Top-down construction—assembling the floor of a building on the ground and lifting it into place—has long presented a possible alternative to the labor-intensive process of building steel frames, floors, walls and all components at height.
This 40-year-old wood-framed building was successfully adapted for a data center by focusing on simplicity and sustainability through careful replacement and enhancement of existing conditions.
This two-story, 78,000-sq-ft pharmaceutical manufacturing facility located at a prominent corner of the owner’s 200-acre headquarters campus was designed to produce innovative drugs.
Solar energy equipment maker First Solar Inc. recently announced plans to build a $1-billion photovoltaic module manufacturing plant at a to-be-determined location in the southeast U.S., and to invest another $185 million upgrading and expanding one of its existing plants in Ohio.
The first large-scale prefabricated and multimodular Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) manufacturing facility built in the nation also helps the National Cancer Institute produce an experimental therapy.
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