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Design Draw Build won the Honor Award in AIA California’s 2024 Architecture at Zero competition.

CCR Magazine

Architect-led design-build firm Design Draw Build (DDB) received the highest professional honor award from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Californias 2024 Architecture at Zero Competition for the design of Agualta STEAM Engine. To learn more, and see the full list of winners, visit [link].

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Ivory Prize Top 10 Finalists Announced

The Pro Builder

Automating Drywall Installation: Canvas | San Francisco, CA Canvas is helping contractors build in bold new ways by putting better tools in the hands of skilled workers. Their team of engineers, machines, and assembly technicians manufacture buildings as components to increase the number of units of housing available.

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McCarthy Begins Construction of Four New Solar Projects in Texas and Arizona with 200 New Registered Apprenticeships, Targeting Inflation Reduction Act Compliance

Civil + Structural Engineer

The firm’s established apprenticeship program is recruiting and training workers in solar construction nationally and achieving IRA requirements on its newest projects in the southwest PHOENIX – McCarthy Building Companies Inc. gigawatts (GW) of clean energy production and over 1033 MW of battery storage.

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An Snapshot of International BIM Status and Goals

Building Information Management

Requires IFC BIM for new buildings. Building Information Management – A Standard Framework and Guide to BS 1192. Recommended 2D symbols of building elements for use in building information modelling. BIM as part of public sector building project procurement. Mandatory BIM for government projects. GSA; USACE.

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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

Once this happens, the formal testing and commissioning phase of the EoN line will begin. With full view of some of the greatest lasting legacies of Egypt’s ancient history, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is the decades-long result of a push to build a facility to house and restore Egyptian artifacts related to this tremendous history.

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Defective Buildings – Reduce risks to apartments

OmTrak

The University of NSW (UNSW) has issued a new report on Defective Buildings in new apartment developments. Titled ‘Cracks in the Compact City: Tackling defective buildings in multi-unit strata housing’[1]. What can a prospective apartment buyer do to minimise defective buildings? 10% of the contract sum.

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Press Release: Leoni Township Celebrates Clean Water Plant Improvements

Fleis & VandenBrink

F&V Construction (FVC) led the project utilizing the Progressive Design-Build (PDB) delivery method. The plant was originally commissioned in 2010. In 2021, an odor control system was added to the Headworks Building to mitigate hazardous working conditions and address neighbor complaints.