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OCTOBER 18, 2012

About $2 billion worth of construction and design projects would be eliminated if scheduled federal budget cuts, referred to as sequestration, take effect on Jan. 2, 2013 ,according to a report by the American Institute of Architects. An estimated 66,500 jobs from the design and construction industry would be lost. The report identifies 48 budget accounts funding design, construction, and rehabilitation of buildings that would be cut under sequestration. read more.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Starting Wednesday, November 7th, I will be hosting the Entrepreneur Architect Twitter Chat (#EntreArchitectChat). We’ll meet on Twitter every Wednesday evening at 9PM EST to discuss business success and the practice of architecture. Mark your calendars. Share with your friends and followers. What’s a Twitter Chat? Click here for a description: [link].

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

The U.S. Green Building Council has named Jim Nicolow, a principal of the architecture firm Lord, Aeck & Sargent, and its director of sustainability, to the 2012 class of LEED Fellows. read more.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Completed in January 2011, the $127 million Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center is an outpatient cancer treatment facility connected to the pre-existing inpatient areas of the Baylor University Medical Center campus in Texas. Along with the Building Team of Perkins + Will (architect) and MEDCO Construction (contractor), Baylor Healthcare was looking to create a facility that conveyed a message of peace and tranquility with natural lighting. read more.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Billings at architecture firms in September increased at their fastest pace since late 2010, reports the American Institute of Architects (AIA). As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

Chicago Faucets provides cutting-edge design in commercial restrooms with its new HyTronic Edge electronic faucet. This new faucet brings a funky, modern look to commercial designs that all professionals in the industry will appreciate: read more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Wight & Company, which is involved in architecture, engineering and construction solutions for the built environment, has expanded its team with the addition of three professionals, including: read more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

SAFTI FIRST recently announced that in addition to meeting ASTM E-119/NFPA 251/UL263 with hose stream for up to two hours, the SAFTIfire CW Framing System meets or exceeds performance specifications for fire rated or non-fire rated curtain wall systems by successfully passing the following tests: read more.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

The Net Zero Cities Symposium held in Colorado included a discussion about how energy use in buildings will change. As buildings become more efficient and begin to use distributed electricity generation, they will need to become “smarter,” using operating systems much as a computer does. Real-time electricity monitoring will allow residents to change their heating and cooling from remote locations.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Architecture firms NELSON and H2L2 have combined operations, adding H2L2’s higher education and infrastructure practices to NELSON’s account management and service delivery platform, the Philadelphia-based companies announced. read more.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Architecture firm Lord, Aeck & Sargent has announced the recent promotions of Anne Taylor Carros to director of marketing and communications and Cynthia Enzer Radecki to director of business development. Carros had served as the firm's marketing manager since early 2006. She oversees nationwide marketing and communications for the firm, whose other offices are in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Austin, Texas; and Chapel Hill, N.C.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

Firestone Building Products Company LLC, a leading manufacturer and supplier of a comprehensive "Roots to Rooftops" system of building envelope solutions, has made a major investment in innovation with a new Global Technical Center. Following the completion of construction in spring 2012, the center is now fully staffed and operational with advanced analytical testing technologies in place.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

In order to help architects more accurately predict the energy consumption in their design projects, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has put together An Architect’s Guide to Integrating Energy Modeling in the Design Process. The guide is an exhaustive, step-by-step map to predicting (and thus reducing) the energy usage of buildings.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Expanding the geographic reach of one of its areas of expertise – the design of student life facilities – Lord, Aeck & Sargent (LAS) announced that four colleges and universities recently have awarded the architecture firm significant such projects. read more.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Nashville, Tenn., is promoting the installation of green roofs through a measure providing a $10 reduction in a property's sewer fees for every square foot of vegetative roof. Green roofs can capture about 55% of rainfall and prevent that water from reaching the stormwater system, according to the city. Vegetative roofs are catching on at some buildings, such as Music City Center, which has plants on 28% of its 14.5-acre roof. read more.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Tishman Construction Corporation, an AECOM company, has promoted Ed Cettina to Chief Operation Officer, Americas, for both Tishman and the overall AECOM construction services practice. read more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

The Beck Group announced that CEO Peter Beck has chosen his successor, effective January 1, 2013. Beck will assume the position of executive chairman focusing on marketing, strategy and international operations. Fred Perpall , who most recently served as The Beck Group’s director of Eastern Division operations, has been named the new CEO. read more.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Hank Adams, AIA, ACHA, EDAC has been promoted to director of the healthcare program for HDR Architecture. A vice president with the firm, Adams has more than 25 years of healthcare architectural experience and has managed dozens of healthcare projects ranging from complete replacement facilities to multi-phased master plan implementations. read more.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

The Commercial Building Modernization Act recently introduced in the Senate would extend and streamline a current tax deduction to encourage commercial and multifamily residential building owners to perform comprehensive energy-efficient retrofits. If the bill passes, nearly 80,000 jobs in the construction and manufacturing industries and service-related fields could be created, sponsors say. ( [link] ).

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

The demand for green roofs and living walls is expected to climb from $5.3 billion in 2011 to $7.7 billion in 2017, according to a report from Lux Research. Lux expects installations to grow by 70% to more than 2.2 billion sf, as cities try to reduce pollution and the heat-island effect by encouraging more sustainable construction. Green roofs are projected to make up $7 billion of the 2017 demand, which could bring $2 billion worth of business for suppliers of polymeric materials. read more.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

A new mapping tool from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Boston design firm can calculate rooftops' capacity for solar energy. The mapping tool has been used to show which of the 17,000 rooftops in Cambridge, Mass., are best suited for PVs by determining the amount of direct sunlight they receive. The tool also can compute the cost of rooftop solar installation and the amount of carbon emissions reduced by adding solar panels. read more.

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Speaker: Pedro Clarke – Principal Architect at A+ Architecture, In Loco Program Director

Sustainability begins with a conversation, and acquiring customer buy-in is entirely dependent on how the conversation is framed. Clients may not see sustainability as a priority out of fear of operational costs and quality. While these are legitimate concerns, it is our responsibility as architects to listen and foster a collaborative culture that answers client issues while also reducing our carbon footprint.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

Investigators are examining a construction crane collapse atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan due to high winds during Hurricane Sandy. The crane dangled precariously, causing some buildings, including 900 guests at the Parker Meridien hotel, to be evacuated as a precaution, and the streets below were cleared. The nearly completed high-rise is known as One57 and is in one of the city's most desirable neighborhoods, near Carnegie Hall, Columbus Circle, and Central Park. read

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Two Philadelphia city councilmen are trying to crack down on the "underground economy" of developers and contractors who work without licenses and permits, pay cash under the table, and operate unsafe job sites. The councilmen introduced a bill to beef up construction regulations. A 2007 controller's investigation determined that the city was losing between $2.1 million and $7.4 million in wage taxes due to the underground construction economy. read more.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Princeton, N.J. residents criticized proposed legislation that would exempt private colleges and universities from following local land use laws for construction projects. One resident pointed to a gigantic book storage facility Princeton University is building as an example of what could happen if local zoning can be ignored. read more.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) pilot program for complaints filed with OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program. ADR is aimed at helping complainants and employers resolve their disputes in a cooperative, voluntary manner. ( [link] ).

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