BD+C
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Multifamily housing will remain a robust market for A/E/C companies heading into 2020, according to the most recent results of PSMJ’s Quarterly Market Forecast (QMF) survey. For the third quarter of 2019, the survey found that less than 9% of the nearly 100 respondents doing multifamily work reported a decrease in proposal activity compared with the prior quarter, while more than 54% saw an increase.
Life of an Architect
NOVEMBER 3, 2019
It’s not a secret – or at least it shouldn’t be much of one. Architects should be on Instagram and I would like for them to post pictures of what they do during the day. There is so much good stuff out there that people are doing and few people know anything about it. I am making it my personal mission to singlehandedly change this by proselytizing the benefits of sharing information in a medium that is readily available to the masses.
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Denver Urban Review
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
JLL announced today that it has secured $25 million in construction and bridge financing for 777 and 757 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. 777 Grant Street is a vintage office building that will be renovated and repositioned while 757 Grant Street is a Class A, ground-up multifamily development. These structures will be Located on the corner of 8 th Avenue and Grant Street within Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, Once renovated, 777 Grant will be a Class A asset and planned for the first floo
The Aspiring Architect
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
A couple of years ago, I was strongly encouraged by a leader in our office to submit a session for a conference. (And we all know how it is when a leader in your office strongly encourages you to do something…) So I asked her (in a much more professional manner) what in the world she thought I could present on just 3ish years out of school? And her very cool and surprising answer was “on being a young leader” And I said really?
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
South Korea has announced its intentions on creating three hydrogen-powered cities by 2022. The country hopes to select the cities it will transform to hydrogen power by the end of the year. The cities will included 9.9 megawatt fuel cells, 670 hydrogen fuel-cell electric passenger vehicles, and 30 hydrogen buses. Hydrogen charging stations will be built to accommodate the increase in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Occupying 137 to 139 Lower Marsh in London, “Stowaway” is a new five-story, 20-unit aparthotel with a unique twist: it is made entirely from 30-foot shipping containers. An aparthotel (short for apartment hotel, as you may have guessed) is an extended stay location that combines the features of a boutique hotel with the comforts and conveniences of an apartment.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Wrigley Field, the second-oldest baseball stadium in the country, opened in 1914. Soon after the Ricketts family purchased the ballpark and its main tenant, the Chicago Cubs, in 2009, plans were set in motion to significantly upgrade the deteriorating structure, expand the facility, and enhance its amenities.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
On Nov. 15, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) plans to release its new and updated Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) family of contract documents. Next February, the AIA will release its updated Construction Manager as Adviser (CMa) family of documents. These documents get updated on a 10-year revision cycle.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
David Block fell in love with the Blommer Ice Cream Company factory the nanosecond he first saw it, seven years ago. Block, an architect, city planner, and Director of Development with Evergreen Real Estate Group, Chicago, was on a scouting mission to Milwaukee to scope out development opportunities. “It really caught my eye,” he recently recalled, as we gazed at the building from across North Avenue.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The six-story MGM Springfield is the first full-service casino in Massachusetts. It occupies 14 acres over three city blocks and includes a 250-key hotel, a 125,000-sf casino, 46,000 sf of event space, and parking for 3,400 vehicles. The downtown that this complex is intended to revitalize is a mixture of historic properties, modern high-rises, and remnants of Springfield’s history as America’s arms manufacturer from 1777 to 1968.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Last week, Bexar County in Texas broke ground for the construction of The Women’s and Children’s Hospital at University Hospital, a freestanding 12-story 600,000-sf tower that will include two separate emergency rooms, 300 beds, and a neonatal intensive care unit. The facility, which is scheduled for completion in late 2022, will open with a 900-space parking garage attached to it.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
For a market that receives little attention or fanfare, the U.S. reconstruction and renovation sector is the lifeblood for many of the nation’s architecture, engineering, and construction firms—large and small. From office fitouts to adaptive reuse to historic preservation to run-of-the-mill renovation work, more than $100 billion in construction spending flows into reconstruction projects each year.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
ASHRAE has released an expanded, revised version of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Five notable firms have joined a construction industry group aiming to use artificial intelligence to predict hazards and conditions that lead to safety incidents at construction sites. Skanska USA, Skanska Sweden, Webcor Builders, Obayashi, and concrete contractor Lithko Contracting have joined the Predictive Analytics Strategic Council. That group was launched earlier this year to share and analyze safety data.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Queens, N.Y. — The Corona Senior Residence of the Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee (HANAC) is the first affordable housing facility built for seniors in New York City’s Corona, Queens, neighborhood in more than 30 years. It will also be the first affordable senior housing development in the U.S. to meet the Passive House Institute design standard for energy efficiency and ecological footprint reduction.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Late last month, the Allegheny County Airport Authority revealed that its 195-acre Pittsburgh Airport Innovation Center, known locally as Neighborhood 91, would focus on additive manufacturing (AM). The Authority and the state of Pennsylvania have invested $22 million in the initial development of Neighborhood 91, which is being positioned as the first innovation campus in the nation to condense and connect all of the supply-chain components of 3D printing and additive manufacturing.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
In the most recent Lodging Econometrics (LE) Construction Pipeline Trend report on New York City, LE states that New York City has a total of 155 projects/26,605 rooms in the construction pipeline, one of the top three largest pipelines in the U.S. Of this total, hotels presently under construction are at 102 projects/17,504 rooms, projects scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months are at 23 projects/3,637 rooms, and those in early planning are at 30 projects/5,464 rooms.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Water-resistant barriers (WRB’s) that keep the sheathing dry have been part of the residential building process since at least the late 1800’s, in the form of builders’ felt (aka tar paper). Synthetic WRB’s first arrived in the late 1960’s. Since then, lots of similar products have hit the market. Research and experience have also led to the development of what’s known as a rainscreen wall - a detail that creates a space between the siding and the sheathing.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
The largest technology show for the multifamily real estate industry is right around the corner, and there are plenty of reasons to attend this year’s event. Hosted by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), the annual OPTECH Conference & Expo draws thousands of multifamily industry professionals, including C-suite executives and other key decision makers.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The International Code Council made an unpublicized deal with the National Association of Home Builders that has effectively blocked efforts to boost energy efficiency and structure resiliency in the ICC’s code development, according to a report in the New York Times.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Total construction & real estate industry deals for September 2019 worth $21.7bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database. The value marked a decrease of 5.7% over the previous month and a rise of 44.2% when compared with the last 12-month average of $15.06bn. In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a drop of 4.4% over the last 12-month average with 194 deals against the average of 203 deals.
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.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Set to become the largest building on UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill campus, the new 335,000-sf Surgical Tower will enhance UNC Health Care’s ability to provide surgical and medical care for Carolina residents.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
The other morning I had a pleasant tour with architect Ken DeMuth of Pappageorge Haymes Partners and Nick Vittore, VP of Real Estate, Svigos Asset Management, the developer of the reconstructed Motley School, one of the 49 K-12s that were decommissioned by the Chicago Public Schools several years ago. (Svigos also did the lovely Mulligan School conversion, which I wrote about in September 2019.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Late last month, the Allegheny County Airport Authority revealed that its 195-acre Pittsburgh Airport Innovation Center, known locally as Neighborhood 91, would focus on additive manufacturing (AM). The Authority and the state of Pennsylvania have invested $22 million in the initial development of Neighborhood 91, which is being positioned as the first innovation campus in the nation to condense and connect all of the supply-chain components of 3D printing and additive manufacturing.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Last summer, the New York Times ran a story with the headline “The Capital of Car Culture, Los Angeles Warms to Mass Transit.” That article focused on the recent opening of extensions of L.A.’s Expo and Gold transit lines, and a tax-funded initiative that would finance 40 major transit projects over the next 40 years, including 100 miles of new rail lines and a train tunnel through the Sepulveda Pass to connect the L.A.
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