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Building Trends: An Old Material Becomes New Again

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The Bullitt Center in Seattle , for example, is made largely from timber on a concrete base. The actual construction of the building was fairly straightforward because a fabricator custom-cut the wood pieces, so no sawing had to take place on the jobsite. As Green Construction Grows, So Could Cross-Laminated Timber.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

BD+C

The commercial and residential buildings in Bayfront are surrounded by green space, with two easily accessible forms of public transit. The idea is to make real urban fabric, and that relates to the notion of real affordability,” says Associate Principal Christian Calleri, who oversees the project in DC with Principal Matthew Bell.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

The Salt Lake City area is a leading hub for advanced aerospace manufacturing and composites fabrication. Earlier this year, the Chicago-based aircraft giant came close to moving its primary 787 assembly facility from the Seattle area to Salt Lake City [a last-minute union deal kept the plant in WA]. Far West U.S. Great Lakes U.S. -

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

Business Facilities

While a wealth of industries and companies are adding advanced manufacturing jobs in Kentucky—including healthcare products and pharmaceutical production, factory robotics systems fabrication and integration, aerospace composites, chemicals engineering and production to name a few—none is growing as fast as aluminum.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Seattle, Washington. Wright’s construction sites during riots in Seattle, and he proactively prepared the firm’s project teams for the extreme air pollution from the forest fires in the south of Washington. His first job included hands-on labor for an architectural sheet metal fabrication company. Seattle, Washington.