Friends of BelovED Community Charter School 2, Urbahn Architects, and Hollister Construction Complete the Structural Frame of the New $12.5 Million Middle School in Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City, NJ – Friends of BelovED Community Charter School 2, Inc. (Friends 2) and the project team of Urbahn Architects and construction manager Hollister Construction Services have reached the important construction milestone of ‘topping out’ – or completing the structural steel frame – for the new BelovED Community Charter School’s Middle School building. The new school will be situated on a half-acre parcel of land located at 535 Grand Street in Jersey City, New Jersey. New Jersey Communi...
DXA Studio Announces The Completion Of 280 St. Marks Avenue
New York – DXA studio, a New York based architecture and design firm known for a diverse range of projects primarily in Manhattan and Brooklyn, has announced that 280 St. Marks Avenue, a condominium building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn has been completed. 280 St. Marks Avenue is a 80,000 square foot, 31 unit condominium building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Located in a neighborhood celebrated for its beautiful brownstones and brick townhouses, DXA maintained the wonderful cadence a...
Lorin Announces Distinct Advantages of Coil Anodized Aluminum for Architectural and Construction Applications
Muskegon, MI - Lorin Industries, Inc., the global industry leader in the innovation and production of coil anodized aluminum, produces materials for architectural, building, and construction applications. Lorin's coil anodized aluminum offers significant benefits of increased strength and durability at a lower weight and cost than competing materials. The cost-effective coil anodizing process, pioneered by Lorin, protects the aluminum while also improving its aesthetic properties and durability....
Norway Is Entering a New Era of Climate-Conscious Architecture
The European Union has a target of making all new buildings zero-energy by 2020, but in Norway, carbon neutrality isn’t enough. A consortium in Oslo made up of architects, engineers, environmentalists, and designers is creating energy-positive buildings in a country with some of the coldest and darkest winters on Earth. “If you can make it in Norway, you can make it anywhere,” says Peter Bernhard, a consultant with Asplan Viak, one of the Powerhouse alliance members. Bernhard says Powerho...
See How Termites Inspired a Building That Can Cool Itself
How do you cool a building without air conditioning? Using an approach called biomimicry, see how architect Mick Pearce harnessed the ingenuity of termites to design a natural cooling system for the largest commercial building in Zimbabwe. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo...
Gupta Reveals Plans for Massive Australian Steel Revival
Billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta has announced plans to build the largest steel plant in the developed world in South Australia. Liberty Primary Steel – part of Gupta’s GFG Alliance – today announced major steps towards the transformation of the alliance’s Whyalla steelworks, signing contracts worth more than A$600m. GFG Alliance has also contracted China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) to run a feasibility study into building a new steel plant in Whyalla capable of prod...
Simpson Strong-Tie Puts New SCS Seismic Bypass Framing Connector to the Test
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has introduced the SCS seismic bypass framing connector, the first hybrid seismic clip engineered for either slide-clip or fixed-clip applications in high-seismic areas, and the first product of its kind to undergo full-scale cyclic research testing to determine load capacities in real-world conditions. To determine the in-plane performance of the SCS clips, Simpson Strong-Tie condu...
New Study Shows Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions for North American Steel vs. Chinese Steel for Building Construction
PITTSBURGH, PA - Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from production of Chinese steel are substantially greater than emissions from production of comparable steel in North America, according to a series of reports released today by the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). Two peer-reviewed reports ( North America and China ) compare hot-dip galvanized (HDG) steel coils produced in North Americ...
Pickard Chilton-designed 2+U Tops Out in Downtown Seattle
Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced the recent topping out of 2+U, a premier office tower in the heart of Seattle’s central business district. The New Haven-based architecture studio designed the 686,000 SF building, whose unique exterior features an open-air, pedestrian-friendly urban village under the building, made possible by 20 steel and concrete “Y columns” that lift th...
Video: 301L vs 304 Stainless Steel
Joe Evans with SPX Cooling Technologies discusses the advantages of using 301L stainless steel.
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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