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Conklin Hall Re-Opens After $12 Million Renovation
Five years ago, the University Center of Lake County, a partnership between 18 Illinois colleges and universities, operated classrooms in shared buildings. However, it had no core facility – no “face” to show the community. The first facility of its k
Engineer Challenges Historical Theories on Building of Egypt’s Pyramids
ASTM International has published ASTM C1790-14, Standard Specification for Fly Ash Facing Brick.
After a decade of planning and roughly three years of construction, a hospital consisting of 118,000 square feet of thin stone, 5,400 tons of steel, 19,700 yards of concrete, and 18 million feet of cable opened its state-of-the-art doors. Virtua Voorhee
Trelligence Affinity™ functional design software delivers a full suite of architectural programming, design, design validation, and reporting tools all within a single platform.
The third annual Buildings At Risk ǀ Earthquake Loss Reduction Summit hosted by the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) and Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) will be held on Oct. 8 and Oct. 1
Project managers have been named for the four major project areas of Phase II of the Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) Initiative, which will be implementing the roadmap developed in Phase I.
Winter 2013-14: Table of Contents
In 2008, the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction conducted the $1.35 million regional phase of the 2nd Holcim Awards competition, and launched three publications and an online events calendar,...
In the third year of the Lifecycle Building Challenge competition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and partners are inviting the nation’s architects, product developers, educators, environmental leaders and students to submit innovat
The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) recently recognized 25 Lafarge sites around North America as part of the organization’s global effort to create and preserve wildlife habitats. Each year, the WHC issues certifications to facilities that have crea
The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) has published new guidelines for “green” concrete masonry units (CMUs).
In 2003, a team led by King Roselli Architetti (an English/Italian partnership that quickly was establishing a name for itself) embarked on a challenging, three-year project to expand a university library within The Vatican while adhering to considerable