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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

DLR Group's Interior Design Leader Gretchen Holy, Assoc. IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years.



Brick and Masonry

A journey through masonry reclad litigation

This blog post by Walter P Moore's Mallory Buckley, RRO, PE, BECxP + CxA+BE, and Bob Hancock, MBA, JD, of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC, explains the importance of documentation, correspondence between parties, and supporting the claims for a Plaintiff-party, while facilitating continuous use of the facility, on construction litigation projects.


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May 3, 2012

NSF publishes ANSI standard evaluating the sustainability of single ply roofing membranes

New NSF Standard provides manufacturers, specifiers and building industry with verifiable, objective criteria to identify sustainable roofing products.

Drew Ballensky | May 3, 2012

$2.5 billion healthcare project in San Francisco gets key approval

The proposed $2.5 billion California Pacific Medical Center project cleared a major hurdle when San…
Apr 30, 2012

KBE Building completes renovation at the ConnCAT

The $1.2 million project consisted of a 16,000-sf interior renovation.

Apr 27, 2012

GreenExpo365.com to offer webinars on EPA’s WaterSense Program

Architects and builders interested in developing water-efficient buildings invited to attend free sessions featuring experts discussing water-efficient building practices.

Drew Ballensky | Apr 25, 2012

Delta spending over $1 billion on New York airport renovations

Delta Airlines broke ground on a $160 million renovation at LaGuardia Airport last week. The…
Tim Gregorski | Apr 24, 2012

South Florida theatre installs glowing architectural mesh

Originally built in 1978, the South Florida Community College (SFCC) Theatre for the Performing…
Apr 20, 2012

Century-old courthouse renovated for Delaware law firm offices

To account for future expansion, Francis Cauffman developed a plan to accommodate the addition of an 8-story tower to the building.

Drew Ballensky | Apr 17, 2012

Industrial adaptive reuse projects show surprising ways to repurpose old structures

A half dozen adaptive reuse projects featured in this article demonstrate creative repurposing of…
Apr 16, 2012

University of Michigan study seeks to create efficient building design

The result, the researchers say, could be technologies capable of cutting the carbon footprint created by the huge power demands buildings place on the nation’s electrical grid.

Drew Ballensky | Apr 11, 2012

Tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., in $300 million reconstruction boom

Devastated by a tornado about a year ago, the community of Joplin, Mo. is being rebuilt at a torrid…
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