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SOM completes Skydeck transformation on Chicago’s Willis Tower
 
SOM completes Skydeck transformation on Chicago’s Willis Tower
 
The 110-story Willis Tower has marked a major milestone in its transformation with the completion of a new Skydeck experience designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).
 
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Denver Art Museum to unveil reimagined campus in the fall
 
Denver Art Museum to unveil reimagined campus in the fall
 
The Denver Art Museum, Colorado, will reveal its reimagined campus on October 24. Machado Silvetti and Fentress Architects’ design will welcome visitors to a unified campus, reinstalled galleries, and new creative spaces.
 
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Demand for design services continues to rapidly escalate: AIA
 
Demand for design services continues to rapidly escalate: AIA
 
According to a new American Institute of Architects (AIA) report, demand for design services had continued to rapidly escalate in March.
 
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BIG designs a continuous loop for telecom firm Oppo’s R&D HQ
 
 
BIG designs a continuous loop for telecom firm Oppo’s R&D HQ
 
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has designed mobile communications company Oppo’s new R&D Headquarters as an infinity loop on the Hangzhou horizon in China.
 
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AIA honors exceptional designs with its COTE Top Ten Awards
 
AIA honors exceptional designs with its COTE Top Ten Awards
 
Skanska and SG Contracting selected to build Atlanta Hilton
 
Skanska and SG Contracting selected to build Atlanta Hilton
 
Georgia university building earns Living Building Certification
 
Georgia university building earns Living Building Certification
 
HGA renovates Salvation Army HQ in Virginia
 
HGA renovates Salvation Army HQ in Virginia
 
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Customize acoustic ceilings with specialty coatings
 
Customize acoustic ceilings with specialty coatings
 
It is possible to restore discolored, aged acoustical ceilings instead of replacing them with brand new materials when budget is limited or there are time restrictions. Whether a ceiling is composed of an acoustical plaster or conventional ceiling tiles, the majority of aged acoustical ceilings are still structurally sound. The ‘less-than-new’ appearance is because of the deteriorated condition of the surface coating on the ceiling—it is no longer white because of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light and/or contamination.
 
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Achieving aesthetics and energy efficiency with stone wool insulation
 
Maximizing energy efficiency is the order of the day for construction industry professionals across North America, due, in part, to changing codes and a growing contingent of forward-thinking developers, owners, architects, specifiers, and energy consultants. Education and awareness continue the drive toward higher performance building envelopes, which is prompting greater consideration of insulation levels, R-value, airtightness, vapor diffusion, condensation control, acoustics, and more. As a result, more thought is now invested in material selection and whole system performance.
 
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Project News
Georgia college revitalizes roofing systems with metal panels
 
Georgia college revitalizes roofing systems with metal panels
 
Aging roofing and poor details on four adjacent buildings on the Central Georgia Technical College campus in Warner Robins, Georgia, got to the point where they were beyond another temporary repair job. After 10 years of patching the problem, the college needed a permanent solution and eventually elected to re-cover the modified bitumen roofing with symmetrical standing seam panels.
 
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GREEN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE REPORT ON PFAS IN BUILDING MATERIALS
I was asked to review the possibility of eliminating PFAS from our specs. As a water engineering company, PFAS is a growing concern among our clients providing drinking water. After skimming the report, my heart sinks at the enormity of the potential effort. Is this on anyone else’s radar?
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SHOP DRAWINGS AND SUBMITTALS WITH DEVIATIONS FROM CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
The fifth in a planned series of six blog posts on shop drawings and submittals is now on CSI's site. The post addresses submittals that have deviations from contract requirements, including how to handle them and the owner's and design professional's recourse when a submittal with deviations is inadvertently approved.
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Major construction milestone reached in Studio Gang-designed Arkansas arts center
 
 
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates completes Seoul’s Bundang Doosan Tower
 
 
Skanska USA completes new engineering building for Duke University
 
 
LRS Architects becomes largest women-owned arch firm in the Pacific Northwest
 
 
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