented anchors were used in the restoration of Astley Castle in Warwickshire. Following its renovations, Astley Castle was awarded the prestigious Riba Stirling Prize for Architecture. Cintec teamed up with architects and engineers from Mann Williams and Newport-based Protectahome to restore the castle. Cintec assisted Protectahome with the first phase...
Video: Chicago Union Station Renovation Time-Lapse
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 movie, see progress from October 2017 to December 2018 from several unique perspectives, from inside the Great Hall to an aerial exterior view above the iconic building.
Boulder Valley School District Hosts Grand Opening for New Transportation Center
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 $15.3 million transportation facility is the result of a master planning effort that started in 2015. The grand opening and ribbon-cutting is set for 12:30 p.m. on January 25, 2019. Located on a 9-acre site in eastern Boulder, the 40,000-sq...
Chubb Leads the Way in Bermuda for Green-Building Certification
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 program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. The Chubb building first received LEED® Gold certification under the Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance rating system in 2011. In 2017, the building was recerti...
Ashley Capital Announces Construction of Second Building at Enterprise Business Park
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 Business Park. John Sharpe and Tom Boyle of Lee & Associates and Terry McMahon and Cody Ziegler of Cushman & Wakefield |Boerke are exclusive marketing agents for the property. Gary Rosecrans, Vice President of Ashley Capital, share...
Video: A Look Inside a Major Seismic Retrofit
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 RESET™ Accreditation for Omni Air Quality Monitor
SAN FRANCISCO - Awair, the creators of intelligent air quality monitoring solutions, announced that RESET™, the world’s first sensor-based and performance-driven building standard and certification program, has officially certified the Awair Omni air quality monitor as one of its Accredited Grade B monitors. With this certification, Awair Omni is now one of the few air quality that monitors that building professionals can use to achieve the coveted green building standard for their properties....
Design, Building Codes and Emergency Strategies All Play Important Role in Residence Hall Emergency Evacuations
(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 thoughtful design all play important roles in protecting the health, welfare and safety of residence hall occupants when an emergency evacuation is necessary. According to student housing design expert Javier Esteban, principal at KWK Ar...
UDOT and Habitat for Humanity Partner to Reuse Materials from Homes Scheduled for Demolition
Partnership provides low-cost home improvement materials for the community and helps fund Habitat for Humanity projects WHAT: Habitat for Humanity volunteers will begin working this week to remove building materials such as doors, windows, cabinets and light fixtures from several UDOT-owned homes in Midvale. These homes are scheduled for demolition to accommodate a future widening project on I-15 northbound between 9000 South and the I-215 interchange. The reclaimed building materials are...
Boral Resources Acquires Marketing Rights for Two Major Mexico Fly Ash Sources
ATLANTA - Boral Resources has acquired marketing rights for fly ash produced at two large coal-fueled power plants in Mexico. The power plants are capable of producing more than 1 million tons annually of concrete quality Class F fly ash that will be available for distribution through Boral's extensive western United States network. The new ash sources include: Carbon II – in Nava, Coahuila, located approximately 25 miles from the Texas border and accessible by truck and rail shipments....
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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