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Sustainable Design and Construction

Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure

Northglenn, Colo., a Denver suburb, has opened the new Northglenn City Hall—a net zero, fully electric building with a mass timber structure. The 32,600-sf, $33.7 million building houses 60 city staffers. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, Northglenn City Hall is set to become the first municipal building in Colorado, and one of the first in the country, to achieve the Core certification: a green building rating system overseen by the International Living Future Institute.



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Nov 21, 2011

Perkins Eastman unveils master plan for Shandong University

The Shanghai office of international design and architecture firm Perkins Eastman joins Shandong…
Nov 21, 2011

Mortenson and enXco partnership to build its 19th wind project

The 8,500 acres project will generate140 megawatts of wind power – enough energy to power approximately 39,000 homes.

Nov 21, 2011

FDH Engineering acquires Energy Solutions

All ESI employees have been merged into FDH’s staff at its St. Louis office.

Nov 18, 2011

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability opens

Designed to exceed LEED Platinum, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) is one of the most innovative and high performance buildings in North America today, demonstrating leading-edge green building design products, technologies, and systems.

Nov 17, 2011

SmithGroup changes name to SmithGroupJJR

SmithGroup and JJR join brands to become a single, multi-disciplinary company.

Nov 17, 2011

Campus-wide energy-efficiency program aims to deliver $3.5 million in energy and operational savings

Merced College and Honeywell will use the school’s energy usage statistics to develop a course curriculum on sustainability, and raise awareness among students of the positive impact conservation practices contribute to the community.

Nov 17, 2011

Hollister Construction Services renovating bank in Union City, N.J.

Project is part of a series of ground-up construction and renovation assignments.

Nov 16, 2011

Project completion of BRAC 132, Office of the Chief Army Reserve Building, Ft. Belvoir, Va.

This fast-tracked, design-build project consists of a three-story, 88,470 sf administrative command building housing approximately 430 employees.

Nov 16, 2011

CRSI recommends return to inch-pound markings

The intention of this resolution is for all new rollings of reinforcing steel products to be marked with inch-pound bar markings no later than January 1st, 2014. 

Nov 15, 2011

Struggling economy demands construction industry embrace enterprise-wide risk management

In today’s business environment of high supply and limited demand, it has become especially vital for organizations in the construction sector to effectively manage risk.

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