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AIA Reports Healthy Outlook for Nonresidential Construction Market

Construction Superintendent Magazine

The commercial construction sectors – retail, office and hotel – will continue to lead the building recovery, while industrial construction is projected to see almost no increase this year. The post AIA Reports Healthy Outlook for Nonresidential Construction Market appeared first on Construction Superintendent.

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AIA: Healthy demand for all building types signaled in Architecture Billings Index

BD+C

Led by a still active multi-family housing market and sustained by solid levels of demand for new commercial and retail properties, the Architecture Billings Index has accelerated to its highest score in nearly a year.

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How Working with a Design-Build Construction Firm Can Boost the Bottom Line

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All signs have been pointing to a robust commercial construction pipeline, with activity consistently on the rise. In fact, last year, the value of all commercial construction contracts signed in the Chicago area was close to $10.6 As a former architect and member of the AIA, this couldn’t make me happier.

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Simon Perkowitz to join KTGY Group

BD+C

Architecture + Planning, has added design leader Simon "Sy" Perkowitz, AIA, PE, as a principal in the firm''s Retail/Commercial division. Perkowitz was a founding principal at Perkowitz + Ruth Architects in 1979 and since that time has developed an impressive portfolio of award-winning retail and mixed-use projects.

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What you missed last week: Architecture billings up again; record year for hotel renovations; nation's most expensive real estate markets

BD+C

BD+C ''s roundup of the top construction market news for the week of August 18 includes the latest architecture billings index from AIA and a BOMA study on the nation''s most and least expensive commercial real estate markets.

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Hord Coplan Macht names Ilijana Soldan as Sustainability Manager

BD+C

has promoted Ilijana Soldan, AIA, LEED AP, EcoDistricts, NCARB, to Sustainability Manager. Soldan is a research-based designer and project architect with a diverse background in education, commercial, office, retail, recreation, campus planning, mixed-use, residential, and senior living.

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AIA sees modest declines in 2008, steeper drop in 2009

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We mentioned earlier today (see previous post) that the AIA did not see bright prospects for architecture firms and here's what we meant. The prognoses for commercial and industrial buildings are even worse, with an especially large decline in the office and retail sectors. The Forecast calls for a 1.2% downturn in 2009.

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