From an international firm’s selection for N.C.’s highway project to construction spending outlook for 2024, a variety of news caught readers’ attention this year. However, mass timber dominated with its ‘wooden’ charm and its potential as a sustainable construction material. The Construction Specifier has delivered an abundance of breaking news in 2023.
Many feature articles in the magazine also captivated readers ranging from how embodied carbon reduction creates a “cobra” effect, the science involved in mitigating mold and moisture, and the roof design’s essential considerations, to the future potential of insulated metal panels. Here are this year’s Top 10 news and feature stories from The Construction Specifier.
Top 10 news stories
- infrastructure group gets North Carolina’s $242M highway contract
- Denver’s tallest mass timber building project to break ground in July
- Construction spending expected to significantly slow down in 2024: AIA Report
- Iowa fire station embraces biophilia to reduce PTSD in firefighters
- Unobtrusive visitor center blends into ‘America’s Mountain’
- Vermont’s deceptively simple music retreat packs a punch of sophistication
- Mass timber ‘Sunset Canopy’ takes center stage in Tennessee park
- NYC residential building’s ‘scalloped’ facade creates waves
- Idaho’s timber basketball arena sports a doubly curved roof
- Rhode Island’s curved timber bridge fabricated with special carpentry technique
Top 10 feature articles
- Concrete’s cobra effect: unintended results of embodied carbon reduction
- Building science: The process of mitigating mold and moisture
- Essential structural considerations in roof design
- Meeting ceiling requirements in restaurant settings
- Ensuring performance in mulled window systems
- Specifying and installing flashing around exterior wall openings
- How designers and architects can mitigate flooring’s impact on indoor air quality
- Mastering blindside waterproofing: A proactive, integrated approach
- Building for the future with insulated metal panels
- Choosing between restoring or replacing cracked, spalled, and displaced brick facades
