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Stuart Dean Completes Multi-Faceted Restoration Project in Massachusetts

Stuart Dean, an international provider of renowned architectural restoration services, recently completed a multi-faceted restoration project at the Eliot Church in Newton, Massachusetts, an initiative that has returned many of the structure's key architectural elements to their original 19th-century condition.

11 Oct 2013

LAST Professor Presents Issues Inherent to the Concept of Symbiotic City

Professor Emmanuel Rey of the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) was the guest speaker of the radio program "Prise de terre" on "RTS La Première". On this occasion, he presented the main issues inherent to the concept of symbiotic city, which tends to respond to the limits set by the current linear metabolism of cities.

11 Oct 2013

Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions Develops New Moore Hall at Lake Forest College

Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions and Lake Forest College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 4 to celebrate the completion of the new $16 million Moore Hall Redevelopment at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill.

11 Oct 2013

LAST to Participate in DPEA’s Post-carbon Architecture Program

The Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) was invited to take part in the program of the DPEA postgraduate cycle Post-carbon Architecture organized by the "École nationale supérieure d'architecture de la ville et des territoires in Marne-la-Vallée" (EnsaVT) in partnership with the "École des Ponts Paris-Tech".

11 Oct 2013

LEED Platinum Certification Awarded to Penn State Child Care Center

“The trees behind the Child Care Center at Hort Woods are naturally 10 degrees cooler. A little weather station in the woods tracks the temperature and sends the director an email suggesting that now would be a good time to cool the building. Green lights in the classrooms alert the kids to open their little sliding doors.

11 Oct 2013

‘Building the City Anew’ Traveling Exhibition to be Presented in Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

From October 15 through December, 6 the two major symbols of Hamburg’s ambitious urban design and re-development will present a traveling exhibition, “Building the City Anew”, in Boston, Chicago and Was...

10 Oct 2013

Stanley Martin’s Sussex Model Home Wins ‘Home of the Year’ Award

For the second year in a row Stanley Martin Homes accepted the prestigious "Home of the Year" award at last Thursday's Great American Living Awards (GALA) in Tyson's Corner. The Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association (MNCBIA) and Northern Virginia Building Industry Association (NVBIA) gathered with the best of the best in building, to recognize industry leaders in sales, marketing, merchandising, and architectural design.

10 Oct 2013

ASCE Selects Fluor’s Utah I-15 CORE Project Among Finalists for 2014 OCEA Award

Fluor Corporation announced today that the company’s I-15 Corridor Expansion (CORE) project for the Utah Department of Transportation was selected as one of five finalists for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2014 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award. The design-build project, completed by the Fluor-led Provo River Constructors joint venture, involved the widening and reconstructing of 24 miles of freeway in 35 months.

10 Oct 2013

Berger and Cummins Commission 30 MW Power Plant for USACE in Afghanistan

Berger/Cummins, a joint venture between The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger) and Cummins Power Generation, has completed commissioning of a 30-megawatt power plant for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District to reduce power shortages at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

10 Oct 2013

LEED Gold, Net-Zero Energy Building to be Built at Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

As the legend holds, a violent escape from Nevada State Prison in 1871 concluded in a true-life Wild West shootout in California, not far from Mammoth Mountain. The immediate surroundings were renamed accordingly — Convict Creek, Convict Lake and Mount Morrison, after a slain member of the posse that ambushed the inmates.

10 Oct 2013

California Governor Signs Historic Bill on Fire Safety Without Use of Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals

Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law AB 127, which for the first time, directs the California State Fire Marshal to consider fire safety without the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals, now commonly used in building insulation.

9 Oct 2013

Ecobuild Southeast Asia 2013 Attracts Over 5,500 Attendees from 43 Countries

Ecobuild Southeast Asia 2013 opened its doors at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Malaysia from 17 - 19 September.

9 Oct 2013

Alley111 Owner Awards Skanska Contract to Build Multifamily Tower in Downtown Bellevue

Skanska has signed a contract for construction of an 11-story multifamily tower in downtown Bellevue, WA, USA. The full contract amount of USD 54 M, about SEK 350 M, will be included in order bookings for Skanska USA Building for the fourth quarter of 2013.

9 Oct 2013

Global Demand for Building Boards Forecast to Increase at Over 6% per Year Through 2017

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Building Boards Market

9 Oct 2013

ATCO Sustainable Communities Enters Contract with Town of Nain to Construct New Community Centre

ATCO Sustainable Communities announced today that it has signed a contract with the town of Nain, NL to design and construct a new community centre. Nain is the northernmost town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and is represented by the Nunatsiavut Government, a regional Inuit government within the province.

8 Oct 2013

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Stuart Dean Completes Multi-Faceted Restoration Project in Massachusetts

LAST Professor Presents Issues Inherent to the Concept of Symbiotic City

Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions Develops New Moore Hall at Lake Forest College

LAST to Participate in DPEA’s Post-carbon Architecture Program

LEED Platinum Certification Awarded to Penn State Child Care Center

‘Building the City Anew’ Traveling Exhibition to be Presented in Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Stanley Martin’s Sussex Model Home Wins ‘Home of the Year’ Award

ASCE Selects Fluor’s Utah I-15 CORE Project Among Finalists for 2014 OCEA Award

Berger and Cummins Commission 30 MW Power Plant for USACE in Afghanistan

LEED Gold, Net-Zero Energy Building to be Built at Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

California Governor Signs Historic Bill on Fire Safety Without Use of Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals

Ecobuild Southeast Asia 2013 Attracts Over 5,500 Attendees from 43 Countries

Alley111 Owner Awards Skanska Contract to Build Multifamily Tower in Downtown Bellevue

Global Demand for Building Boards Forecast to Increase at Over 6% per Year Through 2017

ATCO Sustainable Communities Enters Contract with Town of Nain to Construct New Community Centre

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