Stadium with Fabric-Roof Rip To Reopen Before Month's End - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Engineers are investigating the reasons for a tear in Vancouver stadium's air-supported fabric roof, which ripped during a windy Jan. 5 snow storm. The owner reports no injuries.
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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Two Phases Down, One to Go: Vegas Bids for Home Furnishings Supremacy - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Las Vegas does things big and bold, and its buildings are no exception. The World Market Center, for example, currently has a $550-million, 2.1 million-sq.-ft. expansion underway in downtown Las Vegas. (Th
Publication Date: 14 January , 2007
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Painful Precision Allows Frank Gehry to Twist the Glass Envelope - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 08 January , 2007
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Test of Wood-Frame House Shows Costly Damage - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Earthquake engineers at the State University of New York at Buffalo have released preliminary results of an unprecedented shake-table test that subjected a two-story, wood-frame townhouse to the force of a
Publication Date: 08 January , 2007
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Steel To Replace Concrete at Failed Concourse in Paris - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Ring by ring, workers are dismantling the precast concrete arches of the elegant but flawed roof of Paris airport's newest terminal. By spring, the 650-meter-long concourse vault at Terminal 2E will be go
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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Relentless Pace of Work Shatters Project Manager's Expectation - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
It's been Dustin Liljehorn's experience that most construction jobs follow a familiar pattern—they start strong, settle in for the long haul, and then finish in a frenzy. Glass House shattered that e
Publication Date: 24 December , 2006
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Brooklyn's Proposed $4.2-billion Sports Village Receives New York State Approval - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Soon after New York state’s Public Authorities Control Board approved the $4.2-billion Atlantic Yards sports village, including an arena, housing and office space in Brooklyn, N.Y., the local develop
Publication Date: 21 December , 2006
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Cause of High-Rise Roof Slab Collapse Remains a Mystery - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Investigators are scratching their heads over the cause of the collapse of an 80 x 30-ft section of slab during the casting of the roof of a 24-story structural concrete office building in Rosslyn, V
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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WTC Steel Artifacts Stabilized For the Sake of History - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A vacant hangar at JFK International Airport might seem an odd place to store remnants of the World Trade Center, destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001. But in 2002, when the Port Authority of New York & New Jer
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Newseum Builders Press on To Make the Media the Message - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Who, what, when, where, why and how. Journalism’s Five Ws+H have become a major assignment for builders of a $425-million homage to the Fourth Estate in Washington, D.C. The content of the interactiv
Publication Date: 11 December , 2006
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Virginia Concrete Collapse Critically Injures Three - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Sixteen construction workers were injured at a 24-story office highrise in Arlington, Va. when a portion of the roof collapsed during a concrete pour early on Dec. 8th. The 8:30 a.m. accident trapped worke
Publication Date: 08 December , 2006
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New York's Whitney Shifts Site of Planned New Structure -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Whitney Museum of American Art has signed on to build a satellite institution at the entrance of the High Line, the elevated park planned for Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, The New York Times
Publication Date: 30 November , 2006
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Better Metal Wall System Coming for Seismic Zones -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
By April, structural engineers may be able to get building department approval, on a case-by-case basis, to use generic metal shear wall panels for low-rises in high seismic zones. The metal panels, curren
Publication Date: 27 November , 2006
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Green Proponents Target CO2 in Emissions Reduction Plans -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Joining the groundswell of concern about climate change, the U.S. Green Building Council announced this month its aim to target greenhouse gas reductions through its LEED rating system.
Publication Date: 27 November , 2006
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In Minnesota, House Where Gingerbread Man Could Live - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Looking over the blueprints and forms submitted to the city for approval, it's not that unusual a structure. It’s nearly 65 ft high, with an internal structure of scaffolding and drywall, and has all
Publication Date: 24 November , 2006
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Seattle Sculpture Park Job Resembles Obstacle Course -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
An operating engineers’ strike that shut down Seattle’s concrete suppliers from July to September pushed the planned October opening of the Seattle Art Museum’s $85-million Olympic Sculpt
Publication Date: 20 November , 2006
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Cowboys Fought to Keep Stadium Plans Secret-from Terrorists - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
If only the offensive line could block out opponents this long.
Publication Date: 15 November , 2006
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Performance Designs on Hold -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
San Francisco is suspending approval of performance-based seismic designs of buildings 240 ft or taller until the release of an administrative bulletin on the “alternate rational analysis” appr
Publication Date: 13 November , 2006
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Experts Debate the Costs of Going Green -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
As more and more governments across the country mandate or encourage green building, the inevitable question is, at what cost?
Publication Date: 13 November , 2006
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Green Initiatives Flourish Across U.S. -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
From Arlington, Mass., to Calabasas, Calif., state and local governments are adopting resolutions, passing legislation and issuing executive orders to mandate or encourage sustainable building, despite ext
Publication Date: 13 November , 2006
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It Makes Sense To Build Green -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Green schools cost less than 2% more than conventional elementary, middle and high schools but can provide financial benefits that are 20 times as large, according to a recent study of 30 high-performance
Publication Date: 13 November , 2006
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City Unlimited? A Boom That's Reshaping Austin -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Austin, Texas—As many as 18 announced highrise projects representing $1.5 billion worth of work may break ground in the next year or so in the downtown section of this unique city. The plans reflect
Publication Date: 12 November , 2006
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Heating Unit Sparks High-Rise Fire in Chicago - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
It's fire season in Chicago again.
Publication Date: 03 November , 2006
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Experts Say Improper Rigging Caused Hancock Accident - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
A couple of steel wheels and cable clamps could have saved the lives of four people on a Saturday afternoon in March 2002, when wind blew parts of an 11,000-lb suspended scaffold off Chicago's John Hancock
Publication Date: 23 October , 2006
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Hierarchical Structure Introduces Logic to Randomness - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
When the Olympic torch arrives in Beijing for the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the setting for the thousands of athletes, dignitaries and spectators will be a stadium that is structurall
Publication Date: 23 October , 2006
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New York Air Crash Damage Is Confined to Small Area - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Silvian Marcus was in a meeting at 7 World Trade Center when he got the call. A plane had struck "his building."
Publication Date: 23 October , 2006
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Feds' Favorite Ruffles Young Rival's Feathers -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. General Services Administration, asked by Congress to report “on the progress and next steps toward recognition of other credible sustainable building rating systems” within GSA’
Publication Date: 16 October , 2006
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Manhattan Crane Mishap Triggers Lawsuit -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
A spokesman for the builder of the concrete superstructure for a 21-story residential tower in Manhattan involved in a climbing crane dismantling mishap on Sept. 29 in Manhattan says it does not comment on
Publication Date: 13 October , 2006
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Climbing Crane Not Properly Secured, Says Manufacturer -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The manufacturer of a tower crane involved in a Sept. 29 dismantling mishap in Manhattan that injured five people, three of them workers, says the climbing tower was not installed according to the erection
Publication Date: 09 October , 2006
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Fire Sprinklers In Houses Not Likely -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Fire sprinklers in one and two-family dwellings and townhouses are not likely to be required any time soon by the International Residential Code. At recent code hearings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the IRC
Publication Date: 09 October , 2006
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MIT's Major Building Program Changes Campus and Area -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is going on a building spree, again. The academic giant plans to spend $750 million over the next few years on four new structures plus renovations that will conti
Publication Date: 09 October , 2006
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New York City Bets On Better Rules -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The New York City School Construction Authority has $3 billion a year to spend for the next three years and it is cleaning up its act to make sure it receives the most construction for its money.
Publication Date: 09 October , 2006
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Prospects for Homebuilding Boom Improve with Ruling -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
A legal opinion issued recently in Louisiana is being hailed by modular housing manufacturers in New Orleans as a key enabler in their efforts to boost the area’s home production from a typical 7,000
Publication Date: 09 October , 2006
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Steven Holl Architects Leaves Denver Justice Center Project -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Steven Holl Architects left the Denver Justice Center project this week. The firm’s local architectural partner,
Publication Date: 05 October , 2006
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LDS Church To Begin $1.5 Billion Salt Lake City Redevelopment - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) will start demolition next month on three downtown Salt Lake City properties to make way for a $1.5-billion mixed-use redevelopment project .
Publication Date: 04 October , 2006
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Disproportionate Collapse Rejected by Code Developer- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Structural engineers are breathing a collective sigh of relief now that the structural committee of the International Code Council voted to reject proposals to add disproportionate collapse resistance and
Publication Date: 02 October , 2006
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Last Visible Scar of World Trade Center Attacks To Disappear- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The long-awaited removal of a glaring reminder of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York City's World Trade Center, the vacant hulk of the 41-story former Deutsche Bank Building, could begin later th
Publication Date: 02 October , 2006
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Close Call as NYC Crane Piece Falls, Crushes Cab -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Five people were injured Sept. 29 in New York City when a four-ton chunk of metal dislodged from a construction crane on a high-rise building site and fell 21 stories, crushing a taxi. The cranes three ope
Publication Date: 30 September, 2006
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NYC's SCA Goes Green -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
As if cranking out 100 new schools and 2,000 capital improvement projects next year weren't enough, the New York City School Construction Authority will be doing it green. With all new design projects comm
Publication Date: 30 September, 2006
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Best Practices Guidelines Expected Early Next Year - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Structural engineers crafting a best practices guide for progressive collapse resistance in buildings cautioned against overreaction in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center
Publication Date: 25 September, 2006
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New Jersey Seeks $3.2 Billion But Changes Are Planned - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A New Jersey task force looking to propel the state’s stalled school building program is recommending $3.2 billion in new funding, but also new steps to expedite work and beef up project management o
Publication Date: 25 September, 2006
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Whitewater Training Center Mixes Technology and Nature- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
This fall, rafting, canoeing and kayaking enthusiasts will have a chance to try their skills at the world’s only multi-channel, closed-loop, recirculating whitewater river. The river is part of a $35
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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Downtown Los Angeles Tries To Improve Its Reputation- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Construction is expected to begin by year’s end on the first phase of a $1.8-billion redevelopment of a rundown swath of downtown Los Angeles, adjacent to the iconic Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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Ground Zero Office Designs Hailed as Hopeful Symbols - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Beating by a week the myriad commemorations at Ground Zero that marked the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the World Trade Center’s developer unveiled three more office towers planne
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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Sports Village Spurs Opposition - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The controversial Atlantic Yards sports village planned for New York City’s borough of Brooklyn “raises serious questions of good planning and design, public process, appropriate scale and dens
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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Senate Panel Clears 'Green Buildings' Bill - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has approved a bill that would authorize $25 million over five years and direct other actions aimed at stimulating the growth of "green buildings.&quo
Publication Date: 14 September, 2006
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Developers Present Competing Visions of Denver Union Station - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The two master developers vying to redevelop Denver Union Station–Union Station Partners LLC and Continuum Partners/E
Publication Date: 12 September, 2006
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A Conversation with Calatrava - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Santiago Calatrava, design architect and a structural engineer, has been working on the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, along with the Downtown Design Pa
Publication Date: 11 September, 2006
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Architecture, Structure Are One, says Calatrava - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Considering he is both an architect and a structural engineer, it is not surprising that Santiago Calatrava considers the professions inextricably intertwined. "There is a symbiosis between architecture an
Publication Date: 11 September, 2006
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Concrete Homes Address New Orleans Housing Crisis - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As builders gear up to meet the enormous demand for homes in areas wrecked by hurricanes Katrina and Rita last fall, concrete home builders are charging in, with several setting up around New Orleans.
Publication Date: 11 September, 2006
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Team for WTC ‘Bird of Peace’ Tries to Remain Unflappable - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Never mind the exotic-cantilevered steel wings that, like a bird's, will flap to part the transit hall roof or the undulating concrete arches of a sunken public space to the west. Never mind the convoluted
Publication Date: 11 September, 2006
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Traffic, Concrete Deliveries, Crowding are Key Concerns for WTC Area - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The numbers for the ambitious rebuilding of lower Manhattan, sparked by the terrorist attacks of 9/11, are staggering. There are 29 projects worth more than $21 billion expected to be complete by 2015. Nea
Publication Date: 11 September, 2006
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World Trade Center Projects Move into Construction To Absorb 39 Projects - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
By the month's end, the question of whether Silverstein Properties will remain as a developer-for-hire for the 1,776-ft-tall Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan may be resolved. The
Publication Date: 11 September, 2006
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Chapter 2 of Ground Zero Story to Air Sept. 11 on PBS - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
"America Rebuilds, Part II, Return to Ground Zero," which depicts the effort to rebuild Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack that destroyed New York City's World Trade Center, will air on
Publication Date: 09 September, 2006
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Chapter 2 of Ground Zero Story to Air Sept. 11 on PBS - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
"America Rebuilds, Part II, Return to Ground Zero, which depicts the effort to rebuild Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack that destroyed New York City's World Trade Center, will air on
Publication Date: 09 September, 2006
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Chapter 2 of Ground Zero Story to Air Sept. 11 on PBS - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
"America Rebuilds, Part II, Return to Ground Zero, which depicts the effort to rebuild Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack that destroyed New York City's World Trade Center, will air on
Publication Date: 09 September, 2006
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New Designs Fill In the Remaining Blanks at Ground Zero - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With the Sept. 8 unveiling of the designs for three more office towers at Ground Zero, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is one step closer to having completed its mission of guiding the planning of th
Publication Date: 08 September, 2006
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New York City School Agency to Spend $3 Billion a Year for Three Years -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The New York City School Construction Authority has $3 billion to spend every year for the next three years. In the past, that announcement would have gotten the stereotypical New Yorker response from the
Publication Date: 06 September, 2006
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FEMA To Seek Pilot Proposals - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Issuance of federal guidance to Gulf states applying for funds to support alternative housing pilot programs is “imminent,” says a spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Under a
Publication Date: 04 September, 2006
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City Boasts New Architecture And Virtual Construction - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Move over Rubber City…Soap Box Derby…World Series of Golf. Akron, Ohio, is working on a trendier image by using an international starchitect for its art museum expansion. The project is the f
Publication Date: 14 August , 2006
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