buildings news archive
(2004)
Code Developer Convenes Committee to Offer Advice on Safety Issues
The National Fire Protection Association’s fledgling advisory committee on high-rise safety may ultimately advocate more code changes relating to building operations and maintenance than physical changes, said its chairman at the group’s kickoff meeting in Boston.
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12/27/2004 Code Developer Convenes Committee To Offer Advice on Safety

12/27/2004 Tallest Building To Open after Six Years of Ups and Downs

12/23/2004 Vinyl Use Difficult Issue for Sustainable Building Industry

12/20/2004 U.K.s 56-Meter-Tall Firework in Steel Finishes a Year Late

12/17/2004 Chicago Fire Safety Will Cost Millions

12/13/2004 Calatrava Wins AIA Gold Medal

12/13/2004 Old Chicago High-Rises Will Likely Get Retrofits

12/07/2004 Chicago Fire Motivates Code Changes

11/22/2004 Green Builders Tackling Sensitive Technical Issues

11/22/2004 Freedom Tower A Copy, Says Suit

11/15/2004 Caracas Tower Floor Beams Deflected but Did Not Collapse

11/08/2004 Green Buildings Rating System Makes Headway

11/01/2004 WTC Findings Uphold Structural Design

10/28/2004 Annan Seeks Additional Security Funds for U.N.

10/25/2004 Firms Dig In to Clean Up Damaged Florida Hospitals

10/25/2004 Venezuelas Tallest Building Can Be Salvaged After Blaze

10/25/2004 Second WTC Insurance Trial Looks to Settle $1.1-Billion Dispute

10/18/2004 Mediator Settles Dispute Between Developer and Architect

10/18/2004 London Has Big Designs On Europes Tallest Title

10/18/2004 Architects Chosen For Cultural Complex at WTC

10/11/2004 Probe Blames Fire Deaths On Conflicting Building Codes

10/01/2004 HOK, Leader of the 'Home Team,' Selected to Design Kansas City Arena

10/01/2004 Temporary Pools Plunge Into Indiana Arena

09/20/2004 Engineers Sink Nazi U-Boat For Chicago Naval Exhibit

09/13/2004 World Trade Center Building Push Nears

09/02/2004 Florida Changes Building Codes Between Storms

08/30/2004 Deal Cut To Expedite Miami Arts Center Job

 

08/30/2004 Florida Recovery Focuses On Housing, Services, Debris

08/23/2004 Chicago Scrutinizes Problems At Baseballs Wrigley Field

08/23/2004 New Florida Codes Bring Mixed Success

08/02/2004 Boston Building Uses a Little Of Everything to Gain Foothold

07/26/2004 945-ft Glass Skyscraper May End Up Greenest of Them All

07/26/2004 House Approves 2% Boost for DOD Construction

07/12/2004 Questions Raised Over Steel Roof Struts

06/28/2004 Columns Likely Failed First in Terrorist-Triggered WTC Fires

06/21/2004 Sustainable Development Tops the List of Priorities

06/21/2004 315-Meter-Span Roof Arch Pivoted into Place in London

06/21/2004 Stacked Theater for Texas

06/07/2004 October Groundbreaking Seen for New Berlin Complex

06/07/2004 VA Plans $888 Million Construction Program for Rest of 2004

05/31/2004 Focus on Construction of Columns at Airport

05/31/2004 Old Store’s Delicate Crown Is Lifted to New Heights

05/10/2004 Structural Reviews Slow Californias Seismic Upgrades

05/10/2004 VA Secretary Approves Massive Construction Plan

05/03/2004 Transparent Curtain Walls Perform Well in Blast Tests

05/03/2004 CSI Divisions Expand But Not to Everyone’s Liking

05/03/2004 Fatal-Fire Probes Raise Legal Issues

04/26/2004 508-m Taipei Megatower Anointed Worlds Tallest

03/29/2004 Manhattan May Get 835-Ft-Tall Tower

03/08/2004 Deutsche Bank To Demolish Lower Manhattan Building

03/01/2004 Sandblasters To Tone Down Glare-Prone Section of Skin

03/01/2004 WWII Tribute Nearly Ready A Decade After Conception

02/16/2004 Las Vegas Hosts Another Large Continuous Concrete Pour

02/16/2004 Performance-Based Design Tops Research Wish List

01/27/2004 Engineer Defined Modern Principles of Structural Concrete

01/26/2004 World Trade Center Project Likely To Cost $350 Million

01/19/2004 Research May Never Pinpoint Sequence of Events on 9/11

01/12/2004 Reflecting Absence' Picked For World Trade Center Site


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