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Now, skyrocketing raw material costs, higher landfill tipping fees, new waste-limiting legislation, and architectural demand for lightest environmental footprint have led to the mainstreaming of post-consumer recycling. CFFA envisions a day when specifiers will routinely call for post-consumer content in a roof membrane.

$69M project to build immersive museum beneath Lincoln Memorial

The National Park Service has awarded a contract worth nearly $69 million to add an immersive museum beneath the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as well as upgrades to enhance visitor experience.

Silicon Valley’s mass timber ‘Verdant Sanctuary’ aims to live up to its name

A new mass timber office building in Silicon Valley, named Verdant Sanctuary, was recently approved for construction. Situated in Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto, California, it aims to embrace nature through each element of its design.

Philadelphia apartments exhibit innovative responses to unusual contexts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is amid a multi-family housing boom, with hundreds of mid-rise podium buildings going up across the city. Two projects by Interface Studio Architects (ISA) respond to the specificity of their sites in uniquely successful responses.

Missouri-headquartered global U.S. firm names new CEO

Leslie Duke, a senior executive at Missouri-headquartered Burns & McDonnell, has been named the new CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2024. She will replace the current chairman and CEO, Ray Kowalik.

On the rise: Securing entrance ways with retrofits

Physical security retrofit is not as simple as it used to be. With today’s health compliance mandates and growing social upheaval, physical security upgrades must transcend previous technologies which only focused on minimizing organizational risks in corporate office buildings.

Essential structural considerations in roof design

Design professionals often work in isolation, with each discipline (architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical) working exclusively on their own discipline, and only getting together after they have completed most of their individual design contribution to coordinate dimensions. Crucial data is unintentionally missed, which can significantly affect the structural design of roof systems.