Siemens Establishes Americas Digital Service Center to Help Transform Building Technologies Industry
Siemens has announced it is investing $14 million a year to establish a Digital Service Center in Austin, Texas for its Building Technologies Division that expands its capabilities to help customers collect and convert data into real-time knowledge for faster, smarter decision making. The Siemens Americas Digital Service Center is devoted to delivering solutions to help customers navigate the transformation of the building technologies industry and drive additional value of buildings via oper...
Ally & Crescent Communities Announce New Office Tower in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY), a leading digital financial services company, and Crescent Communities, a nationally recognized, real estate company specializing in the development of single family, multifamily and commercial/mixed use communities, today announced that they have entered into a lease agreement for a new office building that will be constructed at 601 S. Tryon St in Charlotte, North Carolina. The new building, named Ally Charlotte Center, will be centrally loca...
OSU Wexner Medical Center Chooses HDR for New Hospital Tower
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has selected HDR as the architect to program and develop a concept for a new addition to its Columbus, Ohio campus. A new hospital tower is part of the university’s campus expansion plan, Framework 2.0, and will include surgical services, interventional radiology, emergency services, logistics and material management, and new parking facilities. Framework 2.0 is a planning vision and collaborative update of the 2010 Framework 1.0 plan. This p...
Video: Port of Los Angeles Automated Terminal
The Port of Los Angeles Automated Terminal from Arcadis on Vimeo. The Port of Los Angeles TraPac Terminal is a fully automated technologically advanced terminal. The TraPac Terminal Automation Project features automatic stacking cranes and fully automated straddle carriers to advance the Port of Los Angeles' competitive edge. Arcadis assisted with construction management services for phases 2-4 of the project.
American Institute of Steel Construction: A Happy SteelDay Special Offer
As a way of saying thank you for your interest in structural steel, AISC is offering a SteelDay special on the new 15th edition of the AISC Steel Construction Manual. If you are in the United States and purchase a copy of the manual on SteelDay, you will receive a free copy of the 2nd edition of the AISC Seismic Design Manual and free shipping for both manuals -- a savings of over $200. The offer will be available starting Friday, September 15th through 5 p.m. ET on Monday, September 18 at www.s...
U.S. Bank Stadium Welcomed More Than 66,000 Football Fans Through ASSA ABLOY Openings at First Monday Night Game of 2017 Season
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The state-of-the-art U.S. Bank Stadium – home of the Minnesota Vikings – showed it’s ready for some football this year at the first Monday night game of the 2017 season where 66,606 fans entered the facility through the more than 1,500 doors and openings from ASSA ABLOY. Completed last year, the flexibility of the 1.5 million square foot stadium campus allows U.S. Bank Stadium to serve as a true multipurpose stadium that can host football, soccer, baseball, basketball...
After 100 years, Sullivan County, New York is Finally Getting a New Jail
MONTICELLO, N.Y. (SEPTEMBER 2017) – Considering the old jail is at least 100 years old, Sullivan County knew years ago, it was essential to build a new, more modernized facility. Subsequently, after talking about it for decades, the Sullivan County lawmakers gave the approval to move forward with construction of a new jail. “We’re going from an 18th century to a 21st century correctional center,” said Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty. “We skipped the 20th century. We researched so m...
Tsunami Ravaged City’s Architecture Preserved in Digital Archive
AN emerging architectural research method is being used to document the architectural heritage of Indonesian buildings wiped out in the 2004 tsunami. Banda Aceh, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was one of the worst affected areas in the December 26 tsunami, which killed more than 200,000 people in 11 countries. A reconstruction effort has since seen much of the city rebuilt, but few of the modern structures remain in keeping with the traditional Acehnese style. Under the guidance...
$397 Million Adelaide Convention Centre Revamp Complete
The $397 million redevelopment of Australia’s first convention centre has been completed a month out from a major international conference. The centrepiece of the Adelaide Convention Centre revamp is a state-of-the-art 3000sq m Plenary Hall. With a 3500-seat capacity, the hall can be divided into more than 15 configurations to accommodate a wide range of conferences, exhibitions, banquets and other events. The facility in the centre’s East Building features the world’s largest rotating se...
Self-Consolidating Concrete for Cast-in-Place Bridge Components
The latest of TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Ready Results explores how NCHRP Report 819: Self-Consolidating Concrete for Cast-in-Place Bridge Components developed guidelines for using self-consolidating concrete (SCC) in cast-in-place bridge components and proposed changes to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' (AASHTO's) specifications to encourage appropriate use of the material by state transportation departments. Many states o...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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