Enter today! BD+C's 75 Top Building Products for 2024
BD+C editors are now accepting submissions for the annual 75 Top Building Products awards. The winners will be featured in the November/December 2024 issue of Building Design+Construction.Ā
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BD+C University Course
Waterproofing deep foundations for new construction
This continuing education course, by Walter P Moore's Amos Chan, P.E., BECxP, CxA+BE, covers design considerations for below-grade waterproofing for new construction, the types of below-grade systems available, and specific concerns associated with waterproofing deep foundations.
Biophilic Design
New supertall Manhattan tower features wraparound green terraces
At 66 stories and 1,031.5 ft high, The Spiral is BIGās first supertall building and first commercial high-rise in New York.
Oct 12, 2010
Cuyahoga County Soldiersā and Sailorsā Monument, Cleveland, Ohio
27th Annual Reconstruction AwardsāGold Award. The Cuyahoga County Soldiersā and Sailorsā Monument was dedicated on the Fourth of July, 1894, to honor the memory of the more than 9,000 Cuyahoga County veterans of the Civil War.
Oct 6, 2010
Windows Keep Green Goals in View
The DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has almost 600 window openings, and yet it's targeting LEED Platinum, net-zero energy use, and 50% improvement over ASHRAE 90.1. How the window āproblemā is part of the solution.
Sep 24, 2010
PPG to help inaugurate Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC)
PITTSBURGH, Sept 23, 2010 ā PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will participate in a ceremony Sept. 27 toā¦
Sep 13, 2010
Second Time Around
A Building Team preserves the historic facade of a Broadway theater en route to creating the first green playhouse on the Great White Way.
Aug 11, 2010
Morphosis builds 'floating' house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right New Orleans foundation
Morphosis Architects, under the direction of renowned architect and UCLAĀ professor Thom Mayne, has completed the first floating house permitted in the U.S. for Brad Pittās Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans.The FLOAT House is a new model for flood-safe, affordable, and sustainable housing that is designed to float securely with rising water levels.
Aug 11, 2010
WaterSmart Innovations Conference attracts 1000+ to Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (October 12, 2009) ā More than 1,000 participants from 42 states and 12 foreign nationsā¦
Aug 11, 2010
TRACO wins Crystal Achievement Award for most innovative manufacturing plant
Cranberry Township, Pa. - TRACO has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Crystal Achievementā¦
Aug 11, 2010
PCA partners with MIT on concrete research center
MIT today announced the creation of the Concrete Sustainability Hub, a research center established at MIT in collaboration with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & Education Foundation.
Aug 11, 2010
SimplexGrinnell earns certified status in Microsoft Partner Program for 9th year in a row
ANAHEIM, CA. (September 22, 2009) ā For the ninth consecutive year, SimplexGrinnell has earnedā¦
Aug 11, 2010
CTBUH conference on future of tall buildings set for October 22-23, 2009 in Chicago
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2009 Conference, "Evolution of theā¦
