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Best Military - Ministry of Defense Complex, Kabul, Afghanistan

September 15, 2016

In May 2015, U.S.-based contractor Gilbane Federal completed a sophisticated, self-sustaining 414,000-sq-ft headquarters building for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, in Kabul.

Construction Accident

Probes Seek Clues in Fatal Israel Garage Project Collapse

Tel Aviv parking facility accident killed six workers; causes now are under probe

Neal Sandler

September 7, 2016

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Tel Aviv parking facility accident killed six Israeli and Palestinian workers.

Construction Economics

Construction July Spending Flat from June, Up Year Over Year

Commerce Dept. says private construction posted gains but public-sector total fell

Tom Ichniowski

September 1, 2016

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Office construction surged 25% from year-earlier total but educational buildings sector dipped 5%.

SOM's Timber Tower Floor System Passes Muster

Nadine M. Post

August 31, 2016

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Having recently validated assumptions about floor-system capacities in its timber-and-concrete structural model for a 42-story residential building, architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is planning additional load tests, followed by fire tests, to nail down the viability of mass-timber-and-concrete high-rises.

Louisiana Flooding Prompts Cleanup, Recovery

Tom Ichniowski

Debra K. Rubin

August 31, 2016

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Federal agencies commit funding for repairs from damaging August rains; AECOM wins contract to manage home-fix program.

Fifty Global Builders Set to Bid on Big Israeli Housing Program

Country will choose six to expedite needed residential construction

Neal Sandler

August 16, 2016

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Country will choose six to expedite needed residential construction.

Health in Harmony Saves Rainforests with 'Stethoscopes'

Kinari Webb's group is building a hospital in Borneo to discourage illegal logging

Nadine M. Post

August 16, 2016

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American design team, led by architect Richard Ramer, provides pro bono services for 27,000-sq-ft hospital that will never turn a patient away.

HASSELL + OMA Design Revealed for Western Australia Museum

Construction set to begin late this year on the $320.5-million Perth project

Nadine M. Post

August 15, 2016

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Building Foundations

Sinking San Francisco Skyscraper Riles Residents

Millenium Tower is the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western U.S.

JT Long

August 10, 2016

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The 645-ft Millennium Tower—the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western United States—is sinking and tilting, and the building owner places the blame squarely on the adjacent Transbay Transit Center project.

Green Buildings

Database Aims to Remove Code Barriers to Sustainability

Nadine M. Post

August 10, 2016

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Watershed Management Group, a Tucson-based nonprofit, initiated a research project with the ultimate goal of convincing Arizona building officials to accept non-code-compliant composting toilets—critical to potable water conservation in buildings—as an alternative to an onsite wastewater system.