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TWS - Orgatec 2022 Photo/Video Album

A quick walk thru of Orgatec 2022.

TWS - Orgatec 2022 Photo/Video Album
Manufacturer, NeoCon 2021
Source: CFN News Desk
Hightower wins multiple NeoCon awards including ...

Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.

Hightower wins multiple NeoCon awards including ‘Best Showroom’
Manufacturer, People
Source: CFN News Desk
Humanscale Announces Elizabeth Margles as Chief ...

Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.

Humanscale Announces Elizabeth Margles as Chief Marketing Officer
Manufacturer
Source: CFN News Desk
Steelcase teams up with Kontrol Technologies to ...

The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.

Steelcase teams up with Kontrol Technologies to provide air quality monitoring and viral detection technology
Manufacturer, People
Source: CFN News Desk
Alan Jay Heller dies at 81

For over 50 years, Heller offered leading designers the opportunity to work with new technologies to create innovative products. Those were great partnerships and they resulted in great products.

Alan Jay Heller dies at 81

Construction

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Architectural Billings Reach a 10-Month High in May

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Architectural Billings Reach a 10-Month High in May

The AIA's monthly Architecture Billings Index ended the month of May with a score of 53.1, its highest mark in nearly a year, thanks to the robust multifamily housing market and solid demand for commercial and retail properties. This reading is sharply up from April's mark of 50.6, and is roughly on par with the year-earlier period. The ABI is a leading economic indicator of construction activity in the U.S. reflecting the nine- to 12-month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending nationally and regionally as well as by project type. Any score over 50 represents an increase in billings.

Contractor confidence down, but not out

Contractor confidence down, but not out

Associated Builders and Contractors' (ABC) Construction Confidence Index (CCI) showed a slight dip in the second half of 2015, although all three components of the index showed optimism for continued economic growth. The diffusion index measures forward-looking construction industry expectations in sales, profit margins and staffing levels, with readings above 50 indicating growth.

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ABC: Nonresidential spending falls again in December

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ABC: Nonresidential spending falls again in December

Nonresidential construction spending dipped for a second consecutive month, falling 0.4% on a monthly basis in December, according to analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Nonresidential construction spending totaled $681.2 billion on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis. November's nonresidential construction spending estimate was revised lower by 0.6% to $683.7 billion.

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New Construction Means Rising Expectations For San Francisco’s Transbay District

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New Construction Means Rising Expectations For San Francisco’s Transbay District

Anyone who explores San Francisco’s Transbay district today encounters a slice of a city in flux. At one extreme, structural steel pushes toward the sky and straddles gridlocked streets. At the other, alleyways sprout life that would have been unimaginable a generation ago.

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4 reasons the C-suite should care about design-led construction

4 reasons the C-suite should care about design-led construction

Lou Astorino shares four examples how a unified approach can directly help C-suite leaders achieve their organizational goals. The planning and execution of major construction projects can be challenging and stressful endeavors for organizations. Whether it’s the expansion of an existing hospital, the renovation of a student center on a university campus or a brand new corporate headquarters, the potential for legal risk, financial loss and poor outcomes can keep company leadership up at night.

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Authentic Synergized Design in the Live Work Play Environment

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Authentic Synergized Design in the Live Work Play Environment

Current development practices have taken a marked turn away from putting all the proverbial “eggs in one basket” and are now focused on diversification and “placemaking.” Though the word is a bit overused in today’s master planning lexicon, placemaking describes the positive results that can arise from an authentic Live, Work, Play oriented project.

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Disaster-proofing in modern business buildings: the revolutionary role of tech

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Disaster-proofing in modern business buildings: the revolutionary role of tech

Few would dispute that when confronted with Mother Nature’s awesome violence, human beings seem to be terrifyingly vulnerable and perishable creatures. While we share with other animals a mortal and easily-harmed body, one thing distinguishes humanity: a refusal to bow to fate. The human capacity for ingenuity has helped us manage some of the worst catastrophes nature has thrown at us, and engineers and architects have been especially innovative in developing daringly clever technologies and designs for buildings that can survive the tumults the earth and its occasionally savage climate hurls at them.

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Building and Real Estate Companies Join Call for Action on Climate Change

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Building and Real Estate Companies Join Call for Action on Climate Change

As Paris readies for the COP21 International Climate talks, more than 50 building and real estate companies, including Thornton Tomasetti, Skanska and JLL, announced today that they have signed on to the Building and Real Estate Climate Declaration, a business call to action that urges policymakers to seize the economic opportunity of tackling climate change.

Construction Spending Soars Year Over Year

Construction spending in September rose slightly from the previous month’s level but posted a much stronger gain from its year-earlier total, the Census Bureau has reported. The bureau’s latest monthly construction spending report, released on Nov. 2, showed that the volume of finished projects in September hit a $1.094-trillion annual rate, up 0.6% from August.

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