SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The recipients of the 2024 Construction Craft Awards gather for recognition during the October 22, 2024 awards banquet in the Ford Alumni Center ballroom. The 2024 edition of the Construction Craft Awards was the first since 2019, and thus long overdue. Steve Otto – Finish carpenter, Ordell Construction Co.

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Archinect

MARCH 19, 2024

Chinese state-owned construction contractor will build China’s largest soccer park in Guangzhou on the site where struggling Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was supposed to build its soccer stadium. The site was originally meant for a 100,000-seat stadium designed by Gensler.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A single house under construction in America today faces all kinds of problems, starting with a run on lumber, then bricklayers in demand, subcontractors with Covid, appliances on back order and plumbing fixtures out at sea. [.] The delays have pushed the average construction timeline back by months.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2022

“Metro has ordered its contractor to temporarily suspend all field work on the Purple Line Extension Section 2 Project due to the unacceptable rate of serious worker injuries,” Metro said in a statement. The safety of those building our county’s transportation projects must always be protected.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The BBC writes that a total of 113 warrants were issued to individuals within the country, reportedly including architects, engineers, and building contractors, over their supposed role in constructing the more than 25,000 buildings which failed or were damaged during the magnitude 7.8 tremor and subsequent aftershocks.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 28, 2024

The project continues the central concept of the competition, that of connecting the riverbank with the venue’s rooftop via a meandering path that expands the public space and invites visitors to engage with the new building. The Philharmonic Hall is expected to open in 2032. Read more »

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 7, 2024

The latest is the new Health Professions Building (HPB) for Lane Community College. Now under construction, it has proven to be one of the most rewarding assignments I have ever had the pleasure to be involved with. These metrics were: The degree to which the new building succeeds as a tool for teaching and learning.

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SW Oregon Architect

JULY 9, 2023

July 5, 2023 construction progress screenshot from OpenAI of the LCC Health Professions Building comparing a photo capture with the corresponding view of the BIM model in Navisworks. OpenSpace AI’s Capture tool works by mapping construction jobsite photos to BIM models automatically.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

LACMA ’s Unframed blog recently profiled the work of contractor Clark Construction to build the concrete structure for the Peter Zumthor -designed $750 million new David Geffen Galleries extension. The building has no columns!," Chris Bell, the project executive for Clark Construction, shared with Unframed.

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Archinect

JUNE 10, 2024

Contractor Brett Bickford recently described his firm DPR's work on their “dream job” constructing the new 76-story KPF -designed The Waterline skyscraper in Austin. Construction recently reached the halfway mark, with I.M. The project that will yield 2.7 The project that will yield 2.7

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 16, 2022

One of the aspects of being an architect I find most enjoyable is the opportunity to see a project take concrete shape during construction. Until construction begins, the client’s vision exists only as a collection of ideas, albeit thoughtfully conceived and composed by the design team. A building site is a beehive of activity.

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SW Oregon Architect

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Jan’s entreaty to his fellow professionals in the building sector was to add their names to a letter addressed to the mayor and city council that supports policies to transition structures from polluting fossil fuels to renewable electricity. Electrification is a prevalent building decarbonization strategy.

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Archinect

APRIL 24, 2023

The design team aimed to draw the most possible natural scenery into the building, while at the same time grasping the delicate balance between landscape and architecture. In order to minimize the impact of construction on the local ecology, the building area has to be compressed into a smaller scope.

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Archinect

AUGUST 31, 2022

Montana has become the first state in the nation to adopt broad-ranging regulatory approval for the use of 3D printing in construction. The state’s building code regulators recently voted to approve local contractor Tim Stark’s request to 3D print walls as an equal replacement for either CMUs or standard cored concrete blocks.

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Archinect

MARCH 9, 2022

Orlando International Airport's largest-ever expansion is about 90% complete, according to a Greater Orlando Aviation Authority press release shared with Construction Dive. The new terminal features a high-tech, low-touch design and aims to become the world’s first LEED v4 airport.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Concerns over the possible Federal Government shutdown next month are causing headaches for contractors of much-needed infrastructure projects across the country who fear a chain reaction in the construction industry could leave lasting setbacks that would take years to overcome.

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Archinect

MAY 27, 2023

Belgian-French construction group BESIX and Dutch dredging and heavylift company Boskalis have been announced as the first European contractors to be awarded a design and build lump sum contract by NEOM to work on the first phase of development for the Port of NEOM project.

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Archinect

MARCH 17, 2023

Banksy had just put the finishing touches on his latest artwork on an abandoned farmhouse in in Kent, England, when shortly after completion, a construction crew demolished the building. When workers began demolishing the site, one contractor told the local press they felt "gutted" and "sick realizing it was a Banksy."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver Located next to a major interstate and light rail line, the 15-storey block's western facade has a curved facade clad in a glass curtain wall with a massive cut "cracking" the building open.

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Archinect

MARCH 24, 2023

Architects would generally rather leave such features such as retaining walls to contractors rather than elaborate on specifics that would make the architect themselves legally responsible.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A 48-unit condominium building in Waukesha, Wis., 2, deemed that the Horizon West Condominium building at 315 N. 65 residents were ordered to immediately evacuate the building, which was originally constructed in 1966. McGuire Contractors, Inc. The City of Waukesha, on Dec. is unsafe for occupancy.

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Archinect

JULY 12, 2022

Building Information Modeling (BIM) continues to be a growing tool among architecture firms. Contractors who exploit BIM processes also experience improved win rates, a reduction in constructability issues on-site, reduced defects on handover, and higher cost control, compared to projects which do not use BIM."

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Archinect

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The firm also operates as a licensed General Contractor, allowing them to build some of the projects they design. Founded in 2010, the firm has grown a rich portfolio of residential homes which the team describes as "warmly minimal with careful considerations of light, space, and the unique qualities of each project’s location."

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SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Cost limitations are an almost universal challenge in construction projects. Owners typically have a predetermined budget for their project, so the realities of construction costs force them to make difficult decisions about project scope, quality, or even whether the project can proceed.

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Archinect

AUGUST 9, 2023

“Scraping the sealants off the building damaged the aluminum finish and as time went on and new resealant projects came in, the sealants were no longer adhering to the aluminum very well,” Academy architect Duane Boyle said in an Air Forc.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Experts say the process of quarrying stone is one reason why there aren't more structural stone buildings. Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Polzella Yet, despite the potential carbon savings, the material is not being commonly used as a modern construction material. Through this, she claims it will "increase trust" in the building material.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 30, 2022

The large amount of work hardly surprises us anymore, as the design and construction industries have proven remarkably resilient despite the economic and social turmoil we have endured since early 2020. have in store for interested design professionals, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers. government during the Second World War.

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SW Oregon Architect

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Screenshot of the coordinated Navisworks model for the Lane Community College Health Professions Building, now under construction. In the parlance of the construction industry a “clash” is the result of two elements in the design of a building unintentionally occupying the same space. Clashes also occur in time.

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SW Oregon Architect

JUNE 16, 2024

Discovering it prompted me to reflect on the evolution of construction practices and the enduring legacy of industry standards. For more than a century, the print edition of the Sweets Catalog was a construction industry staple, providing architects, engineers, and contractors with comprehensive information on building products and materials.

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

Assuming the role of contractor, Julie Park works through trials and tribulations to construct a Blue Sky house with a complex metal roof. Homeowner Julie Park ordered the home’s components from the prefab company Blue Sky Building Systems, and she hired architect Andrew Goodwin to assist with structural engineering and permits.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Soil from across Thailand was used to create layers of colour and texture in the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, designed by local studio Suphasidh Architects. Large openings frame views of the both the surrounding town and the sea, with an angled balcony at the front of the building sheltering the entrance below.

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BD+C

JUNE 18, 2024

Could ‘smart’ building facades heat and cool buildings? 0 dbarista Tue, 06/18/2024 - 15:58 Building Technology A promising research project looks at the possibilities for thermoelectric systems to thermally condition buildings, writes Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Sustainable Building Analyst with Stantec.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The 82,305 square foot (7,646 square metre) addition extends outwards from the college's main academic building and consists of buildings and courtyards encased in a large, elevated concrete terrace. The mass-timber buildings showcase an exposed, "eccentric" black-toned bracing system, which encircles the buildings in a cage-like skin.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands , is "the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood". Cross-laminated timber (CLT) floors were reinforced with beams to allow for large column-free spans in the 33-by-33-metre building.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 9, 2022

I recently happened to read two especially thought-provoking pieces online about the future of BIM (Building Information Modeling). He posits the future of BIM will not be BIM at all but rather a new technology— Building Information Optimization.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. The old building, a two-storey annexe, workshop and warehouse built by the carpenter father of the current owner, was also renovated as part of the project.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Dutch street artist Frankey has linked the upper floors of two Amsterdam buildings with a structure designed to look like one of the city's historic canal bridges. Frankey , whose real name is Frank de Ruwe, installed his cartoonish Canal Skybridge between a pair of buildings on Rokin, a major street in central Amsterdam.

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