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The Winners of the 8th Annual Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards

October 25, 2022

The eighth annual ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards showcased dozens of innovative concrete projects from around the world. The “Overall Excellence” award was presented to Chau Chak Wing Museum, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The winning concrete project also received first place in the mid-rise structures category at the ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards…

Balfour Beatty and Samet Corporation Joint Venture to Deliver Modernized Courthouse in Forsyth County

March 26, 2021

Balfour Beatty, in joint venture with Samet Corporation, is partnering to deliver the new Forsyth County Courthouse in Winston Salem, North Carolina. A groundbreaking event for the new courthouse took place in February to celebrate the construction of the newly modernized courthouse that will provide improved security, accessibility, and technologies to better serve Forsyth County citizens and…

Preparing for Office Re-Entry: A Case Study

June 4, 2020

Since the beginning of our work-from-home experience, the workplace design team at Progressive AE has been focused on building a plan for our eventual office re-entry. Mitigating risk and keeping staff safe have been foundational to our efforts. To help guide our work, we made the decision early on to follow federal and state-issued guidelines,…

NAIOP Releases Commercial Real Estate Industry Sentiment Index

May 11, 2020

 The NAIOP CRE Sentiment Index, based on a survey of real estate practitioners, has dropped below 50 for the first time since its inception; however, because the survey was conducted March 11-25, 2020 as the nation was rapidly reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term outlook is better understood as a snapshot of industry sentiment…

A Commercial Real Estate Conundrum: How to Tier Markets?

May 1, 2020

The commercial real estate industry has long ranked cities and regions into tiers for the purpose of market analysis, based on their investment potential or growth characteristics. However, the lack of a uniform approach and differences in variables – including the rise of certain industries in specific markets, changing rates of growth, and strengths in…

Craig Gauldin Davis Recognized with Historic Preservation Award

July 12, 2019

The comprehensive restoration of York County Courthouse was recognized with an Honor Award by Preservation South Carolina, the SC Department of Archives and History, and the Office of the Governor.  The award recognizes the exceptional efforts employed by the County to restore this circa 1914 public building which is listed on the National Register of…

Elevator Safety Issues with Advice for Building Owners

April 22, 2019

 The Elevator Consultants (TEC,) a leading global elevator consulting firm, has issued a call to building owners in the wake of dozens of elevator and escalator-related incidents in recent years, to take a hard look at the maintenance of their equipment and take action to mitigate their own risk. Elevators and other vertical transportation equipment are…

‘101 Ways to Build Smarter’ eBook, Featuring Ideas from Skender, Corporate Real Estate Executives and Developers to Offset Rapidly Escalating Construction Prices

June 6, 2018

Construction costs have been consistently rising just when the industry can least afford it. Today, a new report from Skender offers “101 Ways to Build Smarter.” The 18-page eBook, available for download at www.skender.com/buildsmarter/, is a resource filled with quality-enhancing and value-optimizing possibilities for building owners, developers, architects, brokers, contractors, corporate real estate and workplace…

Report Finds 9.5% Premium for High Performance Homes in North Carolina

March 21, 2018

North Carolina Building Performance Association (NCBPA), the state’s trade association for building performance companies and professionals, announced today the release of its third annual energy efficient, green and high-performance home and building report. The report identifies 34,152 high-performance homes and buildings being built or retrofitted in the state in 2016 and finds a 9.5% price…

Corporate Real Estate Managers Embrace Co-working

November 4, 2017

Co-working, the style of work marked by open shared spaces among workers of different companies and popularized by “solopreneurs” and tech workers, is quickly being embraced by those who manage real estate needs for large corporations. The trend is explored in a new whitepaper, The Evolution of Co-working and Impact on CRE, released by CoreNet…

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