Let there be light: Union Station Great Hall
BD+C
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Originally completed in 1925, Chicago’s Union Station was designated a landmark in 2002 and listed by AIA Illinois as one of the 200 Illinois Great Places.
Non-union employees may have union rep accompany OSHA inspector
FDR Safety
MAY 10, 2013
Non-union employees can select anyone, including representatives of a union, to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during an inspection of their worksite, according to a recent interpretation letter issued by OSHA. As noted in an article by the Constangy Brooks & Smith law firm, the letter is provoking a backlash from employers.
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Former coal-burning power plant becomes Beloit College’s new student union
BD+C
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
The Beloit College Powerhouse, the school’s new student union, combines a group of historic buildings that made up the Blackhawk Generating Station (originally built between 1908 and 1947) along with a new field house addition.
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Restoration of Chicago’s Union Station Great Hall completes
BD+C
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Chicago’s Union Station Great Hall, originally designed in 1925, needed substantial repairs due to water leakage and deterioration due to flaws in the original design. The Great Hall restoration project was the most recent in a series of Union Station restoration projects that began in 2010.
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IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union headquarters completes construction
BD+C
OCTOBER 21, 2019
the new IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union (IHMVCU) headquarters has completed construction. The LEO A DALY-designed building was designed to reflect an employee-centered culture. Located next to the Mississippi River in Moline, Ill.,
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Spat between union and Connecticut DOT drags FIGG into another bridge controversy
Construction Dive
MARCH 18, 2020
A bill calls for state DOT engineers rather than consultants like FIGG to inspect infrastructure projects while a union in support of it questions the FIU bridge designer's role in the Arrigoni Bridge project as an example.
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Safdie Architects unveils design for ORCA Toronto
BD+C
JUNE 10, 2021
Safdie Architects has shared its design for ORCA Toronto, a proposed mixed-use development in Downtown Toronto that weaves together the surrounding neighborhoods with a new 10.5-acre By decking over the 100-meter-wide, 800-meter-long rail corridor leading to Union Station, the project looks to reclaim a 16.5-acre
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How COVID Will Shift Community Design
Pro Builder
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
How COVID Will Shift Community Design. The first, a greater emphasis on remote working opportunities, could manifest itself as an uptick in shared co-working spaces rather than a central office, Don Powers of Union Studio Architecture & Community Design told the National Association of Home Builders. cbroderick. Read More. .
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The Straight Talk On Labo(u)r Unions
Constructonomics
APRIL 28, 2012
But regardless of the spelling, labor (labour) unions in the construction industry are like the pink elephant in the room that nobody dares to speak of. While construction labor unions can act and have acted as the 800 pound gorilla, in the previous reference they are clearly the pink elephant. *. For a few reasons.
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Concrete mix design
GCP Applied Technologies
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Concrete mix design. This article also addresses issues with air entrainment, high-strength concrete (HSC), and considering certain project performance requirements when designing the proper mix. Topics include: Concrete mix designs by project. Determining how to use the correct mix design. Design Advantage.
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Concrete mix design
GCP Applied Technologies
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Concrete mix design. This article also addresses issues with air entrainment, high-strength concrete (HSC), and considering certain project performance requirements when designing the proper mix. Topics include: Concrete mix designs by project. Determining how to use the correct mix design. Design Advantage.
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Goettsch Partners Named ENR Midwest Design Firm of the Year
ENR Construction
APRIL 13, 2020
In 2019, Goettsch Partners and its co-CEO and design director, James Goettsch, delivered a mix of innovative designs that created a vaulted riverwalk space at 110 N.
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First look: Cal State San Marcos's posh student union complex
BD+C
MAY 1, 2014
PCL Construction is pleased to announce that it has completed the University Student Union (USU) at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Education Facility Facility Managers Higher Education School Construction University Buildings' Body Image: read more.
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90 Completed Raleigh Union Station will serve as a catalyst for the city’s Warehouse District
BD+C
MAY 3, 2018
Skanska USA and Clancy & Theys and in association with Holt Brothers Construction recently completed construction on Raleigh Union Station, an adaptive reuse project in Raleigh’s Warehouse District.
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How hospitality design makes spaces of all types better for users
BD+C
AUGUST 10, 2018
Across every market, be it healthcare, education or business, people are understanding design in much more sophisticated ways. Fueled by growing consumerism and shifting generational preferences, people expect better experiences at the hospital, in a college student union and/or in the workplace.
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Manhattan’s Union Square gets its very own farmhouse
BD+C
AUGUST 17, 2017
GrowNYC, a sustainability-focused nonprofit, commissioned ORE Design to create the community events center and learning space, located near Union Square in Manhattan. Dubbed Farmhouse, the center includes a classroom forum, educational kitchen, and conference center. The rooms can be combined to operate as a fundraising venue.
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Viewpoint: Imagine What's Possible in Construction Sector Diversity—and Do It!
ENR Construction
APRIL 28, 2021
You can't expect underrepresented groups to fit into workplaces historically designed to exclude them, or, at best, designed without them—so let's push reset, says this veteran union electrician.
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Landscape/Hardscape Urban Design: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Redevelopment
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Memorial Union is one of the most beloved historic buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Arup chosen to lead renovations of Chicago’s Union Station
BD+C
JULY 13, 2016
The engineering and architectural firm Arup has been selected to lead the design work for renovations to Chicago’s historic Union Station. The City of Chicago, railroad service company Amtrak, and a collection of Chicago transportation entities, including the commuter railroad service Metra, worked together on the decision.
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LPA Architects' STEM high school post-occupancy evaluation
BD+C
JULY 9, 2021
LPA Architects conducted a post-occupancy evaluation, or POE, of the eSTEM Academy, a new high school specializing in health/medical and design/engineering Career Technical Education, in Eastvale, Calif.
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Gilbane to Break Ground on Navy Federal Credit Union HQ Expansion
Construction Superintendent Magazine
OCTOBER 14, 2015
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Gilbane Building Company was awarded the Navy Federal Credit Union headquarters campus expansion project, designed by J3 Design Collective, in April of 2015 and is getting ready to break ground this fall. This expansion is expected to add 600 new jobs to Navy Federal Credit Union in Fairfax County.
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GLY Construction to build underground, robotic parking garage for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
BD+C
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
A three-level, robotic parking garage will be built underneath an upcoming addition to the ZGF Architects-designed Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) clinic in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. GLY has partnered with WÖHR and subcontractor Harding Steel to build the WÖHR Multiparker 730 system.
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Sterling Bay proposes SOM-designed office tower near Chicago’s newly opened Transit Center at Union Station
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
The very active developer Sterling Bay has proposed a 958-foot-tall, 2-million-sf office tower that would be connected to Union Station in Chicago’s West Loop, on real estate owned by Amtrak. The office tower would be one of the tallest in the city.
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SEIU uses new opening to go along on OSHA inspections
FDR Safety
APRIL 9, 2014
OSHA last year cleared the way for union representatives to accompany OSHA compliance officers on worksite inspections even if the union doesn’t represent the company’s workers, and now the consequences are being felt. All this potentially provides an opening for union organizers to get a presence in a non-union workplace.
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San Diego airport officials vote to use PLA on $3B airport project
Construction Dive
APRIL 8, 2019
San Diego International Airport staff said agreements with local unions are key to keeping the design-build redevelopment on pace with its five-year schedule.
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Viewpoint: Imagining What's Possible in Construction Sector Diversity—and Doing It!
ENR Construction
APRIL 28, 2021
rather than expecting under-represented groups to fit into workplaces historically designed to exclude them; or, at best, designed without them—we pushed re-set, says this veteran union electrician
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Making jobsites safer in the COVID-19 world
BD+C
MAY 6, 2020
Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction, in collaboration with trade unions, industry peer groups, and other firms, has rolled out a COVID-19 safety plan for its project sites across the country.
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AutoTool To Build Plant In Union Rural Electric’s OH Territory
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 22, 2012
Eric Phillips, Union County Economic Development Director (Photo credit: Erica Peerenboom Photography). AutoTool , a designer and manufacturer of automation systems for the manufacturing industry, has announced plans to build an 80,000 square-foot manufacturing/processing facility in Union County, Ohio.
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Denver transit project wins design-build Project of the Year honor
BD+C
OCTOBER 8, 2014
The Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) has announced the 2014 Project of the Year and National Award of Excellence winners. The Denver Union Station Transit Improvement Project has been bestowed with DBIA''s highest honor, Project of the Year, with Agua Nueva, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Henry M. Body Image: read more.
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Watch: Specifying materials in multifamily housing projects
BD+C
APRIL 27, 2023
Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Products and Materials A trio of multifamily housing experts discusses trends in materials in their latest developments.
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Field Test: Volvo L180H Wheel Loader
Construction Equipment
MARCH 2, 2020
Operator trainers from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 operate a Volvo L180H wheel loader to evaluate technologies designed to improve efficiency and productivity. Construction Equipment editors were on site to record the test.
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The Carpenter Contractor Trust An Introduction
Construction Marketing
APRIL 17, 2018
Its inception was the result of collective, creative minds who recognized a simple fact of the construction business: Cooperation between union carpenters and contractors would produce stronger, more predictable and ultimately successful results than an antagonistic approach to industry issues.
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Chicago's Union Station Tower Uses First 80-ksi Steel Sections in the US
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 16, 2020
—helped the design team reduce the steel by almost 20% at 320 S. Using 80-ksi steel in upper perimeter columns—a first in the U.S.—helped Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago’s Loop.
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61 Higher Education/Research Award of Merit: West Campus Student Union Addition and Renovation, Duke University
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Renovations to Duke University’s West Campus Student Union, originally built in 1928, delivered a building that blends the school’s traditional Gothic look with a contemporary design.
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Where it all began: The U.S. Postal Service’s Design-Build partnership with The Korte Company
The Korte Company
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Founder Ralph Korte laid down the gauntlet shortly after we completed a renovation of the renowned Union Station in St. Back to basics: Refocusing on Design-Build projects. We liked Design-Build. But where was the Design-Build growth opportunity? But there was only so much room to grow in this mostly rural region.
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52 Dexter Yard to provide Seattle with 540,000 sf of mixed-use space
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Comprising two connected 15-story, 175-foot-tall towers, Dexter Yard will bring 540,000 sf of mixed-use space to the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. The SkB Architects-designed building will provide 515,000 sf of lab and office space and about 25,000 sf of ground floor retail.
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94 Data Sharing Enables McCarthy To Deliver St. Louis Aquarium Design
ENR Construction
MAY 6, 2019
Louis Aquarium at Union Station. A collaborative platform enables contractor and architect to share data and solve challenges on the St.
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52 Best Project, Office/Retail/Mixed Use: 320 S. Canal-Union Station
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
To turn an underutilized block next to Chicago’s busiest commuter hub into a landmark 52-story building, the design and construction team had to dig deep for creative solutions.
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28 Seattle Hotel Project Stacks Up With Structural Modular Design Construction
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Shipped from Europe and stacked like Lego blocks, the modular units that make up citizenM hotel offer a unique construction method in Seattle’s South Lake Union.
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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Prototype elements can take many forms, from a signature design feature that will give the brand a consistent look across multiple locations to an experiential component that lets customers interact with the brand in a new way. And, of course, the desire to use union vs non-union labor can dramatically influence costs and timelines.
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Labor Development Impacting Developers, Contractors, and Landowners
Construction and Infrastructure Law
JUNE 4, 2019
It is unlawful for unions to secondarily picket construction sites or to coercively enmesh neutral parties in the disputes that a union may have with another employer. Takeaways: The NLRB’s regional offices that are responsible for investigating unfair labor practice charges filed against unions take their direction from the GC.
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What Is Pipe Fittings | Types of Pipe Fittings
CivilJungle
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Adapter, Bushing, Coupling and Union Fittings. Union Fittings. Adapter, Bushing, Coupling and Union Fittings. The list of adapter, bushing, coupling and union fittings are as follows. Union Fittings. Unions connect two same pipes by threaded rings or nuts. Cross, Tee, Wye and Elbow Fittings. Cross Fittings.
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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build
The Korte Company
AUGUST 12, 2020
Design-Build was not always accepted in the industry. So when he encountered Ralph Korte’s vision of Design-Build in action, he saw the industry’s future. . He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. There Dennis learned about “on-site design” from Jack Goldman.
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