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• June Construction Slips 3%
• Deal Sends Tishman Construction Into AECOM’s Arms
• Finally, BP Advances Effort To Stop Leak
• U.S. Architecture Schools Announce Leadership Changes
• Virginia’s I-495 Expansion Fast-Tracked Thanks to D-B, Infusion of Private Capital
• Interview with Alain de Botton, Architecture of Happiness Author
• Naval Station Great Lakes Completes $770-Million Construction Program
• LBJ Freeway Financing Secured, Project to Start by Early 2011
• Engineer Rejects N.Y. State's 'Sling Theory' in Rigger Trial
• Communication Breakdown Lifts Price of Tacoma Ramp
• Groundbreaking for First TIGER Project
• Construction Industry Loses 22,000 Jobs in June
• Manslaughter Trial Begins For New York Rigger
• $1.4-Billion South Texas Powerplant Both Praised and Damned
• Speedy Runway Paving Job Means $5 Million Bonus
• University Of Alabama Debuts Disaster Response Study Track
• Affordable Housing Goes Green in the Bronx
• EPA to Modify Regulations on Sewer Overflows
• May Construction Grows 3%
• Special Report: Gulf Oil Spill
• Piano Conceives a Respectful Addition to Kahn's Kimbell Masterpiece
• Kinks in Supply Chain Produce Road Paint Shortage
• Finalists for 2010 Aga Khan Award Announced
• NYC Skyscraper Is First U.S. Commercial Tower to Earn LEED Platinum
• 2010 Hurricane Season Will Be "Active to Extremely Active," Scientists Predict
• White House Picks Architect to Head Preservation Board
• Did BP Skip Approval for Platform Engineering Design?
• Stern's Museum for African Art Set to Open in 2011
• Nuns Celebrate LEED Platinum Certification
• OSHA Recognizes NCCER Program To Certify Crane Operators
• An Experimental Early Work by Renzo Piano Threatened
• USGBC Says Feds Can Do More for Green Building
• Debate Over Radioactive Waste in Texas Gets Hot
• April Construction Falls 9%
• ENR Names the Top 400 Contractors
• Gulf Oil Spill: Industry Waits for Cleanup Call
• AIA Announces 18 Winners of 2010 Housing Awards
• Seven Teams Picked For $4 Bil in Guam Milcon Work
• Caltrans Realizes Big Savings in Construction Costs Due to Economic Downturn
• Clinic Made of Freight Containers Heads to Haiti
• Profile Rises for Small Projects as Construction Market Tightens
• Corps Speeds Up Permitting For Gulf Coast Cleanup
• Integrated-Project-Delivery Boosters Ignore Many Flashing Red Lights
• Green Design-Build Model Crafted for Buildings To Achieve Net-Zero Energy Use
• Feds Seek Energy-Efficient Building Projects
• U.S. DOT Seeks Changes in Disadvantaged-Business Rules
• EPA Stiffens Coal-Ash Rules, But Proposal Allows Recycling
• Nashville Begins to Assess Damage From Epic Flooding
• Interior Dept. OK's Nation's First Offshore Wind Project
• AIA's Effort to Eliminate Retainage Fee Pays Off
• USGBC Launches LEED-Neighborhood Development
• Worker Killed as Crane Boom Collapses
• Haiti's Plan Includes New Ports, Highways
• Archives of WTC-Architect Yamasaki Saved from Destruction
• Chinese Drywall Remediation Standard Already Evolving
• ENR Reveals the Top 500 Design Firms
• AIA's Committee on the Environment Announces Annual Awards
• Tour of U.S. Embassy in Haiti Shows Small Measures Paid Off Big Time
• Controversial Plans by Viñoly for Domino Sugar Plant Now on View
• Construction Groups Sue NY DOT Over Pay Freeze
• AGC Study Finds No Scientific Reason for Calif. Emission Rule
• John Carl Warnecke, "Kennedy's Architect," Dies
• March Construction Holds Steady
• Southern California Quake Damaged Treatment and Storage Infrastructure
• While Dubai Stumbles, Abu Dhabi Marches On
• Next Round of Federal Regulations Has Suppliers Retooling Clean Diesel
• Green-Infused Modular Classroom Targets 'Grid-Neutral' Status in School Construction
• Last Piece of L.A. Live Opens – Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles
• NYC Unveils Sweeping Redevelopment Plan for Governors Island
• Florida Tribe Wins Ruling To Resume Everglades Construction
• Concrete Industry Fears Ruling May Stir Litigation Over Fly Ash
• Steven Holl on a Winning Streak
• Celebrated Architect Stirs Debate With Haiti Prefab House Idea
• Obama Signs Jobs Bill, With Highway-Transit Extension
• "Villa Libeskind" Takes Prefab to the Extreme
• Green Standard Efforts Merge
• February Construction Rises 5%
• AIA Announces 2010 Young Architect Award Winners
• Testwell CEO Tried To Kill Himself After Conviction
• Mayor Unveils Stimulus Plan in San Francisco
• January Construction Retreats 1%
• New Construction Starts in December Climb 5%; Annual Total for 2009 Drops 26% to $412 Billion
• Dubai Stands Tall as Skyscraper Debuts
• National Mall Plan Option Incorporates LEED
• Cintra-Led Team to Begin $2B North Texas Road Project
• November Construction Falls 9%
• October Construction Jumps 12%
• September Construction Slides 7%
• AIA Study: 2008 Billings Topped $44 Billion
• Housing Could Spark A Rebound in 2010
• Leaky Libeskind Roof to Be Fixed at Last
• SOM Loses Top Architect to HOK
• Faulty Tower's Implosion Presents Many Challenges
• Who's To Blame for Faulty Foster Tower?
• Balfour Beatty to Pay $626 Million For Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Heinz Awards Highlight Environmental Leaders
• August Construction Rises 2%
• June Construction Retreats 7%
• The Top 250 Architecture Firms
• Gehry Trims Staff As Projects Hit Snags
• F&S Partners in Dallas Merges with SmithGroup
• May Construction Climbs 7%
• Brad Pitt Selects More Architects for "Make It Right" Project
• HUD and DOT Coordinating Efforts
• Nation's Largest New Public Transportation Project Moving Into Construction Phase
• Architects Plan Breathtaking New Skydeck for Sears Tower
• April Construction Slips 1%
• Peter Zumthor Wins 2009 Pritzker Prize
• Big Problems Continue With Drywall Made in China
• Top 10 Green Projects Named by AIA
• March Construction Improves 5 Percent
• February Construction Falls 8%
• Building in Cologne, Germany Collapses
• AIA Announces the Names of 112 New Fellows
• Federal Eco-Labeling Law Taking Shape
• Spanish-Led Consortium to Build $4-Billion Texas Freeway Project
• Architectural Billings Index Hits All-Time Low
• Gottfried House Earns Highest LEED for Homes Score to Date
• Healthcare Market Not Immune to Economic Malaise
• Virtual Design and Construction Users Seeking Better Collaborative Tools
• January Construction Slips 3%
• New Construction Starts in December Retreat 5%; Annual Total for 2008 Slides 15% to $543 Billion
• Herzog & de Meuron Designs HQ for Major Bank in Spain
• Obama Delivers Promise to Unions By Reversing Bush Labor Pact Ban
• The Economic-Stimulus Bill, Sector-by-Sector Analysis
• What Does Stimulus Plan Mean for A/E/C Industry?
• AIA Announces 2009 Honor Awards for Architecture
• USGBC Members Approve LEED 2009 Revisions
• Zaha Hadid Chosen to Design Vienna Library
• Louisiana Gets $1.5-Billion Loan From Feds for Hurricane-Protection System
• 'Less Restrictive' No-Damages-for-Delay Clause Still Vulnerable
• Layoffs Sweep Architecture Profession as Economy Worsens
• Obama's Education-Upgrade Pledge Could Mean Lots of School-Construction Work
• Prosecutor Charges Safety Manager, Two Others in Fatal N.Y. Construction Fire
• Shanghai Skyscraper Named "Best Tall Building"
• Chicago Takes the Lead in Green Hotels
• Madrid's City of Justice Starts to Take Shape
• Report: Concrete Outperforms Steel as Bridge Material
• Florida's Highway Wish List Totals Nearly $7 Billion
• For Architects, the Job Axe Starts to Fall
• Despite Sinking Economy, Work Begins on Super-Tall Shanghai Tower
• States Seek $136 Billion for Infrastructure In New Stimulus Package
• Students Design-Build LEED Platinum Art Center for Tornado Ravaged Town
• Is the Dubai Bubble Starting to Burst?
• Overwhelming Public Response Extends Crane Rule Comment Period
• OSHA Releases Fatality Numbers
• U.S. Green Building Council Pushes Obama to Act on Green Promises
• Renzo Piano’s Design for Kimbell Museum Revealed
• Architects Hit Hard by Financial Crisis
• Lawsuit Possible Over Cracks At $146-Million Tampa Project
• Michigan Building First to Earn Double LEED Platinum Certification
• Garage Collapse Contractor Points Finger at Engineer
• Shopping Malls Not Below Libeskind's "Dignity"
• After 30 Years, EPA Sets Tougher Airborne Lead Standard
• AIA To Release New IPD and Design-Build Documents
• With Financial Rescue Signed, Contractors Hope for a Revival
• Architect Calls for Sustainability "Nutrition" Labels
• House for War Veteran Designed by Yale Students
• Gehry Designs First Big Project For Toronto, His Hometown
• Deal to Privatize Midway May Pay for Chicago Projects
• Gilbane Builds $156 Million Discovery Tower in Downtown Houston
• September's Financial Market Turmoil
• August Construction Retreats 3%
• Citing Dire Trust Fund Picture, USDOT Calls for $8-Billion Infusion
• Olympic Village Takes LEED Gold
• Yale Taps Stern for Major Project
• HOK's Sports Design Unit Set To Split From Its Parent Firm
• Department of Energy Focuses on Net-Zero Commercial Buildings
• AIA and USGBC To Form a Strategic Alliance
• Tishman Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $2.8 Million
• Studio Pei-Zhu Tapped for Museum for Iconic Chinese Artist
• Cities Mandate LEED But Not Certification
• Jerusalem's Signature Span
• Robert A.M. Stern Handily Wins 10th Annual Vincent Scully Prize
• Bentley and Autodesk Agree To Exchange Keys To Sharing of Data
• London Revs Up Construction for 2012 Summer Olympics
• World's Second-Longest Ocean Crossing Opens
• Midwest Floods Wreak Havoc on Architectural Landmarks
• Nation's First LEED Platinum Affordable Housing Built in Massachusetts
• NYC Crane Inspector Pleads Not Guilty
• Adaptive Reuse
• Build Local, Price Global
• Record reveals: Beijing
• Downturn in Chicago's Downtown
• May Construction Holds Steady
• Gehry Designs NYC's Tallest Residential Tower
• NRC Considering 15 Nuke Plant Apps
• California Pumps $271 Million Into Construction of Stem Cell Labs
• USGBC to Outsource LEED Certification
• Tight WTC Schedule Unveiled
• AIA Requires Sustainability in Continuing Education
• Gehry Downsizes Tower Design for Atlantic Yards
• Work Begins on London's Olympic Stadium
• National Trust Announces 11 Most Endangered Sites
• Contractors Subject to New Lead Paint Regulations
• Construction Starts for Houston CBD's First LEED Gold Building
• Penn Announces New Architecture Dean
• AIA Announces 2008 COTE Award Winners
• $1-Billion Jigsaw Puzzle Has Builder Modeling Supply Chains
• Federal 2009 Budget a Mixed Bag for Green Building
• BIM Companies Acquiring Energy Modeling Capabilities
• Study of Fees Indicates Project Type Doesn’t Matter
• Cement Consumption To Grow 43% by 2030
• March Construction Slides 8%
• Jean Nouvel Wins 2008 Pritzker Prize
• Architects' Billings Down Sharply in Early 2008
• L.A. Mayor Moves to Speed Building Project Approvals
• Young Carpenter a Victim of Miami Crane Accident
• The Sagaponac Effect: Modernist Subdivisions Multiply
• McCarthy Starts $115M GSU Research Laboratory
• February Construction Rises 2%
• With the Architect of the Capitol Slot Still Open, AIA Urges Action
• Stern Will Design Bush Library at SMU
• House Clears $17.6 Billion in Renewable-Energy Tax Breaks
• Atlantic City Planning $20 Billion in Projects
• High Perceived Cost of Green Persists, Says Survey
• Engineering Firm Plans Tower Twice as Tall as Burj Dubai
• January Construction Jumps 8%
• The Economy and Construction: Review of Recent Indicators, February 2008
• Nouvel Designs Towering Slender Neighbor for MoMA
• Glasgow Officials Close Bridge After Cable Connector Snaps
• RK Stewart Leaving Gensler for Perkins + Will
• Suncor Expansion to Stretch Labor Force
• Kansas Town Rebuilding as the Greenest in America
• AIA Names Recipients of 2008 Young Architects Award
• Green Buildings Boast High Occupancy Rates
• December Construction Unchanged from Prior Month; Annual Construction Start Total for 2007 Slides 11%
• AIA Names Winners of 2008 Honor Awards
• Safety Board Finds I-35W Bridge Plates Too Thin
• Zaha Hadid to Design MSU's Broad Art Museum
• Materials Innovators Engage Cradle to Cradle Protocol
• Crane Mishap Kills One at Trump Site
• Ettore Sottsass, Elder Statesman of Italian Design, Dead at 90
• Richard Meier's Atheneum Wins AIA's 25-Year Award
• North America's Largest PV Powerplant in Service
• Chipperfield Unveils St. Louis Museum Wing
• New Orleans Waterfront Plan Takes Shape
• CH2M Hill Founder Burke Hayes Dies at 95
• Oscar Niemeyer Designs New Arts Center in Spain
• New Gensler Office Earns LEED-Silver Certification
• USGBC to Revamp LEED Rating System
• Most A/E/C Spending Measures Pass on Election Day
• Clinton: Sustainability “Most Important” Cause Today
• I.M. Pei Designs $30,000/Night Suite for Four Seasons NYC
• I-35W Replacement Set to Start Pile Driving
• HOK Sport’s Design for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium Unveiled
• Conferees Hike Road Funds, Add $1 Billion for Bridges
• David Adjaye's MCA/Denver Opens
• LEED-for-Homes to Launch at Greenbuild
• AIA Forms Running Far Ahead of Rivals
• Utah Embraces Accelerated Construction Method
• Lifecycle Building Challenge Winners Announced
• Construction Slide Could Continue in 2008
• 21 Chicago Landmarks Honored for Preservation

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