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The earthquake in Haiti prompted a lot of architectural analysis of buildings there, and in megacities around the world. Without proper planning–and stricter building codes–most of the biggest cities ...
After 7 years of implementation and approval of projects in many localities, the Ministry of Construction has concluded that ...
When the 456-meter-tall Kunming Junfa Dongfeng Square tower opens in Kunming City, China, in mid-2017, it will stand as one of the world’s tallest naturally ventilated buildings. Roughly ...
Working on occupied, fully operational hospitals is no picnic. You've got to plan for infection control, noise and vibration problems, disruptions to patients, staff, and visitors, emergencies, ...
You need a new fire station. Where do you begin? Every question seems to generate more questions and involves more people. Costs increase exponentially, and it’s starting to appear that the project ...
What do honeycombs and prefabrication of construction materials on job sites have in common? Based on new research from Purdue University, the answer is more than you might think. When preparing ...
The hard years teach humility. You learn to respect every dollar of cost, every day of delay. You stop viewing volatility as ...
There are lessons to be learned from building a fire station, whether it is your first or fiftieth. We reached out to a facility manager and three fire chiefs to share their experiences and the ...
While a noisy construction site may not seem like the ideal place for high school students, local nonprofit unCommon Construction (uCC) sees it as the perfect classroom. Offering construction ...