The Constructor

MAY 25, 2023

As extreme weather conditions become more common and severe, resilient building design is essential for keeping people safe and avoiding costly structural damage.

Building Resilience 66

Building Resilience Building Design Architecture 66

Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 12, 2023

The Steel Conference is the premier annual event for designers, fabricators, erectors, and construction professionals involved in the design and construction of steel buildings and bridges. For more information, please visit: strongtie.com/solutions/steel-construction.

Building Resilience 130

Building Resilience Steel Fabrication Structural Systems Building Design 130

Business Facilities

JANUARY 6, 2021

Resiliency and stability are now top concerns. Read: Logistics: Building A Resilient Supply Chain at BusinessFacilities.com. Priorities are shifting as businesses adapt to the impact of the pandemic on global supply chains.

Building Resilience 126

Building Resilience Infrastructure Development Zoning 126

Strong Tie

MARCH 12, 2024

Simpson Strong-Tie is participating in NHERI Converging Design , the third phase of testing a six-story mass timber building on the NHERI UCSD shake table. This project follows up on the testing of a ten-story mass timber building with the NHERI TallWood project. Learn more about this project and our live testing event.

Building Resilience 72

Building Resilience Building Design Building Optimization Structural Systems 72

New Civil Engineer

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The post Building resilient communities – using digital tools to put nature back in the picture appeared first on New Civil Engineer. Nature is the world’s ultimate multi-tasker.

Building Resilience 85

Building Resilience Engineering 85

New Civil Engineer

MAY 30, 2023

Geotechnical issues affecting Lincolnshire’s roads are being compounded by climate change, along with rising and heavier road traffic, according to recently published findings, which urge measures such as “bespoke” road repair practices to increase the future resilience of road networks.

Building Resilience 106

Building Resilience Geotechnical Engineering Engineering 106

Civil Manage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We’re not talking about any ordinary building, but about engineered fabric buildings, specially designed to endure the whims of Mother Nature. Unlike the rigid structures commonly seen in city landscapes, The post The Resilience of Engineered Fabric Buildings against Nature’s Extremes appeared first on Civil Manage.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Engineering Landscaping Building Design 52

Business Facilities

AUGUST 17, 2020

Louisiana has created a Resilient Louisiana Commission (with 15 associated task forces) to chart a path toward safely reopening the economy and making the Pelican State more resilient for the long-term. Read: Louisiana: Building A More Resilient State at BusinessFacilities.com.

Building Resilience 111

Building Resilience Building Commissioning Infrastructure Development Zoning 111

ENR Construction

JULY 12, 2023

Quantifying efforts to build more sustainably and with resilience was explored at the Environment Analyst Global Business Summit in Chicago.

Building Resilience 66

Building Resilience Sustainability 66

BD+C

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Real estate investors are increasingly interested in resiliency plans and management best practices regarding the ability of buildings and developments to withstand severe storms and other natural events.

Building Resilience 98

Building Resilience Real Estate Development 98

Construction Today

AUGUST 2, 2023

Building codes and standards that support resilient infrastructure are more important than ever due to the increasing frequency and severity of disasters and other environmental hazards. Buildings should be built with regard to the surrounding natural areas. Striking this balance is a challenge, but it is possible.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Building Codes Building Standards Energy Conservation 52

Construction Specifier

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Yet, building in wildland urban interface (WUI) zones continues at a fast pace. 1 Why are people still building, and rebuilding in WUI zones? It is important to note new builds in WUI zones are primarily residential, but commercial builds in these regions are not uncommon. Primarily for affordability.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Zoning Building Permits Building Optimization 52

BD+C

JUNE 24, 2021

New on HorizonTV , oceanographer John Englander discusses his latest book, which warns that, regardless of resilience efforts, sea levels will rise by meters in the coming decades. Adaptation, he says, is the key to future building design and construction.

Building Resilience 96

Building Resilience Building Design 96

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After recent extreme weather events such as wildfires, floods, and the freeze in Texas last winter that knocked out power for large swaths of the state, demand for new forms of power resilience in commercial buildings is on the rise.

Building Resilience 98

Building Resilience 98

New Civil Engineer

AUGUST 13, 2023

East West Rail head of asset management and maintenance Joao Rocha discusses how the team building the new Oxford to Cambridge railway is ensuring that it is futureproofed against climate change.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Change Management Maintenance Engineering 52

BD+C

MARCH 7, 2019

These radical temperatures capture headlines, and they are capturing the attention of real estate developers who have a role to play in community resilience to climate extremes.

Building Resilience 105

Building Resilience Real Estate Development Sustainability 105

AEC Business

JULY 7, 2020

Ohio University has released a guide titled, An Engineer’s Guide to Building Climate Change-Resilient Infrastructure. The guide itemizes the many aspects that you should […] The post How to Build Climate Change-Resilient Infrastructure appeared first on AEC Business.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Engineering 52

The Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the aftermath of this devastating event, the family prioritized rebuilding a strong, durable home that was disaster resilient. ICFs create a durable building enclosure that can withstand many different forces of nature. I was actually thinking of building with ICFs as a contractor.

Fire Protection Systems 245

Fire Protection Systems Building Resilience Wall Systems Building Materials 245

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 15, 2023

This packed symposium will explore design concepts, tools, and approaches for fire-safe buildings, and highlight the role of fire safety in sustainable design and education. The event will also present insight into external living walls, battery/energy storage systems, façade systems, photovoltaics, mass timber, and more.

Fire Protection Systems 245

Fire Protection Systems Building Design Sustainability Building Information Modeling (BIM) 245

Stok

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

How can we build a sustainable future, and what specific role do corporate real estate practitioners have in driving progress? CoreNet Global Northern California Chapter’s February 2021 meeting dives into the timely topic of resiliency.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Sustainability 52

Stok

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

How can we build a sustainable future, and what specific role do corporate real estate practitioners have in driving progress? CoreNet Global Northern California Chapter’s February 2021 meeting dives into the timely topic of resiliency. Watch the video.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Sustainability 52

BD+C

MAY 19, 2016

The Resilience Building Coalition, composed of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), and dozens of other leaders of the U.S. design and construction industry, released a progress report on resilience.

Building Resilience 53

Building Resilience Building Design 53

BD+C

APRIL 2, 2018

A distinguished group of specialists has been chosen to help develop the nation’s first community-wide resilience benchmarks related to buildings.

Building Resilience 81

Building Resilience 81

BD+C

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Green Building Council (USGBC) has formally adopted RELi, a resilience rating system, meaning that it will soon become a global rating system under the USGBC’s guidance. RELi is patterned on LEED, but prescribes methods for designing more resilient buildings, neighborhoods, and communities.

Building Resilience 65

Building Resilience Building Design Building Standards Green Building 65

Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 6, 2024

Global leader in sustainable design and engineering Stantec provided programming, master planning, architecture, and interior design for the 31,500-square-foot, three-structure facility comprised of an operations, maintenance, and vehicle wash buildings for about 80 transit vehicles.

Maintenance 130

Maintenance Electrical Systems Building Resilience Energy Efficiency 130

The Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Lakewood Villages project, which consists of four buildings with a total of 96 apartments, in Palm Springs, Fla., 13, WPBF 25 reports, and uses a building system consisting of blocks that interlock much like toy Lego bricks. It's important to our residents to have a building that's going to be able to sustain them.

Building Resilience 130

Building Resilience Roofing Systems Flooring Systems Wall Systems 130

BD+C

MAY 12, 2016

The American Institute of Architects (AIA), National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and 38 other leaders of America’s design and construction industry, released a report this week on progress made on the resilience front since the Resilience Building Coalition announced the Building Industry Statement on Resilience two years ago.

Building Resilience 58

Building Resilience Building Design 58

BD+C

OCTOBER 5, 2016

181 Fremont, a 56-story mixed-use tower, will be San Francisco’s third tallest structure when completed, and will also become the most earthquake-resilient building in the city, or any city on the West Coast, after officially achieving a Resilience-based Earthquake Design Initiative (REDi) Gold Rating.

Building Resilience 105

Building Resilience Building Design 105

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Maarten involved three connecting, four-story buildings to add 98 new hotel rooms. The buildings also had to be designed for seismic and hurricane-wind loads to withstand potential natural disasters of the waterfront location. With the resort remaining open during construction, speed and simplicity were key to the project’s success.

Energy Efficiency 246

Energy Efficiency Building Resilience Building Optimization Painting/finishing 246

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Maarten involved three connecting, four-story buildings to add 98 new hotel rooms. The buildings also had to be designed for seismic and hurricane-wind loads to withstand potential natural disasters of the waterfront location. With the resort remaining open during construction, speed and simplicity were key to the project’s success.

Energy Efficiency 244

Energy Efficiency Building Resilience Building Optimization Painting/finishing 244

Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 8, 2024

billion project to replace the Portage Bay Bridge, the last in a series of bridges that provide seismically resilient connections between the communities east of Lake Washington and Seattle. billion design-build project will construct two new parallel bridges that meet current seismic resiliency standards.

Building Resilience 130

Building Resilience Infrastructure Development Landscaping Building Standards 130

BD+C

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Winners of ASHRAE’s 2019 LowDown Showdown modeling competition demonstrated both near energy net-zero attributes along with impressive resilience qualities. The model building chosen was a 90,000 sf city hall (new construction) located in San Diego.

Building Resilience 40

Building Resilience Building Design 40

Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 18, 2023

Buildings made of mass timber – layers of wood bonded together – are gaining popularity as greener and faster alternatives to concrete and steel structures. The key feature of the building is a post-tensioned rocking wall system built from mass timber panels. The research project is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Building Resilience 130

Building Resilience Wall Systems Structural Systems Foundation Systems 130

Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 16, 2023

Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie , the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced today the successful completion of a series of seismic tests on the tallest building yet subjected to earthquake simulations. Seismic tests simulating both the 1994 magnitude 6.7

Building Resilience 130

Building Resilience Structural Systems Building Performance Measurement Wall Systems 130

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 15, 2023

“Volumes in both the new build housing and private domestic RMI markets continue to be impacted by higher interest rates and weaker consumer confidence driven by persistent, higher than anticipated consumer price inflation. ” Previous guidance was for a profit of £272m. . ” Previous guidance was for a profit of £272m.

Building Resilience 181

Building Resilience Property Management 181

Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 8, 2024

New roll on/roll off terminal will increase cargo capacity by 15% BEAUMONT, Texas – McCarthy Building Companies has completed construction on Port of Beaumont’s Main Street Terminal 1. In building a new terminal, the Port had a goal of increasing its general cargo handling capacity by more than 15%.

Building Resilience 147

Building Resilience Building Performance Measurement Material Handling Schedule Management 147

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

News Housing Market Index, exhibiting a mix of strengths including a positive ratio of building permits to job growth Once again, Denver is at the top of the list of the hottest housing markets overall based on December 2023 data from the U.S. News Housing Market Index (HMI). Virginia Beach, Va., Durham, N.C., and Charlotte, N.C.,

Building Resilience 277

Building Resilience Building Permits Permits 277