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From stickbuilt housing to the tallest buildings in the world, these stories address wide-ranging aspects of design and construction of commercial, health care, educational and other buildings. |
Latest Headlines
| 09/01/10 | At 330 Meters, New High-Rise Is Beijing’s Tallest Building The China World Trade Tower in Beijing’s Central Business District, which opened on Aug. 30, has become the city’s tallest structure at 330 meters. |
| 09/01/10 | Qatar Building Urban Center With Doha Development Plan One of the world’s most ambitious urban development initiatives is taking place in Doha, the capital of the Gulf kingdom of Qatar. |
| 08/31/10 | Tennessee Mosque Equipment Fire Likely Linked to National Debate An Aug. 28 fire that heavily damaged an articulated dump truck and three other pieces of construction equipment at a mosque under construction in Murfreesboro, Tenn., might be connected to the national debate surrounding Manhattan's contentious Islamic center under development two blocks from the World Trade Center site. |
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08/18/10 Sacramento Campus Warms to Green Central Plant07/07/10 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
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