Enhance amenity spaces with matching Umbriano flatwork & verticals

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The look of natural granite combined with a non-slip, wear-resistant and stain-resistant surface is what defines Umbriano® from Unilock. Available in both paver and wall formats, this contemporary finish can be carried from groundwork to vertical for a seamless outdoor design.

Oregon’s Civic Park achieves structural and cost efficiency with pre-engineered steel system

Oregon’s new Civic Park’s field house is built on a pre-engineered steel structure—meeting the cost requirements of the project’s tight budget and providing the needed structural resilience.

San Mateo County’s hybrid mass timber HQ aims to massively cut embodied carbon

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)’s design for San Mateo County’s headquarters, which is currently under construction in the Silicon Valley, features a hybrid mass timber building, to achieve an 85 percent reduction in embodied carbon—which is greater than the 65 to 75 percent reduction generally offered by typical mass timber structures.

Stantec to acquire Philadelphia-based firm to expand services across Mid-Atlantic

Stantec, a global leader in sustainable architecture, interior design, and engineering, has signed a letter of intent to acquire L2P, a 40-person Philadelphia-based architecture, interior design, and planning firm.

Accomplished executive to bring extensive leadership experience to Perkins Eastman

Noel Bryan, with almost 30 years of professional experience in architecture, operations management, and business development, has joined global architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman as principal and director of business operations.

Testing and Specifications: aluminum-framed fenestration assemblies

While no building product component or system is truly “bulletproof,” industry resources are evolving to evaluate, select, and specify high-performance, aluminum-framed curtain wall, storefront, entrance, and window systems which can help protect against active shooter attacks in schools, universities, and other facilities.

Designing workplaces for the future

The past two years have demonstrated how critical the need is for employers to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for its staff. With many employees nervous about returning to their traditional workplaces, it is paramount to improve indoor health and an increased sense of occupant well-being by implementing or upgrading systems and facilities to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and other airborne pathogens.