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This section covers the design, construction, sustainability and performance of various types of buildings such as hotels, offices, retail, commercial, institutional and others.

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Federal Policy

With Vice President's Tie-Breaker, US Senate Approves Far-Reaching Climate Bill

Measure, with $369B in new funding, could push 40% cut in carbon emissions over next decade

Pam McFarland

Debra K. Rubin

August 8, 2022

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Aug. 12 House vote is set for compromise measure that aims $369B in climate spending and could spur $3.5 trillion in new U.S. energy supply infrastructure capital investment in next decade, with project permit reform promised by Sept. 30.

Airports

HNTB Designing $770M Des Moines International Airport Terminal

James Leggate

July 28, 2022

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The airport aims to have more gates in place to meet a projected increase in demand by 2032.

Redevelopment

Google Deal to Breathe New Life Into Chicago's Iconic Thompson Center

Renovation plans include keeping late architect Helmut Jahn's soaring atrium

Annemarie Mannion

July 27, 2022

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Google plans to renovate the 1.2-million-sq-ft Loop building, completed in 1985, in a sustainable way.

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Materials

Tallest Timber High-Rise Team Untangled Scrambled Deliveries, Wood's Quirks

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat designates the 284-ft-tall Ascent in Milwaukee as the world’s tallest timber structure

Nadine M. Post

July 27, 2022

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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat designates the 284-ft-tall Ascent as the world’s tallest timber structure.

Council on Tall Buildings Declares Milwaukee's Ascent as the World's Tallest Timber High-Rise

Nadine M. Post

July 20, 2022

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U.S. is now home to the world's tallest timber building at 284 ft, which beats the record holder in height by 4 ft.

Companies

Extreme Green Building Guru Jason McLennan Joins Perkins&Will

Nadine M. Post

July 19, 2022

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Innovator and 2016 ENR Award of Excellence Winner who propelled a global building movement through the Living Building Challenge integrates the 10-person McClennan Design into the 2,400-employee design giant.