At this year’s CONSTRUCT & the CSI Annual Convention, two longtime members will be elevated to Distinguished status. Dennis J. Hall, FCSI, Lifetime Member, CCS, CCCA, FAIA, and Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC, were voted by the Board of Directors to receive the Institute’s most prestigious honor....
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Cold-formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) presented three design excellence awards in creative design, technical innovation, and best practices in the use of the association’s namesake material.
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June marked the fifth time this year Architecture Billings Index (ABI) had increases with a score of 52 percent—down a point from May’s score of 53.
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Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has named the winners for the 2016 Design-Build Project/Team Awards. The program, now in its 21st year, was established to recognize exemplary collaboration and integration in design-build projects.
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Construction employment was uninterrupted from May to June, but an increase in hourly pay and longer weeks, along with shrinking numbers of unemployed construction workers, suggest contractors would hire more people if they were available.
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CSI has endorsed three American Institute of Architects (AIA) contract documents for owners and consultants. This comes after a thorough review of the files by the Institute’s technical committee.
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A proposed ASTM standard will provide building officials and fire marshals with better ways to inspect spray-applied (SFRM) and intumescent (IFRM) fire-resistive materials, commonly used on structural steel and other substrates to maintain veracity and safe conditions when a fire occurs.
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NSF International and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) will work together to develop a new standard for building water systems to protect people against bacterial diseases, such as Legionella.
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected its recipients for the 2016 Small Project Awards. The program, now in its 13th year, was established to recognize small-project practitioners for high-quality work and to promote excellence in small-project designs.
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The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA’s) architectural billing index (ABI) has accelerated to its highest position in nearly a year with a May score of 53.1, up from 50.6 the previous month.
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