Seattle’s newest Veterans Affairs facility is green, clean, and patient-focused. Which is, of course, the idea behind this Stantec-designed facility. The new research building for Seattle Veterans Affairs, a $121.6 million structure with 220,000 sf of space, is meant to help with...
Builders are suffering the sharpest slump in more than a decade as new orders for homes, commercial property and civil projects dried up last month. Businesses are holding off starting new construction projects or paying for new premises because of...
Construction projects around the country could drastically slow, and home-owners could be on the hook for costs to replace cladding, with builders unable to secure professional indemnity insurance. The crisis stems from the combustible cladding problem. The last insurer to offer...
In a fireside chat entitled “Journey to Making an Impact,” two of Perkins Eastman’s firm leaders—Mary-Jean Eastman, FAIA, Vice Chair and Managing Principal of its New York City studio, and Barbara Mullenex, AIA, Managing Principal of the Washington, D.C.,...
In the wake of building fires involving combustible cladding products, an insurance crisis is facing the construction industry and affecting Tasmanian engineers. Property Council of Tasmania chief executive Brian Wightman wants the federal and state governments to convene an...
In 2011 the Gardners, the sole shareholders in Marramok, won second prize in a competition run by luxury Italian menswear label Ermenegildo Zegna to find the finest and most valuable wool grown in Australia. But they say they were inundated...
For many, the idea of emotional intelligence in construction reaffirms the notion that every generation gets a little softer. Unfortunately, this common misconception can create a persona that draws people away from wanting to work in the industry, specifically...
Last week’s Autodesk University event in London promoted the theme “The Opportunity of Better.” And its presentations made a compelling case for technology as essential to accelerating construction productivity at a time when “more is inevitable“ but “the reality...
The New Museum recently announced plans for its second building, a seven-story, 60,000-sf structure that will include three floors of galleries, doubling the museum’s exhibition space. The new building will replace the current 50,000 sf building at 231 Bowery. The...
Email Posted June 28, 2019 18:49:17 The bridge in Genoa, Italy's north, has been demolished nearly 1 year after a section collapsed, killing 43 people. Source: ABC News | Duration: 36sec Topics: disasters-and-accidents, building-and-construction, italy Source
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