• About Us
    • |
  • Advertise
    • |
  • Subscribe
    • |
  • E-mail Sign Up
    • |
  • Article Reprints
  • Manufacturers
  • Login / Register
  • Exit Manufacturers
Construction Specifier Construction Specifications Institute
Manufacturers's Area
Subscribe
E-mail Sign-up
Helpful Hints
Manufacturers
Exit
  • Home
  • Features
  • Columns
    • Failures
    • Horizons
    • Inside CSI
    • Law
    • Specifications
  • News
  • Products
  • Archives
    • Digital Editions
    • Newsletters
  • Resources
    • E-book Collection
    • Events
    • Form+Function
Enter Keyword
Home > Form and Function

Modernization and minimal maintenance with exterior cladding

April 13, 2017
Natural-fiber sidings with the look of wood provided a solution to a Connecticut mixed-use building's aesthetic and practical needs.
+ Read More

Privacy and patient space at a Vermont medical center

April 6, 2017
The University of Vermont (UVM) Medical Center in Burlington will be getting a new, acoustically sound inpatient building as of summer 2019.
+ Read More

Infrared heaters restore winter safety in Chicago parking garage

March 30, 2017
Ice and snow buildup can constitute a significant hazard on parking garage ramps. Chicago's JeffJack Apartments installed 40 infrared heaters to respond to the problem.
+ Read More

Brewing success with an HVAC chiller upgrade

March 24, 2017
Stratford, Connecticut-based Two Roads Brewing Company has undergone a significant expansion that necessitated a chiller upgrade.
+ Read More

Stepping inside the Sacramento Kings’ new home arena

March 16, 2017
Sacramento's new arena, the Golden 1 Center, features angled glass doors that posed a challenge in the design and construction process.
+ Read More


Massachusetts chapel pulls off challenging zinc installation

March 10, 2017
The Byzantine-style Holy Resurrection Chapel in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, was completed this past September, incorporating zinc to achieve aesthetic and design goals.
+ Read More

Applauding the design of Mississippi’s Grammy Museum

March 2, 2017
Celebrating the continuing musical achievements of the residents of the Magnolia State, the Grammy Museum Mississippi opened a year ago in Cleveland.
+ Read More

Harvard Business School center has an ear to acoustic needs

February 23, 2017
Acoustics were a critical consideration in the design and construction of Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s) new executive education center.
+ Read More

HVAC retrofit keeps food processing facility cool

February 16, 2017
A food manufacturer and distributor located in North Texas has sated its need for improved working conditions and operational efficiency after undergoing an HVAC retrofit to replace its well-aged facility equipment. Past its useful service life, most of this equipment was in desperate need of repairs.
+ Read More

Expanded Ohio student career center clad in metal

February 10, 2017
Apollo Career Center in Lima, Ohio, has undergone an extensive renovation and expansion to accommodate the growing number of students it serves.
+ Read More
← Previous 1 2 3 4 … 15 Next →





Now Trending

Energy efficiency considerations in window replacement projects

At some point, windows reach the end of their useful life. The question is, how does a building owner know whether it is advisable to defer a window project another year or two, or to call in a design professional right away?

Treating reinforcement corrosion in parking structures

Parking garages are an integral part of our nation’s infrastructure. Although they are subject to more deterioration than other building types, their maintenance is typically not considered of primary importance to building owners or managers.

Crystal-clear Protection: Using waterproofing to safeguard against concrete corrosion

Concrete is the most-used manufactured material in the world, with nearly three tons per person used annually. 
Its benefits to society are immense, as it is used to build schools, hospitals, apartment blocks, infrastructure, and more.

Using plenum barriers to comply with sound isolation requirements

Sound isolation between rooms can be important for speech privacy. For example, in patient exam rooms in a medical building, conversations between patients and their doctors are meant to be confidential.

Designing with fiber cement to enliven façades

Architects specifying materials for building or remodeling projects consider the performance and aesthetics of construction products, along with material, labor, and installation costs.

Understanding the true costs of resinous floors

Specifying either a new or renovated flooring system for a commercial building often comes down to the quoted cost of the materials and labor needed to complete the job.
  • About Us
    • |
  • Advertise
    • |
  • Contact
    • |
  • Terms and Conditions of Use
    • |
  • Privacy Policy
    • |
  • Subscribe
Copyright ©2017 Kenilworth Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Login

Lost your password?

Don't have an account? Register here.

Register

Sign-up for your account with the Construction Specifier. Your account gives you unlimited free access to our e-book Collection, Newsletter Archives and our Digital Editions of the Construction Specifier.
Please check the box below to confirm you would like to be added to Kenilworth Media’s various e-mail communications (includes e-newsletters, a survey now and then, and offers to the design-build industry*).
 

Leave this empty:

*We do not sell your e-mail address to 3rd parties, we simply forward their offers to you. Of course, you always have the right to unsubscribe from any communications you receive from us, should you change your mind in the future.

Leave this empty:

HELPFUL HINTS

Personalize your experience, login or register to:

    1. Archive articles by creating a favourite list.
    • Simply click on the star icon to add or remove items.
    2. View your history.
    • See the last 30 items you have viewed on the site.
    3. View articles suggested just for you.
    • Once you have read 3 features, we will start to curate articles just for you.
    • Find them under 'My Suggestions' in 'My Account'

Looking for 'My Account'? Login or register and it will appear in the top right-hand corner of your screen.

Looking for 'My Account'? Login or register and find it under the burger icon in the left-hand corner of your screen.

LOGIN/REGISTER NOW

HELPFUL HINTS

Personalize your experience:

    1. Archive articles by creating a favourite list.
    • Simply click on the star icon to add or remove items.
    2. View your history.
    • See the last 30 items you have viewed on the site.
    3. View articles suggested just for you.
    • Once you have read 3 features, we will start to curate articles just for you.
    • Find them under 'My Suggestions' in 'My Account'

Looking for 'My Account'? Find it in the top right-hand corner of your screen.

Looking for 'My Account'? Find it under the burger icon in the left-hand corner of your screen.