Nick Gilbert

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HOK to Design Medical School Within Buffalo’s Downtown Campus

Following its triumph in global design ideas competition, HOK has been opted for designing the new University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Grimshaw and Davis Brody Bond , Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Cannon Design, and Rafael Vinoly Architects with Foit-Albert Associates, were the competition finalists.

19 May 2012

Deceuninck North America’s Window Genius Offers Ultra-Thermal Performance Exceeding R-14

Deceuninck North America, a producer of high-quality systems for doors and windows, has launched the first interlinked dual sash window called Genius system.

19 May 2012

KBR Building Group Receives Contract from CTL Packaging

KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, has received a new manufacturing plant construction contract from CTL Packaging, a producer of plastic packaging products for the pharmaceutical, food, personal care and cosmetics industries.

19 May 2012

Infrastructure Group Balfour Beatty Receives BS11000 Certification from BSI

Balfour Beatty, a globally recognized infrastructure group, has received a certification to the new Collaborative Business Relationships standard by the British Standard Institute. This standard also known as BS11000 recognizes the significance of collaboration for the improvement of sustainable relationships, company performance and competitiveness.

19 May 2012

11th Avenue Place from Prism Developments Receives LEED Gold Certification

PRISM Group of companies’ subsidiary PRISM Developments has won LEED Gold Certification from the USGBC for its property in Beltline District. Though the property was known as PRISM place during the construction stage, it will now be marketed as 11th Avenue Place.

18 May 2012

North Carolina Railroad Agreement Completed for Charlotte LYNX Blue Line Extension

An agreement has been signed for the lease, construction and operation of the LYNC Blue Line Extension light rail project by the Charlotte Area Transit Systems (CATS), the North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) and Norfolk Southern Corporation.

18 May 2012

3M Donates Acoustic Tiles to Smithsonian’s National Zoo

3M has donated new acoustic tile to Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington D.C., to help in the reduction of noise levels and creating a quieter environment for visitors. One of the main attractions in the zoo was the Great Ape House, which features six western lowland gorillas and six orang-utans.

18 May 2012

Colliers Purchases A Grade Office Building in Hong Kong

Colliers International has announced that the company has bought 50 Connaught Road Central (the property) in Hong Kong. Agricultural Bank of China has provided HK$4.88 billion for this purchase.

17 May 2012

Canary District to have First Condominium Building

A team of experts from Dundee Kilmer Developments, officials from the city and a group of architects conducted the formal ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the first condominium building in Canary District.

17 May 2012

Omni Dallas Becomes Texas’s First and Only LEED Gold Certified Hotel

Close on the heels of winning the 2012 Design Award from Lodging Hospitality this month, the Omni Dallas Hotel has been awardedthe LEED Gold New Construction (NC) certification. This certification catapults the Omni Dallas into the distinction of being Texas’ only LEED Gold hotel as well as the largest US-based LEED Gold Certified Hotel outside Las Vegas.

17 May 2012

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