Intl. infrastructure group gets North Carolina’s $242M highway contract

North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Balfour Beatty a $242 million design-build contract to deliver improvements to Interstate U.S. 70, between the Havelock Bypass and east of Thurman Road in Craven County, North Carolina.

SCSU gets a new sustainable, collaborative college building

A new faculty building on the Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) campus in Hamden achieves a sustainable design focused on smarter energy consumption, water use, and construction strategies.

California’s Century 21 Theatre to undergo adaptive reuse transformation

California’s Century 21 Theatre in San Jose, the only domed cinema in the Bay Area, and a landmark which is considered a historical resource, will be rehabilitated, and turned into a realty office.

PCA resists EPA’s proposed stringent PM air quality standards

Portland Cement Association (PCA), which represents most of America’s cement manufacturers, opposes the proposed decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tighten the Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

Optimizing acoustics with stone wool ceilings

Grundfos, a global leader in water technology based in Bjerringbro, Denmark, has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for its new Global Water Utility Headquarters—the highest available building certification through the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Advanced stone wool ceilings for acoustical performance were key in the building design.

Why fire sprinklers belong above suspended drop-out ceilings

Drop-out ceilings provide an alternative to ‘poke-through’ sprinkler installations and avoid the need to install drops from sprinkler mains so sprinklers can penetrate the ceiling and discharge water into the room below. This enables drop-out ceilings to be used in situations where penetrating sprinklers are not the optimum solution.