Materials Army Corps to Require Design Teams to Consider Mass Timber New policy mandates all vertical construction projects must consider mass timber and cross-laminated timber in design Jeff Yoders November 2, 2023 No Comments The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requiring a mass timber structural option to be considered at the design stage of all of its vertical construction projects going forward. Read More
Manufacturing Toyota's North Carolina Battery Plant Investment Nears $14B Derek Lacey November 1, 2023 No Comments Toyota expects to a 7-million-sq-ft facility to produce electric vehicles at its Liberty, N.C., plant, currently under construction.Read More
Transit-oriented Development HUD, DOT Change Guidance to Promote Office-to-Residential Conversions New language allows some housing initiatives to apply for loans and other funding Jeff Yoders October 27, 2023 No Comments The Biden administration is trying to incentivize an increase of affordable housing in underused commercial buildings.Read More
Legal Teams To Retrofit Hawaii Multifamily Housing for Accessibility James Leggate October 24, 2023 No Comments The Dept. of Justice alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act regarding accessibility requirements. Read More
Adaptive Reuse Mall's Vacant Sears Store's Conversion to University of Rochester Medical Hub Saves Time Adaptive reuse joins a 'malls-to-medicine trend' Scott Lewis October 23, 2023 No Comments Vacant Sears store conversion at Rochester, N.Y., mall sliced six months off the construction schedule compared with starting from scratch.Read More
Data Centers Vacant AOL HQ near Dulles Airport Demolished for Hyperscale Data Center PowerHouse Data Centers' 1.2-million-sq-ft project part of construction trend in Virginia Jim Parsons October 20, 2023 No Comments Hyperscale data center development is part of a trend in northern Virginia.Read More
Research & Development UC Berkeley Plans $2B Silicon Valley Campus at NASA's Ames Research Center James Leggate October 18, 2023 No Comments The 1.4-million-sq-ft project still needs environmental approvals.Read More
Sports Venues Penn State Picks Barton Malow-AECOM Hunt JV as CM for Stadium Renovation University leaders say this is the first major renovation in more than two decades James Leggate October 16, 2023 No Comments The university also named Populous as architect for the project to improve Beaver Stadium.Read More
Facade Design Fatal Collisions at Chicago's McCormick Place May Make Bird-Saving Measures Fly Nearly 1,000 migrating birds killed earlier this month at the complex's Lakeside Center Annemarie Mannion October 12, 2023 No Comments Measures to better protect birds may be part of plans to renovate Lakeside Center. Read More
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia Basilica Reaches Milestone Richard Korman October 11, 2023 One Comment La Sagrada Familia, the grand house of worship in Barcelona, Spain, that has been under construction for 140 years, took another step forward.Read More