Australian Green Building Market Report 2008 Released

The building sector accounts for 33 percent of the world’s carbon emissions and 30 to 40 percent of the global energy consumption. Green building can help reduce the sector’s environmental footprint and as a result 85 percent of Australian architects, engineers, contractors and building owners have embraced the concept – a finding from the Green Building Market Report 2008. The Green Building Market Report 2008 is a watershed study... 

New Tenant at Park Plaza Professional Center, Pembroke Pines

Park Plaza Professional Center announced today the signing of a lease with Prescription Pad Pharmacy for 2000 square feet at Park Plaza Professional Center. The project, on 9.77 acres, is being developed by locally based Sky Development Inc., and will consist of two four-story, 80,000 SF buildings with retail on the first floor. The project will include a four-story parking garage with 538 parking spaces to be accompanied by an additional 288 surface... 

Interstate Electrical Awarded Autodesk Build-Out Project

Interstate Electrical has been selected by Tocci Building Corporation to be a member of the team that will execute the first IPD (integrated project delivery) project in the Northeast. IPD combined with effective Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a revolutionary and much more efficient way of developing, managing and delivering a construction project. In its purest form, IPD utilizes a common contract that extends to all participants such that... 

Forest City Closes $167 Million Financing for Downtown Brooklyn Residential Building

Forest City Enterprises, Inc. announced that it’s New York-based subsidiary, Forest City Ratner Companies, has closed on $167 million in construction financing for 80 DeKalb, a 335,000-square-foot residential building on DeKalb Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. The 34-story, Costas Kondylis-designed building is the first residential tower constructed by Forest City in Brooklyn. It is designed to achieve LEED certification and will include 73 affordable... 

Satterfield & Pontikes Corporate Headquarters by Kirksey Architecture

Completed October 2006, this Class A office building is a 65,000 sf, three-story, cast-in-place concrete structure. Satterfield & Pontikes initiated and encouraged the integration of a virtual building process, Building Information Modeling (BIM) with an expectation of hurdling common challenges resulting from the traditional structured projects.

Yale University Sculpture Building by KieranTimberlake Associates LLP.

Yale University Sculpture Building Parking Facility and Exhibit Gallery New construction project that included four-story, 55,000 sf building, 134,000 sf, five-story, 300-car, cast-in-place concrete parking facility, and a stand-alone 3,000 sf gallery house, classrooms, studio and exhibit space, offices and craft shops; project was completed in just 18 months within the confines of a tight urban site and achieved LEED® Platinum Certification, and... 

Boston Childrens Museum Built by Shawmut Design and Construction

Boston Children’s Museum New Addition and Renovation, Boston, MA Multi-phase project within an occupied museum; 23,000 sf new addition onto the existing building included ticket booth, lobby, flexible exhibit spaces, covered outdoor seating, and Adventure Center, hard scaping site work and landscaping;

Advanced Data Centers Introduces Industrys First LEED Platinum Pre-Certified Data Center

Advanced Data Centers (ADC), a leading owner and developer of corporate data centers, announced today that its McClellan Park data center has received Platinum Pre-Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council under the LEED® Green Building Rating System(TM). The McClellan Park facility, located in Sacramento, California, is the industry’s first and only LEED Platinum pre-certified data center. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental... 

LifeSPACE Movable Wall System

The LifeSPACE movable wall system for offices from Haworth eliminates the construction and demolition waste and the workspace disruption of traditional renovations. Designed for ease of installation and a look of permanence, LifeSPACE carries Indoor Advantage GOLD certification for low emissions from SCS. All wooden components may be specified from FSC-certified forests.