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American Folk Art Museum, opened in 2001, to be demolished

BD+C

The American Folk Art Museum by architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien opened in 2001 to wide acclaim, thanks, in part, to its distinctive faceted, bronze façade. Architects Building Owner Designers Cultural Facilities Engineers Museums'

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DCA3: Designing fire-rated I-joist assemblies

Construction Specifier

For years, Design for Code Acceptance #3 (DCA3), a document published and maintained by the American Wood Council (AWC), has been the go-to resource for architects working with I-joist assemblies. It is relatively common for building owners to ask for their floor assemblies to be designed to exceed these code minimums. By Anton Dekom.

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179D Tax Deduction Allocated from Government Buildings

Green Building Law Update

The deduction will be allowed to the designer for the taxable year that includes the date on which the property is placed in service. A person that merely installs, repairs, or maintains the property is not a designer. And it should not be lost on anyone that this tax deduction was revived back to December 31, 2017 (.

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Flight 93 Tower of Voices Comes to Life

Construction Equipment

The Tower of Voices (TOV) marks the final phase of major construction of the memorial’s original design and will stand 93 feet tall with 40 wind chimes contained within the structure that will serve as a memory of the voices of the passengers and crew who died on Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Partnering process model for public-sector fasttrack design-build projects in Korea. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods. International Journal of Project Management, 20(7), 497-505. Brooke, K. L., & Litwin, G. Mobilizing the partnering process. Journal of Management. in Engineering, 13(4), 42-48.

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5 Beekman Hotel and residences: Back in business

BD+C

Temple Court and its Annex (1890) were designated a New York City landmark in 1998, to no avail: the last tenant moved out at the end of 2001. Its signature turrets were trendsetting at the time—the Woolworth Building adopted similar architectural elements some 30 years later.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Furthermore, of this 5%, most of the applications have not leveraged, or even been designed to leverage the full valued of Lean. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. Design and Construction: Building in Value. Predicting performance of design-build and design-bid-build projects. Bramble, B.