Earlier this year, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) collaborated with Guinness World Records to identify China’s Shanghai Tower as the commercial building with the fastest elevator speeds and longest vertical runs.
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Earlier this summer, the Steel Joist Institute (SJI) announced the winners of its 2017 Design Awards. The projects were judged for flexibility, speed of construction, value, and aesthetics. New buildings and major retrofit or expansion projects constructed within the last three years in the United States, Canada, or Mexico...
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According to a study conducted by ElectroniCast Consultants, explosion-proof lighting with light-emitting diode (LED) technology is slated to be worth $787.7 million in 2026. The global consumption value will grow at a rate of 2.15 percent and increase to $743.6 million in 2021, up from $668.6 million in 2016.
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The magazine’s series of sponsored e-books continues with a look at design and construction using various masonry assemblies.
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Custom Lighting Company Created Dramatic Fixtures that Fulfill Designers’ Vision While Offering 70 Percent Energy Savings TAUNTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#customlighting–Royal Contract Lighting today announced that it has created dramatic and energy-efficient custom lighting fixtures as part of the $6.5 million renovation of the meeting space at...
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American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Have Provided $19 Million in Funding Through This Program NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Express (NYSE:AXP) and The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in collaboration with Main Street America, announced today that Partners in Preservation is headed to...
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Earlier this summer, WSP, a global engineering and professional services consultancy, acquired Willoughby Engineering, a Chicago-based 10-person mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) and building performance firm.
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The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) will hold its annual fall meeting in Naples, Florida, from October 3 to 5. Jonathan Flannery, senior associate director of advocacy for American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) is the keynote speaker.
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The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) is looking for comments on the latest version of its sustainable infrastructure framework, Envision v3. Practitioners, academics, current Envision users, infrastructure owners, and other industry experts are invited to participate in this public review process, which is on until November 1.
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Technology conference organizers SuperNova South, along with Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech, venture capital (VC) firm Shadow Ventures, and Metro Atlanta Chamber, is organizing the first annual BuiltTech Week from October 2 to 6 in Atlanta.
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