Construction Specifier

MARCH 27, 2025

By Rachel Berkin Photo by Randy Hoepner Photography Designing new builds is more challenging than ever before. Project owners demand that architects and designers select more sustainable materials, whether a company is constructing a multifamily residential, commercial, or industrial building.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2024

3 sustainable design decisions to make early 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/08/2024 - 09:26 Sustainability In her experience as an architect, Megan Valentine AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, WELL AP, Fitwel, Director of Sustainability, KTGY details three early sustainable design decisions: site selection, massing and orientation, and proper window-to-wall ratios.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 3, 2024

4 ways AI impacts building design beyond dramatic imagery 0 qpurcell Thu, 10/03/2024 - 07:52 AEC Tech Kristen Forward, Design Technology Futures Leader, NBBJ, shows four ways the firm is using AI to generate value for its clients. Image courtesy NBBJ 1.

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BD+C

MAY 6, 2024

The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors. The Eight, Bellevue, Wash.

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Construction Specifier

JANUARY 15, 2025

This growing problem underscores the need for specifiers to take proactive measures to protect building exteriors during the design and construction phases and beyond. By implementing suitable materials and design strategies, specifiers can help their clients maintain pristine business fronts and ensure the longevity of the building designs.

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 4, 2020

Recent developments in virtual reality (VR) technology allow for the visualization of unbuilt information as full-scale occupiable environments, providing previously unavailable insight to designers, clients, and other stakeholders. BIM to VR for spatial visualization. Image © Amber Bartosh.

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Whether creating new architectural expressions or rehabilitating architecturally significant historic buildings, from stick-built to unitized, “off-the-shelf” commodity to custom bespoke systems, utilizing insulating glass units or opaque spandrel panels, simple flat or complex geometry; it seems the sky is the limit with curtain wall design today.

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Construction Specifier

AUGUST 22, 2024

1 Many recent studies combined with the growing adoption of evidence-based design principles have illuminated the importance of healthcare facility design on the overall patient experience and the relationship it has with healing and wellness. each year, with an average stay of nearly five days.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 17, 2012

Current the most common being use of proprietary 3D visualization software for the purpose of supporting the design and construction phases of the facility life-cycle. All of these are common within all phases of construction, repair, renovation, or sustainability projects.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Former munitions plant reimagined as net-zero federal workplace 0 qpurcell Mon, 10/23/2023 - 10:53 Government Buildings The General Services Administration (GSA) has embraced adaptive reuse with Building 48, an exciting workplace project that sets new precedents for how the federal government will approach sustainable design.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Townhome Designs That Respond to the Needs of Today’s Homebuyer. Garnett, FAIBD, House Review Lead Designer. Our design team has responded with the latest townhome concepts, featuring light-filled rooms that rival spaces in detached home designs, along with private pools, secluded porches, and rooftop decks with amazing views.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Decision-making methods within LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery frameworks enable and assure full stakeholder (buyers, designers, builders, building users, FMers…) participation in early stages of the project considerations and support collaboration among previously conflicting sustainable criteria and adversarial team members.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) is releasing a new tool that can help architecture firms design high-performance building. . Applying the kit’s resources during the design process allows for architects to obtain the tool’s full potential.

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The Korte Company

MARCH 8, 2018

That’s changed the ways warehouses function and has spurred the need for a more strategic approach to designing these critical spaces. When designing a build-to-suit warehouse, a working knowledge of the systems, processes and technology the customer plans to use is required. Design teams from The Korte Company take this seriously.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Building Radar

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Its design incorporates watchtowers for surveillance and signaling, enabling effective communication across vast distances. Design and Construction Designed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Burj Khalifa features a unique Y-shaped floor plan that maximizes views and provides structural stability.

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Construction Specifier

APRIL 4, 2025

By David Gross Photo courtesy Beaumont Health Natural light sources and comfortable acoustics have become hallmarks of well-designed modern spaces, promoting health and wellbeing, sustainability, and aesthetic appeal. In virtually every project, flooring is the one element that often has an outsized impact.

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GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 16, 2018

Top questions to ask when designing a green roof. He shared some key considerations to keep in mind when designing a green roof. Roof utilization is a big driver for many employers who are looking to create recreational space for their staff or visitors, while others are creating green roofs for sustainability reasons.

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Building Information Management

MAY 16, 2013

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment is critical to both global competitiveness and preserving sustainable resources. Design-bid-build and “low bid” awards are the downfall of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, and Operations sector. Why is BIM of to a slow start?

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Lets Build

JUNE 15, 2022

The increasing focus on green buildings is one of many areas where society is moving in the right direction, making whole-life sustainable buildings the only environmentally justifiable option for future construction projects. Mistakes from the past. We now know this material to be a leading contributor to CO2 emissions.

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Construction Marketing

JULY 7, 2022

However, wood sidings require routine maintenance, including caulking and painting, to protect them from extreme weather conditions and sustain their appearance. Vinyl can be customized into various designs, including shingles and vertical and horizontal panels to suit your home’s architectural style. Vinyl siding.

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Safti First

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Instead of design limitations due to code, applications, lead time or budget, you now have expanded design possibilities. Whether for energy efficiency, sound control, or fire safety, our fire-rated glass products offer the versatility to support your design goals without compromise.

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Building Information Management

OCTOBER 1, 2012

I am “mad as hell” at how 3D visualization vendors have marketed BIM. Sure 3D visualization is a great tool, and a valuable component of BIM… but in itself, 3D visualization is NOT BIM. ” – Jim Skea, Chair – Sustainable Energy, Imperial College of London. .

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Building Radar

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By integrating Building Radars innovative solutions into your marketing strategies, construction businesses can create tailored content that aligns with market demand and client preferences, leading to higher conversion rates and sustained growth. This consistency helps in establishing trust and credibility with your audience.

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Construction Visualization Mobility Engineering 52

BD+C

MAY 23, 2023

Hord Coplan Macht names Ilijana Soldan as Sustainability Manager Hord Coplan Macht, Baltimore, MD., has promoted Ilijana Soldan, AIA, LEED AP, EcoDistricts, NCARB, to Sustainability Manager. rcassidy Tue, 05/23/2023 - 13:29 HORD COPLAN MACHT Research-based designer will lead Sustainability Action Team and the firm's green initiatives.

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Building Radar

JULY 31, 2024

Sustainable construction practices are increasingly critical as the world grapples with environmental challenges. This article explores how technological innovations are shaping sustainable construction and highlights the benefits they bring. Materials such as recycled steel, bamboo, and low-VOC paints are becoming more common.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The 4BT Job Order Contracting Toolkit provides everything you need to consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction projects… on-demand, on-time, in compliance, and to everyone’s satisfaction. Improved project scope definition, cost visibility, and cost visualization.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability.

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Sustainability Green Life Cycle Design 52

Pro Builder

DECEMBER 1, 2020

High-Performance Custom Homes: Systemic Sustainability in Cape Cod. A bumped-out picture window and an offset destination screened porch linked via a balcony with wide stairs that lead to the ground floor all add layers of visual interest to the two-story rear exterior. Custom Home Design. Tue, 12/01/2020 - 10:52.

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Lets Build

AUGUST 26, 2022

Sort, set in order, shine, standardise, and sustain—referred to as 5S—is at the core of every lean building technique. Read more: Lean Design in Construction: Processes, Techniques, and Tools. To sustain these good habits, you can implement: A red tag system to support sort. Posters or other visuals to support set in order.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The importance of selecting healthy materials for K-12 projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 09/30/2024 - 13:17 K-12 Schools Clark Nexsen interior designers Anna Claire Beethoven and Brittney Just, CID, IIDA, LEED Green Associate, share why it is imperative to specify healthy building materials in K-12 schools. Ask yourself, what is making them smile?

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Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

By Tracy Cook Photos courtesy Tarkett There are many expectations from indoor spaces today: they must look aesthetically pleasing but be strong enough to withstand heavy use, be easy to clean but not feel sterile and unwelcoming, and they should feature healthy, sustainable materials that support human and environmental health.

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Lets Build

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The 3D printing market is growing at an accelerated rate as developers turn to more affordable, sustainable, and readily accessible sources. They can, for example, perform a visual inspection of high-risk areas like tall buildings, smokestacks, and partially completed bridges. Here are some trends that deserve a deeper dive.

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2013

Providing the opportunity for the kind of collaboration that the construction industry so badly needs… Design-Build has a spectrum, ranging from almost as dysfunctional … all the way to almost as collaborative as Integrated Project Delivery. Shifting Design-Build toward IPD. Owners, this is bad for you.

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Construction Cost Estimating

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

The results will be printed, exported to Microsoft Excel software, or published to DWF file format It can also be utilized for evaluating the building design, grouping objects into proper assemblies for construction, setting congregation and item variables by pricing the objects by taking off these assemblies or items.

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Building Information Management

APRIL 5, 2013

“New recommendations by a National Research Council (NRC) expert panel on green and sustainable building performance could lead to a revolution in building science by creating the first large building performance database” – Paul Fisette, University of Massachusetts Amherst. (Source: UMass Amherst).

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BD+C

APRIL 18, 2024

The next destination: Passive design airports 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:59 Airports Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards. On the path to passive The airport itself is becoming more sustainable.

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