Tag Archives: New York

AIA announces top environmental projects and what makes a successful firm

April 24, 2017

The long-running American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top 10 Awards reward the industry’s innovative architecture firms for creating projects that are sustainable, high-performing, and unique. What does a firm need to be or do to be added to this list?

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Awarding groundbreaking use of structural steel

April 7, 2017

At this year’s NASCC: The Steel Conference in San Antonio, Texas, the 13 winners of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC’s) 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2) Awards were announced.

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New developments in museum lighting design

March 29, 2017

Museums employ two key strategies for lighting works of art: daylighting and artificial or electric lighting. (The author would like to thank Thomas Holzmann and Gregory Weithman, AIA, for their contributions to this article.)

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Commercial and multi-family construction up in 2016

February 24, 2017

According to Dodge Data and Analytics, most U.S. metropolitan areas saw significant increases in commercial and multi-family construction project starts last year.

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Salary history question ban could spell trouble for construction industry

February 24, 2017

The United States is shifting toward legislation that would ban companies from including questions about salary history in job interviews. What does this mean for the construction industry?

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