Architects Launch New Science Dubbed 'Neuro-Architecture'
In an effort to prove beyond scientific doubt a relationship between design and human health, well-being and worker productivity, the American Institute of Architects is embarking on an historic path that
Publication Date: 19 May , 2003
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Global 'Starchitects' Sow Passion into Land Of Pragmatism
Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Rem Koolhaas, Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Fumihiko Maki and Jose Rafael Moneo–to name only seven. When it comes to designer labels, made in the U.S.A. is wearing thin a
Publication Date: 05 May , 2003
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Slurry Wall Construction Sets Sturdy Base For $4-Billion Job
The 27,700 sq ft of slurry wall wedged between a school and New York City Transit elevated subway tracks in Queens required the extraction of two levels of tiebacks at the edge of another slurry wall that Treviicos Corp., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
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Publication Date: 28 April , 2003
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Seabees Are Advancing Plans For Postwar Rehab Work
On April 13, the day before coalition forces took control of the last Iraqi redoubt, Saddam Hussein's ancestral home town of Tikrit, Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic, Capt. William L. Rudich and a handful of aides
Publication Date: 21 April , 2003
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Mobile Engineering Unit Builds Forward Communications Post
The Army's V Corps Tactical Operation Center remains in the rear, but the smaller TAC shadows the battle. It also has a little brother, called the Hot TAC, which fits into a few trucks and can be up and operating in 30 minutes. Whenever the TAC
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Publication Date: 14 April , 2003
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Park Service Preps Liberty Bell For Relocation In September
It has been 27 years since the National Independence Historical Park in downtown Philadelphia last moved the Liberty Bell, placing it in a pavilion near Independence Mall. In late September, the bell will find a new home in a museum that is part
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Publication Date: 14 April , 2003
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Steel Sector Plans Paradigm Shift
The American Institute of Steel Construction Inc. predicts that, thanks to electronic data interchange, in 15 years at most, two-dimensional design and shop drawings will be relics of a bygone era, pushed
Publication Date: 14 April , 2003
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Award of Excellence Winner: Kathi Littmann
The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the U.S. with 750,000 students, had literally run out of space and couldn't figure out how to accommodate its exploding school-age population. The symbol of the district's failure wa
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Publication Date: 07 April , 2003
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Erecting Out-Of-Kilter Canopy Proves To Be A Difficult Job
Nothing about the roughly 480x160-ft canopy taking shape on the Strip is symmetrical. "It's completely off-center," says Chuck Coleman, senior project manager for the developer, The Rouse Co., Columbia, Md. "One of the biggest cha
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Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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Staging, Props Could Not Keep ‘Wavy' Roof's Original Tempo
Even meticulous planning did not maintain the erection schedule of the undulating, shimmery roof of the SAGE Music Centre in Gateshead, England. But with structural steel virtually complete, the job's subc
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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Bearing Replacement Silences Miller Park's Noisy Roof
In a delicate operation that has been compared to pulling off a tablecloth without breaking any china, contractors at Milwaukee's Miller Park have completed the replacement of pivot bearings for the stadiu
Publication Date: 24 March , 2003
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Libeskind Officially Retained To Rebuild WTC Site
The port authority and LMDC are "equally committed to ensuring that Libeskind's vision is realized," said Kevin Rampe, who became LMDC's president last month when Lou Thomson retired. Rampe had been LMDC's executive vice president and general co
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Publication Date: 20 March , 2003
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Damage May Be 'Tip Of The Iceberg'
Calling the situation "the tip of the iceberg," the engineer who sounded the alarm to evacuate the 18-story Brickell Harbour condominium along Miami's Biscayne Bay strongly suspects the building is not the
Publication Date: 17 March , 2003
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Crews Struggle With Cold To Fit Seats On Green Monster
"To build the foundation, we've installed 140 drilled mini piles under arctic conditions and finished a week ahead of schedule," says Deirdre A. O'Neill, vice president of New England Foundation Co. Inc., Quincy, Mass. "The piles
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Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Plan picked for Ground Zero
"Going forward, it's important [the Libeskind plan] gets developed without losing its strong ideas," says Mark Ginsberg, a partner of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, New York City. Ginsberg is also a member of the executive committee of
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Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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DOE Outfits Two Laboratories For Particle-Physics Project
A U.S. Dept. of Energy Research laboratory in the Midwest moves into its final round of underground construction, as scientists prepare for a $171-million particle-physics experiment. Slated for operation
Publication Date: 03 March , 2003
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Federal Agency Launches Probe of Rhode Island Nightclub Fire
NIST said it decided to initiate the investigation after a two-day review of the site by two of its fire researchers and discussions with other officials at the scene.
Publication Date: 27 February , 2003
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Libeskind's Proposed Trade Center Scheme Wins
Then, they promised to work together to realize the plan. "We must develop guidelines to make sure construction is consistent with the high standards" of the plan, said Joe Seymour, the chairman of the Port Authority of New York &
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Publication Date: 27 February , 2003
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Courthouse in Seismic Seattle Has a Treasured Heart of Steel
At the $215-million U.S. Federal Courthouse in quake-prone Seattle, the designers are proving beyond doubt that it's not always a crime to deceive for appearance's sake. Their "secret" weapon in their caba
Publication Date: 24 February , 2003
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New York Eyes 'Safety' Changes
By year-end, New York City officials expect to introduce legislation to the City Council that would amend building, fire and zoning rules. The legislation, aimed at improving occupant security, will be bas
Publication Date: 24 February , 2003
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Glass Facades Go Beyond Skin Deep
Product developers, building owners and designers are taking a new look at high-performance glass facades as key in creating buildings with improved access to daylight, better indoor air quality and improv
Publication Date: 10 February , 2003
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Structural Engineering Groups Cooperate To Build Strength
Sensing that there is strength in unity and tired of duplicating efforts, leaders of the three national organizations representing professional structural engineers are cautiously putting aside their diffe
Publication Date: 10 February , 2003
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Engineers Push Risk Analysis
Round two of a report on protecting building infrastructure against terrorism, issued late last month by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Inc., offers advice on
Publication Date: 03 February , 2003
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More than an Academic Exercise
Loners no longer wanted. Nerds take notice. Bookworms be on alert. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is on a $1-billion building campaign to soften its edges--from streetscape to study cove. And it
Publication Date: 27 January , 2003
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Study on 9/11 Pentagon Attack Contains No Surprises
A long-awaited report on the performance of the Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack contains few surprises and confirms observations made following the event. The Pentagon Bui
Publication Date: 27 January , 2003
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Designers Slam Weak Leadership
At a Jan. 13 public meeting to gather input for a master land-use plan for the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan, a representative of a group of design organizations charged that the process of de
Publication Date: 20 January , 2003
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Developers and Design-Builders Enlist in Military Housing Campaign
By the mid-1990s, the condition of family housing at one U.S. military base had become such an embarrassment that a base engineer suggested that he was the biggest slumlord in his city. Aging and often poo
Publication Date: 20 January , 2003
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Wrangling with D.C.'s Coordination Monster
The $833.9-million Washington Convention Center nearing completion in the nation's capital could contain two Washington Monuments laid end to end. It could also hold six football fields or four Boeing 747
Publication Date: 13 January , 2003
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Ground Zero Design Schemes Debated
Developing one of the design schemes recently presented for rebuilding Ground Zero is "absolutely doable regardless of who owns what," declared Richard Kahan, former chairman and CEO of lower Manhattan's B
Publication Date: 09 January , 2003
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Coatings of Many Colors
Copper, gold, bronze, orange, white, silver, violet, green, blue and aqua. The 184,000-sq-ft curtain wall of the $300-million Westin New York at Times Square has 10 base colors, 8,000 panes of glass and so
Publication Date: 30 December , 2002
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Ground Zero Plan Expected Soon
By February, officials charged with redevelopment of the World Trade Center expect to release a recommended land-use plan. But New York State’s Lower Manhattan Development Corp. and the owner of the 1
Publication Date: 30 December , 2002
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Lower New York Designs Unveiled
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey says that the final scheme for the redevelopment of lower Manhattan's World Trade Center site, to be announced in February, will be a composite of the nine c
Publication Date: 18 December , 2002
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Seismic Discovery May Finally Spell End to Belmont's Agony
It is yet another setback for Los Angeles' beleaguered Belmont Learning Center high school project. School district officials now are searching for alternatives after discovery of an earthquake fault direc
Publication Date: 16 December , 2002
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NIST Not Ruling Out Any Hypotheses As World Trade Center Probe Continues
About three months into a two-year investigation of the World Trade Center disaster, officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say it's too early to rule out any possible scenarios fo
Publication Date: 09 December , 2002
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ASCE Shaking Up Status Quo With New Programs, Leaders
The nation's largest and oldest engineering society, the 150-year-old American Society of Civil Engineers, is celebrating its sesquicentennial by hiring a new executive director and taking steps to streaml
Publication Date: 11 November , 2002
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Engineers Set the Record Straight on Trade Center Study Results
Engineers have bombarded several media outlets with letters recently in an effort to correct errors in coverage of the aftermath of the World Trade Center collapse. The issue is exceptionally sensitive, th
Publication Date: 04 November , 2002
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Philadelphia's Grand Dame 'Trussed Up' for a New Century
When the curtain goes up at the Philadelphia Academy of Music for the opening of Carmen on Nov. 8, opera patrons will see little evidence of its $37-million renovation program even though the work included
Publication Date: 04 November , 2002
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Study Absolves Twin Tower Trusses, Fireproofing
The most comprehensive study yet on the destruction of the World Trade Center concludes that columns robbed of fireproofing failed first--not floor trusses--when the twin 110-story towers collapsed after b
Publication Date: 04 November , 2002
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China Starting To Crank Up Work For 2008 Olympics In Beijing
The celebrations that spread across China when the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2008 Summer Games to Beijing have subsided as Chinese officials step into the massive job of planning and buil
Publication Date: 28 October , 2002
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Report Ties Trade Center Collapses to Column Failures
The collapses of the 110-story twin towers of the World Trade Center after terrorists slammed hijacked planes into them were separately initiated in the impact zone of each tower due to failure of the colu
Publication Date: 25 October , 2002
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Philadelphia Hotel Alters Design for Disabled Accessibility
Penn's Landing Partners, the owner and developer of the Hyatt Regency Hotel at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, and New York City-based project architect Brennan Beer Gorman have agreed to several design ch
Publication Date: 14 October , 2002
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Planners Briefed on WTC Redevelopment
The six teams of architects and planners selected by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. to develop schemes for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site and its surroundings were briefed Oct. 10
Publication Date: 11 October , 2002
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Tool May Reduce Jobsite Failures
Taking aim at the prevention of collapses during construction, the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers has published a design standard targeting loads on structures
Publication Date: 07 October , 2002
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Bush Signs Bill Giving NIST Building Disaster Oversight
President Bush has signed into law a bill that directs the federal government to respond more quickly to building failures and puts the Commerce Dept.'s National Institute of Standards and Technology in ch
Publication Date: 02 October , 2002
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New York Retrofits Aside, Safety Improvements Are Moving Slowly
The results of a recent opinion survey show that architects are split almost down the middle on whether building safety and security has taken center stage in their practices since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In the poll, 55% of the 4
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Publication Date: 23 September, 2002
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Special Report - Balancing Security, Visibility Takes U.S. Mission to Suburbs
Visibility has always played a role in locating and designing U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions throughout the world. But openness and accessibility, two traits of a democratic system that the U.S. go
Publication Date: 23 September, 2002
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Special Report - These Shining Examples Heighten Building Safety
A well-designed exterior lighting scheme is a crucial part of any facility's security system. In addition to helping people see better at night, the right kinds of fixtures, properly placed, can discourage
Publication Date: 23 September, 2002
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Congress Clears Bill to Set Up Probes of Building Failures
Congress has given final approval to legislation that establishes teams led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to investigate all future major building disasters. The last congres
Publication Date: 18 September, 2002
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Senate Approves Bill to Set Up Teams to Probe Building Failures
The Senate has passed legislation that would put the National Institute of Standards and Technology in charge of investigating building failures and give the investigative teams ability to get information
Publication Date: 11 September, 2002
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Commemorating 9/11/01-9/11/02 - New York City-A Picture Gallery
Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Disaster Spawned Opportunity To Vastly Improve Utilities in Area
Two electrical substations serving load in Lower Manhattan were destroyed by the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, where they occupied the two bottom stories. On Sept. 11, their combined 407-Mw capacity was loaded about 75%. Two 138-kv
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Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Editorial -Commemorating 9/11/01 - 9/11/02 - Part Two - New York City
There is a hole in the heart of America that is as big as the World Trade Center towers were tall. A year ago, terrorists struck at what they thought was the symbol of American business. That they succeede
Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Extra Effort Speeds Repair of Train Systems
The terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center's subway station on the 1/9 line and shut Port Authority Trans-Hudson commuter train service from New Jersey exacted a terrible price in death and
Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Future of 'Ghost Buildings' Shrouded in Secrecy, Uncertainty
These and several smaller buildings are the ghost buildings of Ground Zero. Having sustained collateral damage on Sept. 11, they remain gashed, slashed, gouged, contaminated and otherwise compromised. And they stand in stark contrast to their re
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Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Ground Zero Rush Response Followed By Site's Painstaking Cost Recovery
This summer, New York City officials turned over control of the former World Trade Center site to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. With its original debris removal mission done, the city's Dept. of Design and Construction is now en
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Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Landmark Battles Back After Being Down and Briefly Out
With only a pause between the death of its backup batteries at 10:21 p.m. on Sept. 11 and the restoration of emergency power on the night of Sept. 16, the center has continuously processed millions of calls and data transmissions daily through b
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Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Lightning Renewal Of Dazzling Atrium Lifts Lagging Spirits
On a continuous adrenaline rush, a hyperdedicated team working in the wings of Ground Zero has been bounding toward a goal once considered unachievable-completion of the $50-million renewal of the Winter G
Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Postal Service to Raise Facilities Budget, But Sees Little For New Construction
The U.S. Postal Service, projecting a profit for 2003, plans $2.5 billion in capital spending for the year, up 70% from this year. The capital plan, approved by the USPS Board of Governors on Sept. 6, incl
Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Screening Program May Shed Light On Exposure to Contaminants
Most workers and volunteers at Ground Zero have long returned to their old jobs or taken new assignments far from the once-devastated site. But the issue of potential health risks for as many as 30,000 par
Publication Date: 09 September, 2002
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Survey: Terrorism Insurance Woes Hamper $11.5 Billion in Real Estate Deals
More than 200 real estate transactions totaling $11.5 billion have been canceled or slowed down because of the lack of terrorism insurance, according to a survey done by the Real Estate Roundtable. The res
Publication Date: 05 September, 2002
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