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Insights for working well in a hybrid world

GBBN Principal and Interior Designer Beth Latto, NCIDQ, LEED AP, ID+C, WELL AP, share a few takeaways, insights, and lessons learned from a recent Post Occupancy Evaluation of the firm's Cincinnati, Ohio, office.


MFPRO+ Special Reports

Top 10 trends in affordable housing

Among affordable housing developers today, there’s one commonality tying projects together: uncertainty. AEC firms share their latest insights and philosophies on the future of affordable housing in BD+C's 2023 Multifamily Annual Report.



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Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has severly impacted the $800 billion U.S. commercial and institutional construction industry. Since March 2020, Building Design+Construction has dedicated significant editorial resources to research and report on breaking news, industry reports, and trends and innovations related to COVID-19 and its short- and long-term impacts on the nation's architecture, engineering, construction, and building owner/developer firms.

This news channel includes more than 100 coronavirus-related news posts. For more coronavirus news, check out our newsfeed: COVID-19 and real estate: How the coronavirus is impacting the AEC industry.

Coronavirus | Apr 1, 2020

TLC’s Michael Sheerin offers guidance on ventilation in COVID-19 healthcare settings

Ventilation engineering guidance for COVID-19 patient rooms

Coronavirus | Apr 1, 2020

February rise in construction outlays contrasts with pandemic-driven collapse in March as owners, government orders shut down projects

Survey finds contractors face shortages of materials and workers, delivery delays and cancellations.

Coronavirus | Paladino | Apr 1, 2020

Green cleaning and the coronavirus

If your cleaning teams use bleach to disinfect buildings from Coronavirus, will you put your LEED certification at risk?

Coronavirus | Mar 31, 2020

As cities scramble for hospital beds to treat COVID-19 patients, Leo A Daly offers a hotel-to-hospital solution

The firm has devised three conversion models, for different levels of healthcare required.

Coronavirus | Rob Cassidy | Mar 30, 2020

Your turn: Has COVID-19 spelled the death knell for open-plan offices?

COVID-19 has designers worrying if open-plan offices are safe for workers.

Coronavirus | GBBN | Mar 30, 2020

Learning from covid-19: Campuses are poised to help students be happier

Overcoming isolation isn’t just about the technological face to face, it is about finding meaningful connection and “togetherness”.

Coronavirus | Mar 30, 2020

COVID-19 innovation: Setting parameters for hotel-to-hospital conversions

tvsdesign breaks down different room types and how they might help free up hospital beds for coronavirus patients.

Coronavirus | Mar 30, 2020

New Department of Homeland Security guidance clarifies construction's role in supporting essential critical infrastructure

Construction officials say new federal guidance should signal to state and local officials the need to allow construction activity to continue, or resume, during coronavirus-related work stoppages.

Coronavirus | Mar 27, 2020

Sharp jump in owners cancelling or delaying construction projects across the country, new survey finds

After 42 states added jobs in February, coronavirus is taking a swift and severe toll on the industry, prompting association officials to call for additional measures to help workers and firms recover.

Coronavirus | Mar 27, 2020

Covid-19 stalls demand for design services

Two thirds of architecture firms report slowing or stoppage of projects due to COVID-19.

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