Buildings 本节涵盖了设计、施工、sustainability and performance of various types of buildings such as hotels, offices, retail, commercial, institutional and others.//www.phoneitt.com/rss/114 en-us GSA Divides $3.4B in IIJA Funds Among 26 Border Station Projects ichniowskit@enr.com (Tom Ichniowski) < p >缅因州和佛蒙特州projec最多ts, with five each.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53667 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:54:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53667-gsa-divides-34b-in-iija-funds-among-26-border-station-projects
Bronx Courthouse Undergoes $41.6M in Extensive Repairs—So Far

The Bronx Hall of Justice's numerous fixes continue a decade and a half after the project completed late and over budget, and may not be finished after a second capital project ends in May.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53665 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:32:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53665-bronx-courthouse-undergoes-416m-in-extensive-repairsso-far
US DOT Seeks Proposals for $1B in Airport Terminal Grants, $450M for Ports ichniowskit@enr.com (Tom Ichniowski)

Airport terminal grant funding is just year one of five-year $5B program.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53658 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:30:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53658-us-dot-seeks-proposals-for-1b-in-airport-terminal-grants-450m-for-ports
Tools Gaining Industry Traction to Manage Building Carbon Emissions reina@btinternet.com (Peter Reina) UK and Finnish technologies provide designers quicker reads of embodied carbon impacts of their structural and materials choices. "We've been waiting for [something like this] for as long as I've been in the industry," says one engineering firm manager. //www.phoneitt.com/articles/53650 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 17:39:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53650-tools-gaining-industry-traction-to-manage-building-carbon-emissions Flying High Over SpeedCore's Second Generation postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post)

The nearly 1.4-million-sq-ft 200 Park high-rise in San José, Calif., though only 300 ft tall, has taken Seattle’s 850-ft-tall proof of concept for SpeedCore—a novel modular steel-plate shear-wall sandwich system—to new heights.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53613 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:50:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53613-flying-high-over-speedcores-second-generation 200 Park Creators of second-generation modular core-wall system are eager to build another.Photo courtesy of Level 10
Blaze Leaves Nearly Finished $65M Apartment Project a Total Loss Roofing material made of thermoplastic polyolefins seemed to contribute to fast-spreading flames, fire officials say. //www.phoneitt.com/articles/53600 Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:27:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53600-blaze-leaves-nearly-finished-65m-apartment-project-a-total-loss National Coalition to Provide Boost for Building Performance Standards mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland)

 Energy-efficiency advocates are hopeful that a new Biden administration coalition to promote and strengthen building performance standards (BPS) could accelerate federal, state and local efforts to reduce carbon emissions from buildings. 

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53563 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:45:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53563-national-coalition-to-provide-boost-for-building-performance-standards
Tech Sets Up NYC Tower for Carbon-Friendly Future

Manhattan office project aims to beat city’s 2030 carbon emission targets by 46% and meet its 2050 carbon-neutral goals.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53482 Fri, 04 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53482-tech-sets-up-nyc-tower-for-carbon-friendly-future 555 Greenwich St. The office building 555 Greenwich St. aims to beat New York City’s carbon emission targets for 2030 and be in line for its 2050 carbon-neutral goals.Photo by Hines
Agriculture Dept. Awards $1B for Health Centers, Other Rural Facilities ichniowskit@enr.com (Tom Ichniowski)

Federal loans and grants would help build and upgrade hundreds of rural community facilities in nearly every state.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53514 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:23:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53514-agriculture-dept-awards-1b-for-health-centers-other-rural-facilities
First Modular Standards Aim at Consistency in Design, Construction, Regulation postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post)

Salt Lake City adopted the nation’s first two consensus standards that address offsite construction last March, six months in advance of their publication by the International Code Council and the Modular Building Institute. Though ICC and MBI expect other jurisdictions to follow suit, to date there have been no other takers. 

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53500 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:50:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53500-first-modular-standards-aim-at-consistency-in-design-construction-regulation crane lifting a modular piece The standards align requirements for review, approval, permitting and inspection across multiple jurisdictions.Photo courtesy MBI and R&S Taveres Associates
Curtain Wall Suppliers Claim Rival Duplicated Unique System

Chicago curtain wall manufacturers file lawsuit against a former executive and his new employer.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53490 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53490-curtain-wall-suppliers-file-federal-lawsuit-against-rival-contractors-for-using-similar-systems
Mass. Commission Tackles How to Decarbonize Buildings

What to do about natural gas will be one of the biggest challenges facing a new state-appointed commission on decarbonizing the building sector in the Bay State. 

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53485 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:40:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53485-mass-commission-tackles-decarbonizing-buildings
Salesforce Tower Chicago

Salesforce Tower Chicago completes Wolf Point Plaza, one of the last remaining riverfront sites in downtown Chicago.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53304 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53304-salesforce-tower-chicago Salesforce Tower Chicago Photo credit: YoChicago.com
Quintana de Uña Takes Reins as CEO of Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Javier Quintana de Uña has begun his tenure as CEO of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53460 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:47:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53460-quintana-de-u%C3%B1a-takes-reins-as-ceo-of-council-on-tall-buildings-and-urban-habitat CTBUH Javier Quintana de Uña (left) has taken over the role of CEO of CTBUH from Antony Wood (right), who remains as president. Photo courtesy of CTBUH
UK Building Owners Face Fire Safety Cladding Replacement Deadline reina@btinternet.com (Peter Reina)

Industry has until March to develop a plan and funding to replace on mid-height buildings the type of cladding linked to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that caused 72 deaths.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53430 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53430-uk-building-owners-face-fire-safety-cladding-replacement-deadline
San Francisco Weighs Reduced Scope as Millennium Tower Fix Resumes postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post)

Using a modified method, Shimmick’s Legacy Foundations restarted work on the troubled perimeter pile upgrade of the ailing Millennium Tower in San Francisco.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53424 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:45:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53424-san-francisco-weighs-reduced-scope-as-millennium-tower-fix-resumes Millennium Tower San Francisco The contractor proved the efficacy of its revised method for installing an outer pile casing (left) and a pile (right) after the original method accelerated the rate of settlement of the 645-ft-tall Millennium Tower. Photo courtesy of Ronald O. Hamburger
Palace Theatre Begins 30-ft Climb Into TSX Broadway

The century-old Times Square venue is being physically lifted into place at the $2.5-billion, 46-story building being constructed on its site.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53373 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:43:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53373-palace-theatre-begins-30-ft-climb-into-tsx-broadway featurepic.jpg The Palace Theatre, at right with pointing hand image, in Times Square has begun its 30-ft upward journey to its place in the new TSX Broadway, which is being built on the same site and slated to be completed in the first quarter of 2023. Photo by Eydie Cubarrubia
One Year After US Capitol Riot, Officials and Security Experts Take Stock jriceenr@gmail.com (Justin Rice)

Significant security improvements have been made to the U.S. Capitol since the Jan. 6, 2021, deadly storming of the landmark building.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53359 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:04:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53359-one-year-after-us-capitol-riot-officials-and-security-experts-take-stock
Viewpoint: Why We Need Buildings Framed With Timber Bamboo To meet climate goals in construction, we need more support for early adopters and more creative, fiber-optimized designs that include more than just timber pine. //www.phoneitt.com/articles/53357 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:30:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53357-viewpoint-why-we-need-buildings-framed-with-timber-bamboo Engineer Proposes Slashing Scope of Millennium Tower Pile Upgrade postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post)

The structural engineer for the tower's perimeter pile upgrade has proposed a scheme to reduce the number of piles and speed the delayed project to completion by the end of 2022.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53344 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:06:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53344-engineer-proposes-slashing-scope-of-millennium-tower-pile-upgrade
Cincinnati Soccer Stadium Siting Raises Questions

Cincinnati’s West End is a mostly Black neighborhood where, compared to the rest of the city, the median income is lower and the percentage of residents who rent is higher. So when FC Cincinnati, the city’s professional soccer team, chose the neighborhood for its $250-million TQL Stadium, it raised both hopes and worries about what would happen to the area.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53337 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53337-cincinnati-soccer-stadium-siting-raises-questions Cincinnati_Stadium_ENRwebready.jpg TQL Stadium, the home of FC Cincinnati, was built in an urban neighborhood to give the soccer venue a "European feel."Photo by James Leggate
Amazon HQ2 Puts Concrete on an Embodied Carbon Diet postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) < p > Amazon’ 2.1年代-million-sq-ft大都会park office development near the nation’s capital could become a model for other large-scale sustainable projects. The building team is tracking a 15% reduction in embodied carbon in the project's 200,000 cu yd of concrete and the two 22-story buildings are on course to qualify as net-zero operational carbon.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53329 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53329-amazon-hq2-puts-concrete-on-an-embodied-carbon-diet Amazon HQ2 HQ2, in the National Landing Business Improvement District, is near the nation’s capital. Photo by Sisson Studios courtesy of Clark Construction
New York City Council Passes Natural Gas Ban in New Buildings

The bill includes some exceptions for non-residential uses.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53291 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53291-new-york-city-council-passes-natural-gas-ban-in-new-buildings
Two Large-Footprint Buildings Brought Down by Dec. 10 Tornadoes yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders)

Rescue operations end and recovery begins after twisters, uncommon for this month, swept through the Ohio River Valley, collapsing an Illinois Amazon distribution facility and a Kentucky candle factory. //www.phoneitt.com/articles/53218 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 01:17:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53218-two-large-footprint-buildings-brought-down-by-dec-10-tornadoes Fix for Millennium Tower Pile Upgrade Going Well

There was no measurable settlement during the Dec. 1-3 drilling for the second permanent pilot pile installed at the northwest corner of the troubled Millennium Tower in San Francisco, says Ronald O. Hamburger, engineer-of-record for the perimeter pile upgrade designed to stem settlement of the 645-ft-tall residential condominium.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53214 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53214-fix-for-millennium-tower-pile-upgrade-going-well Millenium Tower Photo by Ronald O. Hamburger
Best Project, Residential/Hospitality: AIRA Residence judys@enr.com (Scott Judy)

To deliver the AIRA Residences project in Kuala Lumpur, builders had to overcome the differing challenges of transforming an existing 17-story, 64-unit residential structure built more than 40 years ago into a near replica of the sparkling, brand-new 18-story “twin” they were constructing next to it.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53198 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:13:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53198-best-project-residential-hospitality-aira-residence AIRA Residence The newly constructed and separately transformed towers combine to deliver identical luxury in either building.Photo by: Grand Dynamic Builders
Best Project, Renovation/Restoration: Restoration and Documentation of the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue jriceenr@gmail.com (Justin Rice)

Built on ruins of a synagogue originally erected nearly 670 years ago, one of the oldest synagogues in the Middle East was bombed by the French in 1800 before being rebuilt 50 years later.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53192 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:50:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53192-best-project-renovation-restoration-restoration-and-documentation-of-the-eliyahu-hanavi-synagogue Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue The project team breathed new life into one of the Middle East’s oldest synagogues.Photo by Public Relations Dept., Photography team at Arab Contractors Co.
Award of Merit, Office: Omantel Headquarters

The project—the new hub of Oman Telecommunications Co., or Omantel, the top telecommunications company in Oman—includes as a major feature a stainless-steel woven mesh “shroud” that encircles the building on its exterior and wraps around its six-story atrium.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53188 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:38:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53188-award-of-merit-office-omantel-headquarters Omantel Design of the building’s steel exterior evokes the massar, a type of flowing and overlapping cloth headdress worn in Oman.Photo courtesy SSH Office
Award of Merit, Office: Ministry of Finance

Built to consolidate Niger’s finance, planning and customs agencies, this 71-m-high structure is now the country’s tallest building, with floor-to-ceiling windows that offer comprehensive views of the city where it is located.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53187 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:28:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53187-award-of-merit-office-ministry-of-finance Niger Ministry of Finance The building’s 7,960-sq-meter glass facade and night lighting are meant to represent a modern vision for Niger.Photo by Emre Dörter Photography, courtesy Summa Turizm Yatirimciligi A.S.
Best Project, Retail/Mixed-Use Development: Business Innovation Park < p >设置在海滨Ras Bufon的核心tas Free Zone in Doha, Qatar, the trade hub’s Business Innovation Park has a flexible design that suits local startups and large international corporations.

//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53186 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:19:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/53186-best-project-retailmixed-use-development-business-innovation-park Qatar Business Innovation Park Photo courtesy QFZA