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Architecture Billings Index Shows Decline for 20th Consecutive Month

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October 23, 2024
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The ABI is an indicator of nonresidential construction work to follow in nine months to a year, according to the American Institute of Architects.


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Tornado Resilience Included in 2024 International Building Code for First Time

New section on tornado loads applies to critical structures such as schools, hospitals
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Annemarie Mannion
October 17, 2024
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The International Code Council has for the first time added a section on tornado resilience to the 2024 version of the International Building Code. 


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Finalists Revealed for ENR Midwest Project of the Year

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Annemarie Mannion
September 26, 2024
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ENR Midwest announces three finalists for its Project of the Year Award.


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ABI Declines Continue, But Interest Rate Cuts Offer Hope for Rise

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September 24, 2024
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The ABI serves as an indicator of nonresidential construction between nine and 12 months following.


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Resilience is a Multi-Pronged Building Challenge in N.Y.-N.J. Region

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September 22, 2024
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Infrastructure agency chiefs need new ways to keep coastal and urban structures, critical bridge crossings and even public sector diversity programs hardened against growing climate change and human-caused risks, they told an ENR conference in Manhattan on Sept. 16.



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2024 Top 400 Sourcebook: Work Starts on New Health Facility in Texas

El Paso veterans’ care center will reflect the surrounding natural landscape
Bruce Buckley
September 18, 2024
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The design-build team of Clark Construction Group and SmithGroup + HKS Joint Venture broke ground in August on the El Paso VA Health Care Center at Fort Bliss, Texas.


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From the ENR Archive: June 13, 1946

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Scott Lewis
September 12, 2024
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This 1946 cover photo shows a stereoplanigraph, described as “one of the most universal and elaborate photomapping instruments ever constructed.”


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A Place to Study Eternity: Building the Giant Magellan Telescope

Jeff Rubenstone
Jeff Rubenstone
September 11, 2024
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The Giant Magellan Telescope will be one of the world's most advanced ground-based telescopes once completed, but for now the challenge is to turn the finalized design for its rotating enclosure into a buildable reality.


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Denver 16th St. Mall Project Reimagines Iconic I.M. Pei Design

August 29, 2024
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PCL Construction is soon to complete the $149-million 16th Street Mall makeover project in downtown Denver, part of a $937-million spending package to elevate infrastructure across the city.


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2024 ENR Top 225 International Design Firms: Firms Step Up Value Engineering

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Peter Reina
August 28, 2024
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Project goals can be a moving target amid intensifying inflation, climate change and supply chain disruptions roiling the global marketplace, say this year’s Top 225 International Design Firms.


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