The ongoing construction of the Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion is minimizing the use of toxic and ecologically harmful materials such as plastics, vinyls, biocides, and other red-list materials throughout to create a public monument geared to environmental sustainability and marine conservation.
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United States Department of Labor’s the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced its Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2022. Lack of adequate fall protection comes out as top safety violation for the 12th year in a row.
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LaGuardia Airport, N.Y., recently completed the final steps of its redevelopment, which spanned almost six years. The transformation has achieved specific sustainability benchmarks including energy efficiency, water conservation, site selection, material selection, and waste reduction.
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The Construction of two semiconductor manufacturing facilities under the $20 billion Intel Ohio project, in New Albany, Licking County, Ohio, will require as much steel as eight Eiffel Towers and as much concrete as the world’s tallest skyscrapers.
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The Biden Administration’s first-ever Federal Building Performance Standard sets an ambitious goal to cut energy use and electrify equipment and appliances in 30 percent of the building space owned by the Federal government by 2030.
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Loyola Marymount University’s Westchester campus’ new School of Film and Television facility, and an outdoor performance stage are both designed with rich materials supporting a minimalist aesthetic and prioritizing functionality to promote the broader learning purpose and connections.
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The renewed and expanded campus of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum will stretch alongside the city’s Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Delaware Park, with three new points of entry, to increase the accessibility of the facilities and engage all members of its community with an inclusive, interactive, and porous site.
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Park Union Bridge in Colorado Springs, Colo., inspired by the gravity-defying motion of athletes, masterfully combines truss and arch forms into a curved hybrid steel structure, to pay allegiance to its context and serve as a landmark site providing visual and pedestrian access to key areas in downtown Colorado.
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The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released the first comprehensive building code on the use of nonmetallic, glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars in structural concrete applications, which builds on an earlier steel reinforcement code and provides an alternative to the reinforcement’s applications.
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The team behind Audrey Irmas Pavilion—designed as a gathering space complementing the Wilshire Boulevard Temple—has won an award for this new monument in L.A., which stands apart from the historical temple with its contrasting architectural form yet pays deference to it.
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