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Engineers

Engineering goes hand-in-hand with design, putting a practical lens on the architect’s vision and finding the best way to make it happen. Without a talented engineer, the project will never reach completion, and certainly will not reach the standards of functionality and sustainability that the architect and client are seeking.

Feb 6, 2012

Siemens gifts Worcester Polytechnic Institute $100,000 for fire protection lab renovation

Siemens support is earmarked for the school’s Fire Protection Engineering Lab, a facility that has been forwarding engineering and other advanced degrees, graduating fire protection engineers since 1979.

Feb 2, 2012

Call for Entries: 2012 Building Team Awards. Deadline March 2, 2012

Winning projects will be featured in the May issue of BD+C. 

Feb 2, 2012

VLK Architects selected for new Cypress, Texas elementary school

The Bridgeland Elementary School will be a new prototype school for the District. Designed to meet the requirements of The Collaborative for High Performance Schools.

Feb 2, 2012

Mortenson Construction to build 2.4 MW solar project in North Carolina

Located on a 12 acre site in the Sandhills region, the 2.4 megawatt (MW) system is expected to generate approximately 3.5 million kilowatt hours (kWhs) of clean electricity on an annual basis.

Feb 2, 2012

Shawmut Design and Construction launches sports venues division

Expansion caps year of growth for Shawmut.

Feb 2, 2012

Fire rated glazing helps historic university preserve its past

When the University embarked on its first major addition since the opening of Hutchins Hall in 1933, preserving the Collegiate Gothic-style architecture was of utmost importance.

Feb 2, 2012

Delk joins Gilbane Building Co.

Delk to focus on healthcare construction programs and highly complex higher education facilities for Gilbane Building Company’s Southwest region.

Feb 2, 2012

Next phase of construction begins on Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute

$456 million Institute will be comprehensive heart center for 21st Century.

Feb 1, 2012

Increase notched in construction jobs, but unemployment rate still at 16%

AGC officials said that construction employment likely benefited from unseasonably warm weather across much of the country that extended the building season.

Feb 1, 2012

Replacement windows eliminate weak link in the building envelope

Replacement or retrofit can help keep energy costs from going out the window.

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