More Students and Less Capital Funding Push Innovative Housing
Even as tuition skyrockets at many U.S. universities, enrollment is keeping pace, creating larger student bodies that are less inclined to accept cramped and aging dormitories. To accommodate and lure stud
Publication Date: 04 July , 2005
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WTC Report Triggers Debate Over Safety
The release late last month of the final draft of the $16-million federal investigation into the World Trade Center disaster of Sept. 11, 2001, has triggered a debate over the 10,000-page report’s 30
Publication Date: 04 July , 2005
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New Design Unveiled For Freedom Tower
The redesign of the 1,776-ft-tall "replacement" for the 110- story twin towers destroyed by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001, follows security standards used by the U.S. federal government for its fo
Publication Date: 29 June , 2005
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Responses Begin to Federal World Trade Center Report Recommendations
Industry groups are joining forces to review recommendations for changes to structural and life-safety systems for tall buildings proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as part of
Publication Date: 23 June , 2005
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Responses Begin to Federal World Trade Center Report Recommendations
Industry groups are joining forces to review recommendations for changes to structural and life-safety systems for tall buildings proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as part of
Publication Date: 23 June , 2005
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New York City’s Long Haul Toward 2006 Code Nears End
New York City is moving closer to adoption of a new, streamlined and more user-friendly building code with the recent transmission to the city council, for eventual adoption into law, of plumbing and admin
Publication Date: 20 June , 2005
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Rocky Flats Site Near Cleanup End
Work began this month to demolish the last remaining structure at the U.S. Energy Dept.’s Rocky Flats former manufacturing site outside Denver. The last remaining building is the 360,000-sq-ft former plutonium recovery plant. "It’
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Publication Date: 20 June , 2005
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Sitework Begins for 1,000 Tsunami-Resistant Houses
Sitework has begun in Sri Lanka on construction of 1,000 homes designed to better resist the forces of a tsunami by sacrificing everything but the columns and foundation. The 400-sq-ft house can be built
Publication Date: 13 June , 2005
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Neuroscience and Health Care Design Team Up in Study
The predictions are based on a two-year study led by John P. Eberhard, the American Institute of Architects’ vice president of research and recipient of the $100,000, 2003-05 Latrobe fellowship of the AIA College of Fellows. Eberhard used t
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Publication Date: 06 June , 2005
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Technology Can Save Regulatory Agencies Money
Use of information technology by regulatory agencies in the building permitting process is enhancing efficiency and providing dollar savings in jurisdictions, regardless of size. But despite the fact that
Publication Date: 06 June , 2005
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Architects Crawl Toward Integrated Project Delivery
"This is the beginning of enlightenment about the importance of this issue," said Norman L. Koonce, AIA’s outgoing executive vice president-CEO, at the AIA 2005 National Convention and Design Exposition, held May 19-21, in Las Veg
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Publication Date: 30 May , 2005
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Green Buildings Pioneer Dies at 69
Mechanical engineer Norman D. Kurtz, 69, died May 13 at his home in Scarsdale, New York. Kurtz, a founder of multidisciplinary New York City-based engineering firm Flack+Kurtz, worked on some of the most h
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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State Learns that Embassies Can Be Cheaper by the Dozen
How do you open 15 embassies and consulates in four years, start construction on 39 more and have 13 ready to bid? Two words: "Discipline and accountability," says Charles E. Williams, director a
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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Seattle Program Moving Ahead As Centerpiece Shows Wear
With the May 14 opening of its Ballard Branch just a year after the opening of the flagship central library, the Seattle Public Library has completed 15 of 27 projects in its $235-million Libraries for All
Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Turner Loses Job Over Rising Costs
The New York City-based contractor was fired May 3 from the Manatee County, Fla., justice center project in Bradenton because its guaranteed maximum price jumped $10 million, to $68 million. The firm was hired in spring 2004 as construction mana
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Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Pentagon Proposes Closing 33 Major U.S. Bases, Expanding 49 Others
In the first proposed revamping of U.S. military posts in 10 years, the Dept. of Defense has recommended shutting 33 of its 318 major domestic bases but adding 400 or more personnel at 49 other installati
Publication Date: 13 May , 2005
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New Design Under Wraps Until Late June
Lower Manhattan rebuilding officials will make public a new design for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site by the end of June, said Gov. George E. Pataki (R). The governor's commitment comes i
Publication Date: 12 May , 2005
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Architects Seek Engineers in the Teaming Match-Up Maze
In one corner, star architect Frank Gehry stood with a lightweight local, Crawford Architects. In the other, sports architecture’s homegrown heavyweights HOK Sport+Venue+Event and Ellerbe Becket Inc., often fierce competitors, stood togethe
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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County Justice Center Needs $11 Million in Repairs To Open
On April 19, five years after work began, Clark County officials terminated A.F. Construction Co. Inc., Las Vegas, due to defective work. The removal is the latest move in a problem-filled job that has prompted public bidding reform in southern
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Freedom Tower, Sam Lubell, World Trade Center, Larry Silverstein, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Daniel Benjamin, Lower Manhattan Development Corp., Skidmore Owings and Merrill
The New York Police Department's security-related concerns about the World Trade Center Freedom Tower’s design may force the building’s developer and architects to rethink their plans.
Publication Date: 28 April , 2005
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Glass Wall, Visible Car Ramp Turn 'Lemon into Lemonade'
Local architect Lohan Caprile Goettsch turned a lemon into lemonade not only by filling the space between the lobby and the office floors with an income-earner–a 489-vehicle garage–but by expressing the garage ramp as a spiral around t
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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No Tunnel For WTC Site Rebuild
Teams of consultants hired by NYSDOT worked on studies for the at-grade option, tunnel option and a no-build option. Stakeholders and community groups at one public comment meeting favored the at-grade option over the $860-million tunnel, notes
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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Critics Blast Findings Of Federal 9/11 Study
The findings of the $16-million investigation of the World Trade Center, called the most ambitious study of any building disaster, has sparked a barrage of pointed criticism from many prominent building pr
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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Standards - Steel Sector Pushes Toward Electronic Data Exchange
The revised code, published March 18 and available free on www.aisc.org on May 4, also includes a section on the request for information process. Briefings on these sections of the revised code were held during Chicago-based AISC’s annual s
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Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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Cable-Supported Glass Wall Made Feasible by Extra Curve
Doubly curving a tensioned cable-supported glass wall at Seattle Tacoma International Airport made the project feasible while enhancing the building’s looks. With its horizontal and vertical curves, t
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Famed Japanese Architect Dies at 91
A combination of Western modernism and Japanese traditional architecture characterizes Tange’s early buildings in particular. His work demonstrates "an ability to distill the very essence of the modern spirit…wedded to a deep unde
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Publication Date: 04 April , 2005
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Arizona Stadium Builders Perform Movable Feats in Desert
Standing in the rain on Feb. 19 to witness the slow-motion roof lift for the $450-million Arizona Cardinals Stadium development was about as exciting as watching the grass grow. That was just fine with the
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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California City Experiments With Precracking Treatment
Unusual top-down installation of a new aircraft control tower recently marked mid-construction of the $8-billion fifth terminal complex at London’s Heathrow airport. To minimize disruption, owner BAA
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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House Cuts Baghdad Project Funds
The Bush administration suffered a setback when the House deleted funds for a U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad from an $81-billion supplemental spending bill.
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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'Best Practices' Title Raises Expectations and Concerns
The National Institute of Standards and Technology reports that the May publication of Best Practices Guidelines for Fire Safety Design of Concrete and Steel Structures will not likely be delayed by concerns about its usefulness, expressed at a
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Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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How Design Impacts Patients
A study, getting under way this month in Canada, is expected to determine the impact of hospital design on staff efficiency and staff and patient satisfaction. Results will provide architects and developer
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Israeli Holocaust Memorial Emerges to Light–to Life
The new history museum at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust center, tunnels into the hill on one side and cantilevers out over Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem Valley on the other. The design by architect Mosh
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Failed Airport Structures Fate To Be Decided by Mid-April
By mid-April, Aéroports de Paris will decide whether to demolish or repair the partially collapsed concourse at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. To assist in determining the fate of the structure, w
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Failed Airport StructureÆs Fate To Be Decided by Mid-April
By mid-April, Aéroports de Paris will decide whether to demolish or repair the partially collapsed concourse at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. To assist in determining the fate of the structure, w
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Failed Airport Structureês Fate To Be Decided by Mid-April
By mid-April, Aéroports de Paris will decide whether to demolish or repair the partially collapsed concourse at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. To assist in determining the fate of the structure, w
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Rapidly Evolving Rating System Draws Applause and Criticism
In the five years since its launch, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design has become widely accepted as the standard of 'greenness' for buildings. This acceptance has come despite complaints from
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Rapidly Evolving Rating System Draws Applause and Criticism
In the five years since its launch, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design has become widely accepted as the standard of 'greenness' for buildings. This acceptance has come despite complaints from
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Rapidly Evolving Rating System Draws Applause and Criticism
In the five years since its launch, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design has become widely accepted as the standard of 'greenness' for buildings. This acceptance has come despite complaints from
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Record Size Roof Lift Completed in Arizona
Last Tuesday, the 5,400-ton retractable roof for a $450-million football stadium near Phoenix finished its "excruciatingly slow" ascent from the ground, where it had been preassembled, to its fin
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Record Size Roof Lift Completed in Arizona
Last Tuesday, the 5,400-ton retractable roof for a $450-million football stadium near Phoenix finished its "excruciatingly slow" ascent from the ground, where it had been preassembled, to its fin
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Airport Roof Failure Blamed on Process
In what amounts to a harsh indictment of the French process for executing complex public projects, investigators have identified two likely reasons for the partial roof collapse at the 650-meter-long conco
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Airport Roof Failure Blamed on Process
In what amounts to a harsh indictment of the French process for executing complex public projects, investigators have identified two likely reasons for the partial roof collapse at the 650-meter-long conco
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Airport Roof Failure Blamed on Process
In what amounts to a harsh indictment of the French process for executing complex public projects, investigators have identified two likely reasons for the partial roof collapse at the 650-meter-long conco
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Doing 'Real' Engineering Often Means No Easy Stamp of Approval
"Given the serious concerns we have regarding a structure of this height not having a dual lateral force-resisting system, we recommend against the designers proceeding with their proposed [performan
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Doing 'Real' Engineering Often Means No Easy Stamp of Approval
"Given the serious concerns we have regarding a structure of this height not having a dual lateral force-resisting system, we recommend against the designers proceeding with their proposed [performan
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Doing 'Real' Engineering Often Means No Easy Stamp of Approval
"Given the serious concerns we have regarding a structure of this height not having a dual lateral force-resisting system, we recommend against the designers proceeding with their proposed [performan
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Most Florida Storm Shelters Did Well, Investigators Say
Investigators who studied Florida storm shelters battered by last year’s hurricanes are reporting mostly good news. But they still have no answers about the most spectacular shelter damage of all, the
Publication Date: 16 February , 2005
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Engineers Caution Against Overreaction
"Extreme care must be taken to avoid overreaction in changing existing design standards and provisions of building codes," says the 58-page report, Comparison of Structural Performance of Multi-Story Buildings Under Extreme Events, by
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Publication Date: 24 January , 2005
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Insurers Make Huge Payments For Milwaukee Ballpark Roof Defects
The mediation process was "very difficult," says Mike Duckett, executive director of the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, the ballpark’s owner. The five-county agency originally filed suit against Mitsubish
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Publication Date: 17 January , 2005
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GSA Chief Architect Feiner to Retire
Edward A. Feiner, the General Services Administration’s chief architect since 1996, says he is retiring, effective Jan. 31, and exploring a job in the private sector. Feiner, 58, says he probably will
Publication Date: 03 January , 2005
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Code Developer Convenes Committee To Offer Advice on Safety Issues
The National Fire Protection Association’s fledgling advisory committee on high-rise safety may ultimately advocate more code changes relating to building operations and maintenance than physical chan
Publication Date: 27 December , 2004
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Tallest Building To Open after Six Years of Ups and Downs
Having survived construction delays and other setbacks, including a 2002 earthquake that killed five workers, the 508-meter-tall Taipei 101 tower, which has replaced Kuala Lumpur’s 451.9-m twin Petron
Publication Date: 27 December , 2004
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Vinyl Use Difficult Issue for Sustainable Building Industry
Those who wish to discourage the use of polyvinyl chloride in buildings were dealt a blow by the conclusions of a draft report from the U.S. Green Buildings Council, released Dec. 22. PVC is not "con
Publication Date: 23 December , 2004
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U.K.’s 56-Meter-Tall ‘Firework’ in Steel Finishes a Year Late
Set in Manchester’s new sports complex, "B of the Bang" has 180 tapering tubes that "erupt" from a core in 25 conical clusters. The spikes range from 2.9 m to 35 m long, and add up to some 3 kilometer of tubes. The assem
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Publication Date: 20 December , 2004
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Chicago Fire Safety Will Cost Millions
Owners of high-rise buildings in Chicago will have to dig deep into their maintenance pockets to comply with new fire-safety laws.
Publication Date: 17 December , 2004
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Architect-Engineer Santiago Calatrava Deftly ‘Twists’
With perimeter walls that both "swirl" and cut back to the core, the 26,000-sq-m tower in Malmö, already a landmark, has demanded some highly tailored vertical supports. Yet despite the tricky geometry, wind at the coastal site ha
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Publication Date: 13 December , 2004
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Calatrava Wins AIA Gold Medal
Spanish-born architect-engineer-artist Santiago Calatrava is the winner of the American Institute of Architects’ 2005 Gold Medal. Completed projects of Calatrava are the Milwaukee art museum expansion, the Sundial Bridge in Redding, Calif.,
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Publication Date: 13 December , 2004
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Old Chicago High-Rises Will Likely Get Retrofits
Just days after a Dec. 6 fire at LaSalle Bank Corp.’s 45-story headquarters in Chicago, local lawmakers took another step to increase safety in older buildings 80 ft and taller.
Publication Date: 13 December , 2004
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Another Chicago Fire Motivates Code Changes
The five-alarm fire broke out in the early evening of Dec. 6 at LaSalle Bank's corporate headquarters and continued to burn for almost six hours. It sent one-third of the city's firefighting resources to the scene and injured at least 35 people.
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Publication Date: 07 December , 2004
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Freedom Tower A Copy, Says Suit
Architect David M. Childs and the New York City office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have until Nov. 29 to answer a complaint that alleges Childs "copied" the work of Thomas Shine for the Fre
Publication Date: 22 November , 2004
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