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Hyundai Expands North American Footprint With New Headquarters
01/09/12 By Elaine Silver
Hyundai is driving towards a LEED-certified building with a gold rating.

Rendering courtesy Hyundai

Korea's Songdo IBD is Model for Sustainable, High-Tech Living
12/07/11 By Nadine M. Post in Incheon
The $35-billion Songdo International Business District is emerging as a high-tech eco-city.

Courtesy NSIC

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01/30/12	Rio Officials Probe Cause of Fatal Building Collapse By C.J. Schexnayder The 20-story Liberty Building collapsed, crushing a 10-story building as well as a small 4-story building that separated the two larger structures.
01/27/12	Study Claims Correlation Between Supertower Construction and Economic Busts By Peter Reina Global cravings for ever-taller buildings may also be harbingers of economic doom, says study.
01/27/12	Joint Venture Begins Work on Egypt's Grand Museum By Shem Oirere Cairo-based Orascom Construction Industries, in a joint venture with the Belgian BESIX Group, has beat 39 other bidders.
01/02/12	India's Quake Hazard Called a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen By Mridu Khullar Relph An India vulnerable to earthquakes is still unprepared
01/02/12	India Chips Away at Massive Urbanization Needs By Neelam Matthews India grapples with mass urbanization.
12/08/11	'Megatall' Joins Dictionary of Tall Buildings Council By Nadine M. Post Tall buildings group coins a noun for skyscrapers 600 m or taller: A megatall. And the group projects the 20 tallest towers in 2020.
12/07/11	Lotte, Korea's First Supertower, is an All-in-the-Family Affair By Nadine M. Post in Seoul Following the master-builder model, owner-developer Lotte Group, a family-run conglomerate, is keeping project management, construction management and general contracting under its own roof for its 555-m-tall supertower, under way in Seoul.
11/21/11	Facebook Builds First European Data Center in Sweden By Robert Carlsen Facebook awards $121-million construction contract for a Lulea, Sweden-based data center project to a DPR joint venture.
11/15/11	Challenging Museum in a Ravine Opens on Time By Nadine M. Post The tough-to-build Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened to the public on time on Nov. 11.
11/07/11	Offices and Apartments Are Dry-Market Oases By Tom Nicholson But retail still lagging
11/07/11	Offices and Apartments Are Dry-Market Oases By Tom Nicholson But retail still lagging
10/17/11	Eiffel Tower Makeover To Modernize Landmark By Peter Reina Eiffel Tower tourist attraction getting new visitor facilities.
10/10/11	Washington Monument Survey Team Assesses Repairs Needed After Quake Damage By Jim Parsons Forensic team uses rappelling techniques to determine the extent of damage, and repairs needed, on the 555-ft-tall Washington Monument damaged by Aug. 25 earthquake.
10/03/11	Islamic Group in Tennessee Finds Contractor for New Mosque By Candy McCampbell After a rough start, an Islamic group in Tennessee finds a contractor to build a mosque.
08/29/11	Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Pulls Strings For Kansas City Music-Goers By Tudor Van Hampton in Kansas City The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City creates musically-inspired tension with a giant cable-supported glass atrium.
08/16/11	Architect-Contractor Team Converts Joplin Structures to Schools in Time for Aug. 17 Opening By John Gregerson On Aug. 17, classroom sessions resumed on schedule in Joplin, even as construction crews continued cleaning up from the May 22 tornado.
08/15/11	Martin Luther King Memorial Dream Becomes Reality By Bruce Buckley The decades-long dream to create the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial in Washington, D.C., becomes a reality on Aug. 28.
08/08/11	Saudis Planning To Build World's Tallest Skyscraper By Nadine M. Post If a Middle East prince has his way, Saudi Arabia will someday be home to the world's tallest building.
07/25/11	Dueling Las Vegas Hotel Engineering Reports Cloud Conflict Between Perini and MGM By Tony Illia in Las Vegas The structural soundness of the Harmon Hotel remains a big issue in the battle between the prime contractor and the owner.
07/18/11	Wood-Frame Promoters Suffer Defeat in Oregon but Vow to Regroup By Nadine M. Post A controversial initiative loses momentum that would have required, with some exceptions, wood framing for some publicly funded buildings in Oregon.
07/04/11	$824M Gaylord Hotel and the National Western Stock Show Move Create Friction in Denver By Mark Shaw A resort hotel company’s plan to build an $824-million hotel and conference center northeast of Denver has tourism and city officials worried that it could draw convention business away from the mile-high city.
06/15/11	Indonesia Aims To Boost Tourism With $812M Lagoi Bay Resort By Neelam Mathews in New Delhi Work is now under way on Lagoi Bay, a resort community encompassing over 1300 ha on Bintan Island, one of Indonesia’s largest islands. Valued at approximately $812 million, the project is slated to be completed by 2014.
06/01/11	San Francisco Museum Growing by 225,000 sq ft
05/25/11	Orlando Backs Financing for Performing Arts Center By Debra Wood If tourist tax financing falls short the city will guarantee a $16-million letter of credit.
05/12/11	Earthquakes Rock Spanish City By Peter Reina On May 11, a 5.1 temblor kills eight in Lorca and destroys several buildings.
05/11/11	Tallest Man-Made Structure To Be Imploded Falls in Africa A 1,410-ft-tall signal tower in Liberia, formerly used by the U.S. Coast Guard for ship navigation and the tallest structure in Africa, was imploded on May 10. Mark Loizeaux, president of Controlled Demolition Inc., the project's Phoenix, Md.-based subcontractor, says it is the world's tallest man-made structure to be felled by explosives.

05/05/11 Getting a Handle on the Curves of Chicago’s Aqua Tower
04/27/11 London's 'Cheese Grater' Job Revived
04/13/11 Cost Critique Coming For Orlando's Delayed Performance Venue
03/30/11 The ‘Shard,’ U.K.’s Tallest Skyscraper, Tops Out Core on Time
03/23/11 Move-In Begins at Tallest Residential Tower in the Americas
03/16/11 Sahara Hotel Stalls Plans For Rehab, Will Close
03/09/11 Eccentric Brace Fracture Poses a Mystery
03/09/11 London’s Olympic Mega-Sculpture On Track
02/16/11 Minneapolis Metrodome Operator Seeking Bidders To Repair Ripped Roof Panels
02/11/11 GSA Seeks Design-Build Teams for Delayed Social Security Data Center
02/09/11 Arizona Governor Trumps Tribe
01/26/11 Two Iconic Buildings in Abu Dhabi’s Delayed Arts District Finally Moving Forward
01/26/11 Skyscraper Craze Rages On, Led by Asia
01/19/11 Frame’s Monitoring Program Confirms Design Assumption
12/29/10 Builders Hang Glazed Free-Form Jigsaw Puzzle on Florida Museum
12/17/10 World Trade Center Tower 1 at Halfway Point
12/15/10 Federal Agencies Continue To Support LEED Certification
12/15/10 Another Vegas Monolith Opens Amid Diminished Expectations
12/08/10 Federal Government Ups Its Building Rating Requirement to LEED Gold
12/08/10 Comments Sought for 2012 Update of LEED Rating System
12/08/10 Tallest Net-Zero-Energy-Use Building in U.S. Planned for Portland, Ore.
11/24/10 Green Building Thrives in Shaky Economy
11/17/10 California Corrections System Upgrading Medical Facilities
11/17/10 Will New Vegas Hotel Vanish Or Remain a Ghostly Symbol?
11/15/10 MGM Could Implode Unopened CityCenter Hotel in Las Vegas
11/03/10 2012 Games Are Stepping Stones in Grand Scheme
11/03/10 Redesigned Aquatic Centre Still 20% Over Budget
11/03/10 Past Olympic Projects’ Success Is All Over the Map
11/03/10 Stadium’s Planned Post-Olympics “Decapitation” Dominated Design
11/03/10 Settlement Paves Way for Demolition of Seattle Tower
10/27/10 New Energy Conservation Standard Free Online
10/27/10 International Green-Tech Firms Find Base in Texas
10/20/10 Chicago Spire's Foreclosure Marks the End of an Era
10/13/10 Stalled World Trade Center Project Gets Shot in the Arm
10/06/10 Orlando Arena Lets Fans Order Refreshments From iPhones
10/06/10 Vegas Hotel Is Like a Giant Sun Reflector, Says Visitor to Pool
09/29/10 Rhode Island Is First State to Adopt New IGCC Green Building Codes
09/15/10 Dome of the U.S. Capitol Undergoes a $2-million Retouching
09/01/10 At 330 Meters, New High-Rise Is Beijing’s Tallest Building
09/01/10 Qatar Building Urban Center With Doha Development Plan
08/31/10 Tennessee Mosque Equipment Fire Likely Linked to National Debate
08/18/10 Sacramento Campus Warms to Green Central Plant
07/07/10 Kazakhstan Opens 150-m-Tall ‘Tent’ It Claims Is the World’s Tallest Tensile Structure
06/16/10 European Central Bank Headquarters Project Under Way
06/16/10 SNC-Lavalin Chosen To Build Chemical Complex in Jordan
06/16/10 Temporary Stadium From Kit of Reused Parts
06/02/10 GAO Report: Excess Space Built For Judicial Facilities
06/02/10 New York City Group Approves Downtown Muslim Facility
05/05/10 Demolition Firm Takes Down 1,375-Ft-Tall Steel Radio Tower
04/07/10 Green-Infused Modular Classroom Targets ‘Grid-Neutral’ Status in School Construction
03/31/10 South Africa Toasts Itself With 2010 World Cup
03/17/10 Chicago Planners Give Historic Hospital New Lease on Life
02/17/10 Police Academy To Set Stage For Scenario-Based Training
02/10/10 Buildings Project List Still Long
02/03/10 Micro-Piles Stabilize Venice Bell Tower
01/13/10 Dubai Supertower Is ‘Supersensored’
01/05/10 Dubai Opens the Doors On the World’s Tallest Building
12/30/09 Las Vegas Bets $8.5-billion on New MGM Mirage Complex
12/09/09 ASHRAE Announces Energy-Labeling Program
11/25/09 As More Buildings Go Geothermal, Project Teams Are Thinking Outside the Borehole
11/18/09 New Guidelines for Measuring the Biggest
11/04/09 Major Boom in Army Construction Changes Base Appearances
11/04/09 Vegas' CityCenter Eyes Rocky Finish
11/18/09 New Guidelines for Measuring the Biggest
11/04/09 Major Boom in Army Construction Changes Base Appearances
11/04/09 Vegas' CityCenter Eyes Rocky Finish
10/28/09 SOM To Develop New 'Green' Beijing Central Business District
10/14/09 Timing Is Right For Bus Garage
10/14/09 Low-Income Housing Project Takes Advantage of Lower Costs
10/14/09 Alabama Federal Building to Go Green With ARRA Money
10/07/09 Faulty Tower's Implosion Presents Many Challenges
09/30/09 Developer Elects to 'Implode' 31-Story Tower in Texas
09/10/09 Work May Start by Year-End On Controversial Brooklyn Arena
08/19/09 First Phase of Songdo Urban Center Is Now Completed
08/19/09 Bangkok Centerpiece Planned
08/19/09 U.S. Military Base Expansion
08/19/09 Big Steel Placed at New One World Trade Center in Manhattan
08/05/09 Tower's Private 'Sky' Garages Bring the Burbs to the 'Urbs'
07/15/09 Wrenches Put In Tower's Works
07/15/09 Flame Towers in Seismic Zone
06/03/09 Staging Machinations
05/20/09 State Court Clears Path For Brooklyn Arena and More
05/18/09 Ft. Bliss Building Complex for Wounded Personnel
04/07/09 Project of the Month: Ballpark Sprints to Opening Day
03/24/09 The Next Project to Stall Could Be Massive CityCenter
03/11/09 Curvy, Hip High-Rise Attracts Condo Buyers Despite Downturn
03/10/09 Amid the Gloom, Builders Start Two New European Skyscrapers
02/25/09 New Energy-Efficiency Standards Questioned by Real Estate Group
02/18/09 New Construction Takes Backseat to Renovation
02/18/09 White-Horse Replica, 50m Tall, May Grace Ground in U.K.
02/04/09 Developer of Latin America's Future Tallest Tower Stops Work
01/30/09 London Olympic Venues Move Ahead, But Funding Woes Beset Organizer
01/28/09 Work Restarted on First U.S. Green Building Standard
01/28/09 Top of 800-Meter Burj Dubai Up Close, Inside and Out
01/14/09 Stupendous Setting Is Crummy Site
01/14/09 Habitat Apron Cooked Up To Mitigate Impact on Marine Life
01/14/09 Water Treatment and Reuse Reduces Use of Potable Water
01/07/09 Burj Dubai Surpasses 800 Meters