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MADGI Designs/Completes NYC Office of London-Based Financial Institution

January 24, 2023 - in Buildings, News

Interior design firm Montroy Andersen DeMarco (MADGI) has completed a new corporate workplace at 280 Park Avenue in Manhattan for one of the world’s foremost global insurance and banking groups headquartered in London. The lobby space features an elaborate…

The University of Houston-Downtown Ushers in New Era with Grand Opening of Wellness & Success Center

January 23, 2023 - in Buildings, News

Photos Credit: Mitchell Loper   New Center Called a Game Changer for UHD and the Downtown Houston Community HOUSTON (Jan. 20, 2023) – On the cusp…

Updated AISC Standard for Certification Programs Available for Public Review

January 10, 2023 - in Buildings, Structural components

CHICAGO - A draft of the next edition of the AISC Standard for Certification Programs (AISC 207) is now available for public review and comment. When…

Portland Cement Association Regards EPA Proposed Action Involving Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards as Superfluous

January 9, 2023 - in Buildings, News, Structural components

Fine Particle Pollution has continuously dropped for decades, and will continue to fall without newly proposed EPA action.  The move could also harm progress of infrastructure programs.     Washington, D.C. – Portland Cement Association (PCA),…

MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center Celebrated the Topping Out of $80M Innovative Women’s Health Pavilion

December 27, 2022 - in Buildings, News

40,000-square-foot building opening in 2023, will transform women’s healthcare in south Orange County   LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. – MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center, a leading, innovative nonprofit medical center in Orange County, celebrated the…

PCA Introduces Updated RCC Design Manual

December 21, 2022 - in Buildings, Structural components

Roller-compacted concrete reference for spillways and overtopping protection revised for 2023 Washington, D.C.—The Portland Cement Association (PCA), which represents the majority of America’s cement manufacturers, is pleased to announce the release of…

Hempitecture Furthers Commitment to Sustainability with First U.S-Based Energy Efficient Nonwoven Manufacturing Facility in Jerome, Idaho

December 15, 2022 - in Buildings

The new facility will produce sustainable bio-based nonwoven products for multiple industries using renewable energy   Jerome, Idaho — Hempitecture, a nonwoven materials manufacturer that uses biobased, carbon-capturing inputs to create healthier, high-performing…

NSBA/Modjeski and Masters Release Guide to Uncoated Weathering Steel: the Ultimate Economical, Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Fast Bridge Material

December 2, 2022 - in Buildings, Structural components

CHICAGO - Since the 1960s, Departments of Transportation around the country have taken advantage of a remarkably sustainable, efficient, economical building material: uncoated weathering steel, or UWS. The new Uncoated Weathering Steel Reference Guide, developed…

American Concrete Institute Publishes Code Requirements for Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars

December 2, 2022 - in Buildings, News, Structural components

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich- The American Concrete Institute, through the work of ACI Committee 440, has released ACI CODE-440.11-22: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars. The code was…

Purdue research buzzing about construction lessons taken from bees, honeycombs

November 30, 2022 - in Buildings, Structural components

Nikhilesh Chawla, the Ransburg Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue University, and Rahul Franklin, a graduate research assistant in materials engineering, prepare to examine a honeybee comb sample with a 3D X-ray microscope at the Flex Lab in Discovery…