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Building Teams to design and construct
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FEATURES COVER STORY
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Design 30
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Collaboration 38
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42 Products 42 Teams today.
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5 I Editorial 10 I New Project Portfolio
America needs more argonauts, not Restoration gives new life to New
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6 I News
Decline expected as healthcare 13 I Products At Work
slows, but hospital work will remain
steady; first green roof professionals 51 I Advertisers’ Index
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GSA’s Design Excellence program. 52 I Thought Leaders
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8 I On the Drawing Board the American College of Construc- COVER: A cyclist cruises along the 1.3-mile-long
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EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL STAFF
America needs
Robert Cassidy
Editor-in-Chief
rcassidy@reedbusiness.com
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Dave Barista
more argonauts,
Managing Editor
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Jay W. Schneider
Senior Editor
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not astronauts
630-288-8088
Jeff Yoders
Senior Associate Editor
jeffrey.yoders@reedbusiness.com
630-288-8021
Jim Haughey
BD+C Economist I know what you’re thinking: “What’s this guy talking
Larry Nigh
Senior Art Director about? What do argonauts and astronauts have to do with
EDITORIAL ADVISERS designing and constructing buildings?” Indulge me for a mo-
Peter Davoren
CEO, Turner Construction Company ment, Dear Reader, as I do my best to connect the dots.
M. Arthur Gensler, Jr., FAIA, FIIDA, RIBA
Chairman, Gensler My argument is this: We need to shift Neil Armstrong taking that famous small
Raj Gupta, PE, LEED AP
President, Environmental Systems Design priorities from manned exploration of step, that giant leap.
Laurin McCracken, AIA space to human exploration of our own Looking back, it is clear that the
Chief Marketing Officer, Carter & Burgess
Thomas R. Samuels, FAIA, AICP planet. Instead of seeking the “ultimate space race had more to do with
Executive Vice President, goal” of going to Mars, as astronaut geopolitics than science. True, the
Higgins Development Partners
Philip Tobey, FAIA, FACHA Eugene Cernan suggested last month space program employed thousands
Senior Vice President, SmithGroup
on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo and helped turn Houston into our
Alan Traugott, LEED AP
Principal, CJL Engineering 11 moon landing, we need to concen- fourth-largest city. But NASA didn’t
Randolph Tucker, PE trate our precious research dollars on invent Tang, and the manned space
Senior Vice President, RJA Group
our oceans and seas and the air around program’s so-called “technological
BUSINESS STAFF us, so that we can preserve the fragile spin-offs” were minimal.
Dean Horowitz
General Manager, Reed Construction Media planet that the Apollo missions so bril- So, enough already. We’ve done the
dhorowitz@reedbusiness.com
630-288-8180 liantly revealed to us. moon. Nor do we need to go to Mars to
Daniel Colunio A historical perspective: On October supplement our rock collection.
Director
dcolunio@reedbusiness.com 4, 1957, Russia’s launch of Sputnik This is not an academic exercise. At
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Joyce Simon
Production Manager The race for “control” of space was on, President Obama is reviewing the entire
jsimon@reedbusiness.com
630-288-8424 but as our rockets kept exploding on U.S. human space flight program.
Melinda Werner their launch pads, we were reduced to Here’s my recommendation: Take a
Advertising Service Manager
melinda.werner@reedbusiness.com playing catch-up. The ultimate embar- few billion from NASA’s $17 billion bud-
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rassment came on April 12, 1961, get and give it to poor NOAA, the federal
Angela Tanner
Director, Audience Marketing when a Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, agency that studies our oceans and
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Mary Nasiri
became the first human in space. atmosphere (annual budget: $4 billion).
Director of E-Media Those who are too young to have lived Use those scarce dollars to fund lots
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through this period may find it hard more R&D on climate change—ocean
BUSINESS OFFICE to appreciate the near-jingoist sense exploration, atmospheric studies—re-
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Mike Shober, (800) 290-5460x129 can, of course!—to the moon before the good ol’ Mother Earth.
bdandc@theygsgroup.com
John Poulin end of the decade. NASA would still have plenty of dough
CEO, RBI US
And oh, that magical evening of July for valuable unmanned scientific mis-
Jeff DeBalko
President of Business Media, Chief Internet Officer 20, 1969! How I remember frantically sions like the Hubble Telescope. So let’s
Dean Horowitz fiddling with the antenna of a clunky keep shooting for the stars. Just don’t
General Manager, Reed Construction Media
black-and-white TV so I wouldn’t miss put any more Americans up there.

NEWS
Decline expected as healthcare slows,

but hospital work will remain steady
The once steady 10% growth rate in care services
healthcare construction spending has that would re- Healthcare construction spending
(in millions, at seasonally adjusted annual rate)
slowed, but hasn’t entirely stopped. quire additional
Spending is currently 1.7% higher facility capacity
49,325
49,400
48,607
47,800
47,800
47,145
47,345
46,600
46,400
45,246
45,600
45,100
than the same time last year when by 2011—but
construction materials costs were 8% financing for
higher. The 2.5% monthly jobsite the expanded
spending decline since last fall is consis- services re-
tent with the decline in materials costs. mains fuzzy.
A 7% decline is expected in the next six Half the added
months, consistent with the year-to- cost appears Qtr 1 2 3 4 Qtr 1 2 3 4 Qtr 1 2 3 4
date drop in the value of healthcare to be vague 2008 2009 2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Forecast: Reed Construction Data
construction starts, which includes a promises of
66% plunge in June. $40 billion plus Healthcare construction spending is currently 1.7% higher than the same
The June drop is partly random but annual fee cuts time last year, led by hospital work, which is 14% higher than a year ago.
also reflects concern by healthcare by hospitals and
project managers about how the out- drug companies. Significant growth to a recession much as developers of
come of the current healthcare debate in healthcare construction will not commercial buildings do: They pull
in Congress will affect their opera- resume until the healthcare financing back when they see falling rental and
tions. Specifically, they are concerned arrangements are final and judged to occupancy rates. By this time next
about reimbursement rates from be realistic. year, expect spending for medical of-
federally operated or regulated insur- Hospital construction spending is fice buildings and possible residential
ance plans. With no final plan ready currently 14% higher than a year ago, care facilities to be expanding again
for a vote in early August, expect the while spending for other healthcare in a growing economy while spend-
cautious spending to continue through facilities, including specialized office ing for hospitals is expected to still be
the summer. buildings and residential care facili- stuck at current levels. BD+C
All options being considered in ties, is off 25% from last year. The —Jim Haughey, BD+C Economist and
Washington envision expanded health- developers of these buildings react Chief Economist with Reed Construction Data
NEWS BRIEFS
N Design firms say they need more project management NFirst green roof professionals certified. Green Roofs for
training. Nearly one-third (32%) of design and environmental Healthy Cities announced the first wave of accredited green roof
firms report that project management training is their biggest professionals. These individuals have successfully completed a
training need, according to a survey in The Zweig HR Letter. multidisciplinary exam encompassing five areas of concentration,
Next in importance: marketing and business development train- including pre-design, design, contract management, quality as-
ing (19%) and leadership training (16%). surance and support, and maintenance.
NCarbon prices running out of gas in Northeast cap and NJones named director of GSA’s Design Excellence program.
trade market. The price of carbon permits plummeted 8% for Casey Jones, a principal at jones|kroloff, has been named the
the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which requires next director of the General Services Administration’s Design
utilities in the Northeast to purchase carbon permits for each ton Excellence program, according to sources at the GSA. Jones will
of carbon they emit. Lower demand for electricity as a result of replace Thomas Grooms, the program’s current head. As director
the recession was the cause of the price plummet. More than 30 of Design Excellence, Jones will oversee the architect selection
million permits (or allowances) had cleared at $3.23 each in a and design process for the GSA.
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RSMeans costs comparisons: K-12 Schools
Elementary school Junior high school High school Vocational school
’09 ’08 % chg. ’09 ’08 % chg. ’09 ’08 % chg. ’09 ’08 % chg.
Atlanta 137.30 128.06 7.2 140.06 136.85 2.3 136.31 134.38 1.4 133.38 129.98 2.6
Baltimore 141.60 131.41 7.8 144.45 140.44 2.9 140.58 137.90 1.9 137.55 133.39 3.1
Boston 178.67 165.52 7.9 182.26 176.89 3.0 177.38 173.69 2.1 173.56 168.01 3.3
Chicago 175.81 162.73 8.0 179.34 173.90 3.1 174.53 170.76 2.2 170.78 165.17 3.4
Cleveland 152.42 142.32 7.1 155.48 152.09 2.2 151.32 149.34 1.3 148.06 144.45 2.5
Dallas 131.10 120.93 8.4 133.74 129.23 3.5 130.15 126.90 2.6 127.35 122.74 3.8
Denver 143.51 135.33 6.0 146.39 144.62 1.2 142.47 142.01 0.3 139.40 137.36 1.5
Detroit 159.10 146.93 8.3 162.30 157.02 3.4 157.95 154.18 2.4 154.55 149.14 3.6
Houston 134.60 124.14 8.4 137.31 132.67 3.5 133.63 130.27 2.6 130.75 126.01 3.8
Kansas City, Mo. 157.83 147.77 6.8 161.00 157.92 2.0 156.69 155.06 1.0 153.31 149.99 2.2
Los Angeles 165.62 153.50 7.9 168.95 164.04 3.0 164.43 161.08 2.1 160.89 155.81 3.3
Miami 140.01 128.06 9.3 142.82 136.85 4.4 139.00 134.38 3.4 136.00 129.98 4.6
Minneapolis 170.71 158.39 7.8 174.15 169.27 2.9 169.48 166.21 2.0 165.83 160.77 3.1
New Orleans 135.39 124.84 8.5 138.12 133.41 3.5 134.42 131.00 2.6 131.52 126.72 3.8
New York City 202.06 189.01 6.9 206.12 201.99 2.0 200.60 198.34 1.1 196.28 191.85 2.3
Philadelphia 175.81 163.29 7.7 179.34 174.50 2.8 174.53 171.35 1.9 170.78 165.74 3.0
Phoenix 134.76 126.80 6.3 137.47 135.51 1.4 133.78 133.06 0.5 130.90 128.70 1.7
Pittsburgh 152.58 141.06 8.2 155.65 150.74 3.3 151.47 148.02 2.3 148.21 143.18 3.5
Portland, Ore. 153.85 145.39 5.8 156.94 155.38 1.0 152.74 152.57 0.1 149.45 147.58 1.3
St. Louis 156.55 147.35 6.2 159.70 157.47 1.4 155.42 154.62 0.5 152.08 149.56 1.7
San Diego 160.21 150.01 6.8 163.44 160.31 2.0 159.06 157.41 1.0 155.63 152.26 2.2
San Francisco 189.33 176.01 7.6 193.14 188.09 2.7 187.96 184.70 1.8 183.91 178.65 2.9
Seattle 160.53 147.49 8.8 163.76 157.62 3.9 159.37 154.77 3.0 155.94 149.70 4.2
Washington, D.C. 152.26 142.18 7.1 155.32 151.94 2.2 151.16 149.19 1.3 147.90 144.31 2.5
Winston/Salem, N.C. 118.85 111.84 6.3 121.24 119.52 1.4 117.99 117.36 0.5 115.45 113.52 1.7
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New Jersey’s high-tech landscaping facility

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and technology in Bergen County Spe- environments, such as rainforest, desert, (for blowers and other landscaping
cial Services’ landscaping programs, the forest, and tundra), and 5,000 sf of out- equipment), and a garage for light and
new single-story facility at the techni- side landscaping and gardening space. heavy power equipment used as part of
cal school’s Paramus campus will have Instructional space includes classrooms, the curriculum. DMR Architects of Has-
7,950 sf of classroom space, a 1,000-sf a computer lab, a biology lab, demon- brouck Heights, N.J., is the architect.
Goettsch Partners wins design

competition for Soochow
Securities HQ in China
Chicago-based Goettsch Partners has
been selected to design the Soochow
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and stock exchange building for So-
ochow Securities Co. Ltd. The 21-story, Florida mixed-use complex
441,300-sf project includes 344,400 includes retail, residential
sf of office space, an 86,100-sf stock The $325 million Atlantic Plaza II
exchange, classrooms, and under- lifestyle center will be built on 8.5
ground parking. The project is sited acres in Delray Beach, Fla. Designed by
along the western edge of Jinji Lake in Vander Ploeg & Associates, Boca Raton,
Suzhou Industrial Park, a major new the complex will include six buildings
mixed-use district outside the city cen- ranging from three to five stories and
ter. The signature feature of the design have 182,000 sf of restaurant and retail
is a soaring internal atrium that rises space. An additional 106,000 sf of Class A
the full height of the building, allowing office space and a residential component
access to daylight and views from all including 197 apartments, townhouses,
locations within the facility. and lofts round out the project.
Residence hall designed specifically for freshman

Hardin Construction Company’s Austin, Texas, office is serving as GC for the $50
million freshman housing complex at the University of Houston. Designed by HADP
Architecture, Austin, the seven-story, 300,000-sf facility will be located on the
university’s central campus and have 1,172 beds, residential advisor offices, a social
lounge, a computer lab, multipurpose rooms, a fitness center, and a convenience
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ON THE DRAWING BOARD
Restoration gives new life to

New Formalism icon
The $30 million upgrade, restoration,
and expansion of the Mark Taper Forum
in Los Angeles was completed by the
Broadway-style theater headed to Kentucky team of Rios Clementi Hale Studios
One of Kentucky’s largest performing arts venues should open in 2011—that’s (architect), Harley Ellis Devereaux (ex-
when construction is expected to wrap up on Eastern Kentucky University’s Busi- ecutive architect/MEP), KPFF (structural
ness & Technology Center for Performing Arts. The 93,000-sf Broadway-caliber engineer), and Taisei Construction (GC).
theater will seat 2,000 audience members and have a 60x24-foot stage prosce- Work on the Welton Becket-designed
nium and a fly loft. A large lobby and a 250-seat black-box theater are also part 1967 complex included an overhaul of
of the package. The theater comprises the second phase of the university’s $32 the auditorium, lighting, and acoustics.
million Business & Technology Center project, designed by Sherman Carter Barn- Work also focused on expanding the
hart with D.W. Wilburn Inc. as GC. Phase I includes a three-classroom, 20,000-sf back-stage area and creating a 1,350-sf
addition to an existing academic facility. downstairs lounge. The historic building’s
exterior—an iconic example of New For-
malism—which includes a wraparound
sculptural mural, was also restored.
LIGHT INDULGENCES
Citizenship building in Texas

targets LEED Silver
The Department of Homeland Security’s
new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services facility in Irving, Texas, was
designed by 4240 Architecture and
developed by JDL Castle Corporation. The
focal point of the two-story, 56,000-sf
building is the double-height, glass-walled
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the oath. The facility also has interview
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tion documents using Bluebeam PDF Revu for the Overlook Center in Waltham,
Mass., home of the New England office of Adobe Systems. By going paperless
the team reduced the $44.7 million, 107,000-sf project’s carbon footprint
by 1,557 lb. of CO2. The project is applying for a LEED Innovation & Design
Credit from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Bluebeam
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New lavatory system hits the trifecta

Bradley Corp. has figured out a way to 0.38-gpm faucet, and ndite technol-
squeeze a faucet, soap dispenser, and ogy, which powers the faucet without
hand dryer in a single lavatory unit, electricity or batteries. The solid-
reducing or even eliminating the need surface lavatory is made with 25%
for separate hand dryers or paper towel preconsumer granules and a bio-based
dispensers. The Advocate saves space resin. The material is Greenguard cer-
and improves user safety by eliminat- tified as low emitting, and is available
ing the “drip trip” to the hand dryer in eight colors.
or paper towel dispenser. The unit Bradley Corp.
features a low-energy hand dryer, a Input No. 210 at BDCnetwork.com/quickResponse

PRODUCTS
Products at Work
Glass makes view from

the top possible
Towering above the Chicago skyline
at 1,450 feet, Willis Tower (formerly
the Sears Tower) is the tallest building
in North America. Its newest fea-
ture, the “Skydeck Ledge,” features
all-glass viewing booths that provide
a heart-pounding, but safe, view Red Robin uses LEDs for energy efficiency
thanks to DuPont SafetyGlas structural
interlayers. The deck construction, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has replaced 12,000 standard incandescent and
laminated with DuPont SentryGlas, is halogen lights in more than 150 of its restaurants with more efficient seven-
1½ inches thick, offering five times watt GE light emitting diode (LED) PAR 20 floodlights and spotlights. Red
greater strength and 100 times greater Robin is using the LED lights for downlighting applications that require a high
stiffness than conventional laminating quality of light, measured as lamp-to-lamp white LED color consistency. The
interlayer materials. It was constructed installation is the largest application of GE’s seven-watt LED PAR lamp in a
to bear five tons. restaurant setting to date.
DuPont GE
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HVAC systems bring energy efficiency

to the YMCA
The Lancaster, Calif., YMCA wanted its with evaporative cooling modules. The
new building to be comfortable while AquaSaver technology in the PreevA
maintaining good indoor air quality series increases evaporative efficiency
and earning LEED points. Mechanical while also reducing water consump-
engineer Levine-Segal of Los Angeles tion—a key LEED factor. The hybrid
specified a design that used Reznor systems sensed both indoor and
HVAC equipment to heat and cool outdoor conditions and automatically
each zone in the building according switched back and forth from stan-
to its needs. The engineers selected dard DX cooling to evaporative cooling
the Reznor PreevA series because its mode as needed.
hybrid systems included high-effi- Reznor
ciency, three-stage DX cooling coupled Input No. 206 at BDCnetwork.com/quickResponse

Panels give a new look to student union in Kentucky
The new 58,000-sf student union at
Northern Kentucky University in Highland
Heights creates a crossroads for student,
faculty, and staff activities. University
administrators sought a “unique and
appealing identity” that would raise the
architectural standard and set a new
direction for excellence on the campus,
according to Michael Jacobs, principal
of design firm Omni Architects, Lexing-
ton, Ky. Three thousand sf of Rheinzink
preweathered blue-gray horizontal reveal
panels and 500 sf of blue-gray perforated
reveal panels were specified. The panels
were fabricated and installed by JC
Industries, Louisville. General contractor:
Messer Construction Co., Cincinnati.
Rheinzink
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CORE & SHELL SOLUTIONS
TALL ICF
WALLS 9 Building Tips from the Experts
PHOTO: ARXX
Want to go high with insulating concrete forms?
Better keep these helpful tips in mind.
By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
Insulating concrete forms have a long history of success in low-rise tor will be required to make by considering the course height
buildings, but now Building Teams are specifying ICFs for mid- of the ICF product when designing the walls, says Kelvin
and high-rise structures—more than 100 feet. ICF walls can be Doerr, VP of engineering and technical services for Reward Wall
used for tall unsupported walls (for, say, movie theaters and big-box Systems, Omaha, Neb. Doerr says architects should factor in wall
stores) and for multistory, load-bearing walls (for hotels, multifam- heights, window heights, and floor elevations when possible.
ily residential buildings, and student residence halls).
Our trusted ICF experts offer the following tips for design-
ing and constructing tall ICF walls:
3 Base concrete slump and aggregate size on ICF
manufacturer recommendations. Both concrete slump and
aggregate size are impacted by the formwork tie configuration
within the formwork cavity, as well as by the amount of open
1 Pre-plan your job by drawing a simple cross section with

the ICF you are using. The cross section will show you how
openings line up with the coursing of the ICF joints and where
space available around the ties to allow concrete to effectively
flow within the forms, says Donn C. Thompson, AIA, LEED
AP, CGP, director of Low Rise Buildings with the Portland
embeds will be placed, says Glen Klassen, regional manager Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. “Ties with smaller openings
with ICF manufacturer Arxx, Cobourg, Ont. “During the build will require smaller aggregate to insure the concrete flows ef-
process, your crew can follow this cross section to know when fectively through the forms,” he says.
to stop placing forms and start placing embeds.” Arxx’s Klassen offers this rule of thumb: If the concrete is
2 Account for the ICF formwork course height. Designers

can greatly reduce the amount of formwork cuts the contrac-
restricted slightly at the top form around the rebar before
flowing into the wall, it’s just right. If the concrete gets re-

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stricted to the point of not flowing down into the wall, it’s too
low of a slump. If the concrete flows freely into the wall with
no restriction, it is likely too high a slump.
4 Consider the STC rating needed for the job. Once you
know the sound transmission class, consider what needs to be
added to the ICF wall if an STC rating of 50 or higher is re-
quired, says John Krzic, accounts manager with Amvic Building
System, Toronto. “For example, by adding a resilient channel
to the ICF wall and then installing the drywall, it will increase
the STC rating of the wall assembly,” says Krzic.
5 Take steps to ensure the concrete completely fills the

form. “One concern with tall ICF walls is that concrete may
not fill all parts of the form since the walls are generally thin,” Building outside
says Lionel Lemay, PE, SE, LEED AP, CAE, senior VP of
sustainable development, National Ready Mixed Concrete
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the concrete pour, Lemay advises the following:
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EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE (XPS) EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS) POLYISOCYANURATE (ISO)

Closed cells keep moisture out Open cells let water in Brittle cells increase water absorption
XPS is manufactured with materials that produce a EPS can easily come apart, as it is manufactured by ISO can be brittle and friable because of a
consistent and uniform network of homogenous molding together polystyrene beads under heat thermoset manufacturing process that uses
closed cells that stay together, while foams made and pressure, allowing moisture and air penetration, continuous lamination of liquid raw materials
with other processes may break down. XPS cell resulting in voids and causing reduced R-value. that expand between facing materials. This
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1
See actual warranty for details.
2
ASHRAE 90.1; American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329.
LEED is a registered trademark of the U.S. Green Building Council.
The color PINK is a registered trademark of Owens Corning. ©2009 Owens Corning.
Exceed
green
expectations
with
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*
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A DVE RT IS E MENT
Not all insulation products are made the same

Building professionals face a significant challenge in light of changing codes and a new understanding
of the energy and environmental impact of building practices. FOAMULAR® insulation protects the
performance of your building envelopes by providing superior moisture and thermal performance,
while offering incredible application versatility.
A CLEAR WINNER IN PERFORMANCE – XPS INSULATION

The performance of rigid foam insulation is dependent on several factors—whether it’s open or
closed cell, as well as the type of polymer and blowing agent used in its manufacture. The following
showcases the differences in rigid insulation and the clear advantage of using XPS:
EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE (XPS) EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS) POLYISOCYANURATE (ISO)

Closed cells keep moisture out Open cells let water in Brittle cells increase water absorption
XPS is manufactured with materials that produce a EPS can easily come apart, as it is manufactured by ISO can be brittle and friable because of a
consistent and uniform network of homogenous molding together polystyrene beads under heat thermoset manufacturing process that uses
closed cells that stay together, while foams made and pressure, allowing moisture and air penetration, continuous lamination of liquid raw materials
with other processes may break down. XPS cell resulting in voids and causing reduced R-value. that expand between facing materials. This
structure withstands moisture penetration and process creates an irregular cell structure that
loss of R-value over time. lends itself to high moisture permeability.
Energy Efficiency The thermal and moisture resistance properties of FOAMULAR® XPS insulation is critical to long-term building
envelope performance. FOAMULAR® insulation has a very low rate of water absorption, resulting in excellent long-term thermal performance.
Unlike other rigid foam insulation, FOAMULAR® XPS insulation – tested under real-time conditions – effectively maintains 90 percent of its
R-value (R-5 per inch) for 20 years1.
Above-Grade Applications FOAMULAR® insulation is an excellent choice for many above-grade insulation applications in
commercial and residential buildings. In exterior walls and structural wall framing, FOAMULAR® insulation offers protection from energy
loss due to thermal bridging through wood or metal framing or steel fasteners. Using FOAMULAR® insulation can satisfy energy codes such as
ASHRAE 90.12 and contributes to achieving LEED ® credits.
Product Availability Owens Corning has strategically placed manufacturing facilities throughout the country to streamline delivery
and reduce the amount of energy necessary for shipping.
For more information, visit www.owenscorningfoam.com or call 1-800-GET-PINK.™

1
See actual warranty for details.
2
ASHRAE 90.1; American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329.
LEED is a registered trademark of the U.S. Green Building Council.
The color PINK is a registered trademark of Owens Corning. ©2009 Owens Corning.
You wouldn’t design a building with 23% of your walls left open, but if you’re not accounting
for thermal bridging that’s essentially what you’re doing. That’s why it’s impor tant to spec
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walls won’t just be built energy efficient, they’ll stay energy efficient.
To learn more about how FOAMULAR® insulation can reduce the effects of
thermal bridging, go to owenscorningfoam.com or call 1-800-GET-PINK.™
*ASHRAE 90.1; American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329. **Competing types of rigid insulation
include Expanded Polystyrene and Polyisocyanurate. †See actual warranty for details. The color PINK is a registered trademark of Owens Corning. ©2009 Owens Corning.

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. . .
Historic
Masonry
Restoration and
Renovation
The Gerding Theater at the Armory, in

Portland, Ore., the country’s first LEED
Platinum historic renovation and first
LEED Platinum theater, involved exten-
sive brick restoration work. Originally
constructed in 1889, it now accom-
modates a 599-seat main-stage theater
and a 200-seat black-box.
. . .
. . . By C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Learning Objectives . . .
istoric restoration and preservation efforts are accelerating throughout
H
. . .
After reading this article, you should be able to: the U.S., thanks in part to available tax credits, awards programs, and
. . .
Discuss the basic issues affecting the green building trends. While these projects entail many different build-
. . .
restoration of historic brick structures. ing components and systems, façade restoration—as the public face of these
Describe the characteristics of natural . . . older structures—is a key focus.
stone and historic mortars that must . be
. . Recognizing this, seasoned architects and consultants often spend much
considered in renovation and restora- . . . time analyzing and evaluating an existing structure with the goal of best pre-
tion projects. . . . serving the original façade design.
Explain the basic details and installation According to Andrew Wolfram, AIA, LEED AP, a senior associate in the
. . .
techniques for proper application of San Francisco office of Perkins+Will (www.perkinswill.com), such projects of-
manufactured cast stone.
. . . ten start out with a longer pre-design phase than in new construction. “At the
. . .
List three ways to prevent moisture-relat- initiation of the project, we conduct a comprehensive due diligence analysis
ed defects in masonry and brick walls. . . . of the building,” says Wolfram. “We start with an analysis and evaluation of
Explain the benefits of stone and brick . . . historic drawings and specifications, all the way through archival research.”
for sustainable building projects. . . . The next step, says Wolfram, who has spent most of his 20-year career on
historic preservation projects, is an overall “binocular survey” of common
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
• Spalling.
• Steel lintel failure.
During this assessment, says Joseph K. Oppermann, FAIA,
a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based historic preservation consul-
tant, “We look for the patterns of deterioration as they point
to weaknesses in the design or the use of materials. We also
look to the patterns of maintenance and repairs, as the loca-
tion and frequency of repairs tell us a lot as to the areas of the
building most susceptible to problems.”
One key to a successful predesign inspection, says Robert
Mack, FAIA, a principal with MacDonald and Mack Ar-
chitects, Minneapolis (www.mmarchltd.com), is taking the
time to do a proper evaluation. “Go slow!” he advises. “The
building probably has been there for many years, and taking
A coquina stone façade on a 1797 Spanish Colonial structure in St. the time to do tests and evaluate the results won’t lead to
Augustine, Fla., is inspected prior to patching. significantly more deterioration.”
According to experts like David A. Vottero, AIA, senior
signs of exterior aging. For a masonry buildings—and taking associate and director of architectural design, and Brian E.
into account local site conditions—this visual inspection Kiggins, AIA, senior associate, SchooleyCaldwell Associ-
includes the overall condition of visible stone, mortar, and ates, Columbus, Ohio, facilities personnel who have known
grout, as well as such conditions as: a building for some time can be extremely helpful to Build-
• Delamination. ing Teams who are investigating an existing structure. For
• Efflorescence. example, the project leaders can inquire about things like past
Adaptive Reuse Case Study
Architecture firm Perkins+Will is turning

a 1930s San Francisco Public Health Ser-
vice Hospital in the city’s Presidio district
into a 22,000-sf apartment building. Tap-
ping into historic tax credits and tracking
for LEED Gold certification, the program
for this unique adaptive-reuse project
includes restoring historic brick and stone
façades on the Georgian revival structure.
“We are currently working with the
contractor to select appropriate infill
materials at areas where historic masonry
had been removed in prior renovations
of the building,” says Andrew Wolfram,
AIA, LEED AP, a senior associate in Rendering of Public Health Service Hospi- Façade restoration in progress at the his-
Perkins+Will’s San Francisco office. tal’s rehabbed entry portico. toric PHS Hospital. Built in the 1930s, the
Glass-fiber-reinforced polymer panels have hospital is being converted into a 22,000-sf
been selected to emulate terra cotta and use Indiana limestone,” says Wolfram. apartment building.
limestone in larger decorative areas. The In order to boost the façade’s energy
panels can easily be molded from existing efficiency, an interior stud wall with insu- pletion this fall, will convert the space into
details. However, for smaller areas at a his- lation has also been specified behind the 161 residential units, a management office,
toric entrance portico, “We have found that brick wall. a fitness center, a private dining room and
it is less expensive as an infill material to The $71 million project, slated for com- wine bar, and other tenant amenities.

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credentialed professional ideal for a given project, referrals

can be procured from state historic preservation offices, the
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works (http://aic.stanford.edu), the Association for Preserva-
tion Technology (APT, www.apti.org), or local AIA offices,
according to Mack, a professor at the University of Min-
nesota School of Architecture whose career spans more than
four decades devoted to historic preservation.
Another useful resource is the AIA Historic Resources
Committee’s Guide to Historic Preservation (www.aia.org/
aiaucmp/groups/aia/documents/pdf/aias075381.pdf), which
gives a good overview of key players to strengthen the Build-
ing Team as well as the various stages of a typical historical
A stucco veneer at Charleston’s Market Hall, original constructed in preservation project.
1841, is being repaired.
HISTORIC RESTORATION: BRICK
repairs, the history of problems in various portions of the Once an overall assessment is completed, it’s time to analyze
building, as well as leak locations. the extent of observable or reported damage and the poten-
Another important part of the early project evaluation is tial causes of its harmful effects. For brick structures, Daniel
materials testing. This may include positively identifying Friedman, a Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based consultant special-
things like sand gradation and color, as well brick compres- izing in construction, environmental testing, and inspection,
sive strength and mortar strength. Even so, Mack stresses offers a brief diagnostics punch list (also available in more
the importance of being practical: “For many buildings, for detail at the online resource InspectAPedia, www.inspect-
example, the bricks and mortar can be adequately evaluated ny.com). Highlights for historic brick subjects include:
using a simple hardness-classification tool rather than expen- • Bulging brick walls can be caused by bond-brick or
sive laboratory tests.” bond-course failures, which are dangerous and require urgent
Similarly, Oppermann, past chairman of the American attention.
Institute of Architects Historic Resources Committee and a • Cracks and bulges may indicate frost and earth loading,
founding member of the AIA Preservation Education Task which can push a below-grade brick foundation wall inwards.
Group, says, “With most materials and construction tech- • Cracks and loose bricks are caused by frost, settlement,
niques, architects can handle much of the identification and and expansion, often found at building corners where roof
assessment process themselves, using testing laboratories for spillage is concentrated.
some analyses and the manufacturers of the materials for col- • Loose bricks and missing or lost mortar are common and
laboration on solutions.” have various causes.
However, more complex or historically significant projects • Spalling can occur when water and frost expand behind
do call for experts such as a historic architect or architectural the brick’s exterior surface, leading to cracks where a brick
conservator, whose experience and training in materials and has lost its hard surface or at openings by window and door
methods of construction, code compliance, and architectural penetrations.
history should benefit the project. As for tracking down a • Exfoliating rust damage can occur due to improper caulk-
ing that traps moisture—for example, between the brick and a
National Conference on steel lintel over a window or door.
• Improper repair mortar has many deleterious effects,
Preservation Technology
including surface spalling, and occurs when a high-Portland-
The Association for Preservation Technology will hold its content mortar is used on soft brick in a climate subject to
annual conference November 2-6, 2009, in Los Angeles. In freezing weather conditions.
addition to workshops, symposiums, and exhibits, field ses- • Sandblasting bricks often results in a permanently dam-
sions will feature Frank Lloyd Wright’s Textile Block houses aged brick surface, and is considered to be poor practice in
in Hollywood Hills, Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco Landmarks , and building renovation and maintenance.
Mid-century Houses by Rudolf Schindler and Richard Neutra. Once problems are identified, possibilities for replacing
More information: www.apti.org. and restoring the brick can be considered. Meredith Strout,
AIA, LEED AP, a senior project manager in the San Fran-

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cisco office of HOK (www.hok.com), describes her firm’s

general approach: “Our consultants will advise us, but our
Suggested Mortar Types for
goal is to preserve, not necessarily restore, what is left of the
Different Exposures
brick and match the mortar in color, softness, and strength.” Exposure
As for specific options, Harry J. Hunderman, FAIA, a Masonry Material Sheltered Moderate Severe
senior principal with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (www. Very durable: granite,
wje.com), Northbrook, Ill., lists removal and reinstallation hard-cored brick, etc. O N S
of original brick as one restoration strategy. Other options Moderately durable: limestone,
include using salvaged brick from elsewhere on the building, durable stone, molded brick K O N
reclaiming salvaged brick from other buildings, or find- Minimally durable:
ing a matching new brick, which may require custom brick soft handmade brick “L” K O
fabrication. Source: National Park Service Preservation Brief, “Repointing Mortar Joints in
Historic Masonry Buildings” http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/TPS/briefs/brief02.htm
In the opinion of SchooleyCaldwell’s Kiggins, resorting to
custom brick fabrication should be used only in rare instanc- Mortars for historic preservation projects must be selected according to
es. “Given the plethora of options available to designers, it is the type of masonry material and anticipated exposure.
almost always possible to find an existing brick that works for
a given application,” he says. only where necessary on a wall, rather than repointing an
In purely aesthetic terms, blending the old with the new is entire wall elevation, says Mack. However, if repointing is
important, yet as Oppermann points out, “The compatibility required for a good percentage of the wall, then repointing
of performance characteristics is critical to extending the life the whole wall often ends up being more cost effective.
of the building.” In other words, the repairs and renovations Before repointing can begin, the first step is match-
need to be consistent with the original construction technol- ing the existing mortar, as Jeff L. LaRue, AIA, senior vice
ogy in order to minimize future maintenance. president and director of quality management in the Dallas
Addressing both aesthetics and performance, one of the office of HKS (www.hksinc.com), explains: “Repointing
most common historic preservation approaches is repointing. with mortar which matches the existing in color, shape,
Because this technique requires skilled handwork, special ma- and texture is mandatory for a successful restoration.”
terials, time, and money, the best approach may be to repoint However, mortar matching can be one of the biggest tech-
nical obstacles facing masonry contractors, says Stephan
Niewiadomski, vice president of National Restoration Sys-
Mortar Types (measured by volume)
tems, Rolling Meadows, Ill. (www.nrsys.com). Fortunately,
ASTM Hydrated lime today’s choice of mortar types is more extensive than ever,
Designation Cement or lime putty Sand making it easier to match colors.
Type M According to Kiggins, “One aspect of mortar that should
2,500 psi 1 1/4 3 to 3¾ not be overlooked is the color and size of the aggregate,”
Type S which can have a big impact on the overall appearance of the
1,800 psi 1 1/2 4 to 4½ mortar. “Finding a source for a matching aggregate is critical
Type N in many instances because it adds to the overall appearance of
750 psi 1 1 5 to 6 the mortar.”
Type O As described in a technical paper that Mack co-authored
350 psi 1 2 8 to 9 for the National Preservation Society (http://www.nps.
Type K gov/history/hps/TPS/briefs/brief02.htm), the new mortar
75 psi 1 3 10 to 12 must either have greater vapor permeability and be softer (as
Type “L” measured in compressive strength) than the masonry units,
(lime and sand) 0 1 2¼ to 3 or the new mortar must be as vapor permeable and as soft or
SOURCE: National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/TPS/briefs/brief02.htm
softer than the historic mortar.
The ASTM designates five mortar types, each with recommended mix ` Editor’s Note _
proportions, to aid in distinguishing between high-strength mortars and
Additional required reading online! To earn 1 AIA/CES continuing
soft, flexible mortars—and to ensure the right physical properties are education unit, complete the required reading and take the CEU
achieved. In decreasing order of strength, they are: Type M, S, N, O, K exam posted at www.BDCnetwork.com/article/ca6675037.html.
and a Type “L,” a straight lime and sand mix.

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Healthcare 40
ronment. The editors of Building Design+Construction Products 42
are pleased to present 29 “Great Solutions” to some Technology 44
Business Management 46
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Building Teams today.
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report, visit www.BDCnetwork.com/
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DESIGN
By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider,

Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff
Yoders, Senior Associate Editor
1. RIVERWALK TRANSFORMS CHICAGO’S

SECOND WATERFRONT
Chicago has long enjoyed a beautiful waterfront along Lake
Michigan, but the Windy City’s second waterfront along
the Chicago River was often ignored and mostly neglected.
Thanks to a $22 million rehab by local architect Carol Ross
Barney and her associate John Fried, a 1.3-mile stretch of land
morphed into an urban park with a 17-foot-wide promenade
that meanders along the river’s south bank through the heart of
downtown Chicago. Parts of the Riverwalk existed prior to the
overhaul, but the usable spaces existed as self-contained islands
with no relation to one another, forcing pedestrians to climb
steps and cross busy streets to get from one to the other. Con-
necting these previously unconnected spaces and creating an
PHOTO: MARK SEGAL/GETTY IMAGES
uninterrupted path (gaps were built atop steel piles and concrete
landfill) that can be used by people strolling, jogging, or biking
along the water was critical. The improvements also brought
cafés, retail, tour boat docks, extensive landscaping and hard-
scaping, and abundant seating. The city’s new Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Fountain is also installed along the Riverwalk.
The Riverwalk runs along the south bank of the Chicago River,
giving the Windy City a 1.3-mile-long pedestrian promenade.
Canopies offer high style

below bridges
At several points along the riverwalk, the path runs beneath
bridges where passing vehicles can shower pedestrians below
with dirt and debris and where the covered, shadowy space
can instill a sense of trepidation in those walking underneath.
PHOTO: JEFF YODERS
The architects’ solution to these problems was the installation of

canopies that act as barriers between the bridges and the path-
way. Bright lighting is integrated into the canopies, which are
covered with stainless steel shingles that act as mirrors to reflect
the water’s shimmering elegance. One Chicago architecture critic
Shielding pedestrians from falling dirt and debris, this canopy under the blogging about the canopies wrote: “instead of under-bridge fear,
Michigan Avenue bridge shimmers as its steel shingles reflect the river. you get under-bridge delight.” BD+C

GREAT SOLUTIONS
DESIGN
Built on the 75-year-old ruins of New York City’s elevated freight train tracks, the High Line is a 1.45-mile urban park that winds PHOTO: BRETT LARSON
around buildings and above streets on the city’s West Side. The $152 million rehab is inspiring similar projects throughout the world.
2. HIGH LINE ELEVATES THE TYPICAL URBAN PARK

Reconstruction of the High Line turned 1.45 miles of elevated opened June 8, cost $152 million and was championed by
and abandoned railroad track into a public park that offers Friends of the High Line and planned by the architects Diller
unprecedented views of New York City and the Hudson River Scofidio & Renfro and landscape architect James Corner Field
as it winds around buildings and over streets 30 feet above Operations. As part of the adaptive reuse project, the High
the West Side (from Gansevoort St. to 34th St., between 10th Line is being fully rehabilitated (concrete repair, repainting,
& 11th Avenues). The original 13-mile High Line opened and drainage improvements) and pathways, lush plantings,
in 1934 as a way to combat numerous accidents by elevat- seating (fixed and mobile) and lighting are being added. Ac-
ing freight train tracks above street-level traffic (10th Avenue cess points occur every two to three blocks. The High Line,
was dubbed Death Avenue around this time), a public-private which took inspiration from the Promenade Plantée in Paris,
project that cost $150 million, the equivalent of $2 billion is serving as inspiration for urban renewal projects in Chicago,
today. The newest High Line project, the first phase of which Jersey City, Rotterdam, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.

3. WALKING TRACK FITS FIRM’S WELLNESS FOCUS
When Wolcott Architecture|Interiors of Culver City, filter throughout the space—sustainability aligned with the
Calif., was asked to design BeachBody’s new Santa Monica, company’s wellness goals and the office earned LEED CI
Calif., offices, the fitness and weight loss solutions company Gold—and by doing so a six-foot-wide walkway was cre-
challenged them to create a workspace that reflected its ated. Architects turned it into a real walking track—down
mission to promote healthy lifestyles. One of the 55,000-sf to the rubber sports flooring—that also functions as a main
office’s standout features is a ¼-mile walking track that runs circulation path. Employees now have a convenient way to
around the perimeter of the office’s third floor. Workspaces incorporate walking into their exercise regimen—or a way to
were pulled away from outside walls allowing daylight to work off a really big lunch.
PHOTO: MARSHAL SAFRON
The main circulation path in BeachBody’s Santa Monica, Calif., office is also a ¼-mile walking track, complete with rubber flooring.

GREAT SOLUTIONS BIM / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
RENDERING: HKS
HKS used its ARCHengine virtual environment to allow season ticket holders to see different views and angles of the $1 billion Cowboys stadium project.
4. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION THROUGH GAMING TECHNOLOGY

Before 3D walkthroughs for client presentations were frames per second. Utilizing the polygonal structure of Epic
popular, HKS manager of Advanced Technologies Pat Games’ Unreal Engine 3, ARCHengine delivers textured
Carmichael and his team were working to marry gaming details and immersive graphic environments that can show
engines with 3D building models. “What’s being tasked to how a building will work to clients and potential buyers.
us more and more is not just to show design, but to show For the new $1 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium, ARCH-
function,” Carmichael said. HKS’s in-house-developed engine was able to show different views from different seats
ARCHengine allows realistic architectural visualization in and allow potential season ticket holders to walk, or fly,
an interactive virtual environment. It includes the ability to through the stadium. Now, other visualization programs are
show real-time shadows and light, moving figures, opera- following Carmichael’s lead and using gaming engines to
tional mechanical equipment, and animations that run at 30 show architectural design.
5. FREE ONLINE DESIGN TOOL FOR ENERGY ESTIMATING AND EVALUATION

To help its 1,500-plus architects design energy-efficient carbon emissions of buildings and carbon neutrality by 2030.
buildings toward meeting AIA’s 2030 Challenge, Perkins+Will Plug in the project name, location, and start date, as well as
in April launched an online energy estimating and evalua- key energy-related information such as regional fuel mix and
tion tool for new construction and retrofit projects. The firm baseline energy use for the area, and the tool automatically
made the tool available to the public for free at http://2030e2. tracks progress toward 2030.
perkinswill.com. “The 2030 e2 Energy Estimating Tool allows designers to
The 2030 e2 Energy Estimating Tool allows users to set explore different percentages of these elements to achieve the
targets in four key areas—energy efficiency, on-site renew- 2030 goals,” says Doug Pierce, AIA, LEED, senior associate
able energy, grid-supplied renewable energy, and green power in Perkins+Will’s Minneapolis office and developer of the tool.
offsets—and assess a building’s design against the goals of the “Additionally, the tool can be used over and over to confirm
2030 Challenge, which calls for an immediate 50% reduction in 2030 compliance throughout the life of the project.”

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GREAT SOLUTIONS BIM / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
6. EASY AUTOCAD AND REVIT FILE SHARING

ICEvision from Salt Lake City-based Ice Edge enables users
to explore Revit or AutoCAD 3D models in a dynamically
rendered 3D viewer on a computer, smartphone, or other
mobile device. The ICEvision viewer is a full exploratory
environment of a 3D model that lets you walk through and
visualize an entire project in detail rendered directly from
AutoCAD or Revit. Publishers can also associate bookmarks
and annotations of their models to give guided tours to end
users. ICEvision is platform neutral. The ICEvision viewer
for Web and e-mail sharing is available as a free download.
ICEvision’s iPhone plug-in helps you check models for ac-
RENDERING: ICE EDGE
curacy directly from your jobsite.
This model, seen on the Web in the ICEvision viewer, allows full examina-
tion of the architect’s Revit model. The client used the viewer to “fly” up
to his office window to see what his sightline would be like during a game.
7. BIM VIRTUAL MOCKUPS FOUND TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PHYSICAL MOCKUPS

JE Dunn Construction uses building information modeling Dunn receives from their architects on big projects is put into
extensively on its projects, but the company (ranked #102 with a 3D model. From there, virtual mockups are created to make
62 seats of BIM software on BD+C’s Giants BIM adoption list) sure construction conditions, such as room for a ladder and a
is also using 3D models for constructability analysis, includ- worker to flash or caulk a joint, are checked out and confirmed
ing field conditions. All information (even 2D CAD) that JE to be buildable (see example below).
RENDERINGS: JE DUNN
An example of how BIM virtual mockups work: The first figure (left) shows a point on a roof where a radius needed to intersect with a
tangent. However, the meeting point left no room for construction workers to caulk or flash the joint. The virtual mockup in the sec-
ond figure (right) shows how JE Dunn and its architect modeled a solution during the design stage that would permit worker access
to the point of contention, thus saving a costly change order during construction.

With Double-Take data
backup, Gould Evans’s
main server is in
constant contact with
an SRO image server.
Double-Take replicates
and compresses the
backup data to take
up less space.
8. BACKUP SOFTWARE SAVES DATA, MONEY AT GOULD EVANS

Gould Evans needed to trim the cost of its tape-only data stor- up data on one SRO image server accessible to all offices.
age and backup system. IT manager Chet LaBruyere wanted Double-Take’s replication software is hardware agnostic, so it
to improve the accessibility of the system to all 150 Gould can back up work from Mac, LINUX, or Windows computers.
Evans employees in the firm’s five offices—Kansas City, Mo., The new system reduces backup labor from 36 human-hours
Lawrence, Kan., Phoenix, Tampa, and San Francisco—and a week to one or two human-hours a week and saves $55,250
reduce the risk of data loss between them. After testing sev- a year, plus another $8,400 in annual savings in tape media.
eral systems, LaBruyere decided to go with Riverbed WAN Double-Take’s system has reduced the total amount of data on
technology and data replication software from Double-Take. Gould Evans’s servers by 52% while more than doubling their
This solution enabled Gould Evans to store all of its backed- WAN’s bandwidth capacity.

GREAT SOLUTIONS
PHOTO: HOK
COLLABORATION
HOK designers from around the globe are able to collaborate and interact in real time in the firm’s new Advanced Collaboration Rooms. The high-tech
videoconferencing spaces allow users to display (in high definition) and mark up multiple project-related documents simultaneously.
9. HOK TAKES VIDEOCONFERENCING TO A NEW LEVEL WITH ITS ADVANCED COLLABORATION ROOMS
To help foster collaboration among its 2,212 employees while Thunder allows users to display images, video, documents,
cutting travel time, expenses, and carbon emissions traveling and even live views of computer desktops. Using a series of
between its 24 office locations, HOK is fitting out its major projectors and flat-screen TVs in each ACR, multiple ideas and
offices with prototype videoconferencing rooms that are like documents can be displayed at one time, and all meeting notes
no other in the U.S. can be saved, printed, and emailed instantly to participants.
HOK’s Advanced Collaboration Rooms (ACR) combine “The ability to bring HOK’s best creative minds together
Cisco’s TelePresence high-resolution, interoperable video- in these ACRs is a powerful new tool for our virtual design
conferencing technology with PolyVision’s Thunder Virtual teams,” says HOK CEO Patrick MacLeamy, who led the
Flipchart System—a sort of digital easel pad that allows HOK effort to develop the ACR concept. ACRs are currently
designers to sketch ideas and “virtually” hang them in multiple installed at seven HOK offices, with six more installations
ACRs so the entire team can collaborate in real time. planned this year.
10. MORE AEC COLLABORATION SOLUTIONS

Collaboration tools are big at AEC firms. Architecture firm LEED-CI with LEED for Core & Shell. The decision: CI only.
Perkins Eastman links its 13 offices worldwide through its Engineering firm Walter P Moore created its “Communi-
award-winning proprietary intranet system, ORCHARD, ties of Practice” in 2008 to share expertise across its 13 offices.
which stands for “Online Resource for the Creative Harvest The “COPs”—in its healthcare, sports, aviation, parking con-
of Architecturally Relevant Discovery” (catchy, isn’t it?). OR- sulting, and tall buildings practices—are staffed on a voluntary
CHARD unites the firm’s Practice Area Communities to share basis. The healthcare COP, with 27 volunteers, formed its own
best design practices, insights, and lessons learned. Medical Equipment Task Group to inventory medical equip-
Over at AEC giant Heery International, “e-communities” ment used in hospital projects. “It’s great, because the folks in
enable partnering between the firm’s offices around the country. Houston and Florida who have seen every MRI known to man
Interior designer Judy Peterson used the e-community to get can pass that along to our new offices in California,” says Kurt
feedback on whether a project should use LEED-CI alone, or Young, PE, LEED AP, leader of WPM’s healthcare COP.

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11. OPERATING ROOM-INTEGRATED MRI WILL HELP NEUROSURGEONS GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
A major limitation of traditional brain cancer surgery is the any direction, allowing neurosurgeons to perform real-time
lack of scanning capability in the operating room. Neurosur- MRI scans during operations.
geons do their best to visually identify and remove the cancer- “The neurosurgeon can use the intra-operative MRI to con-
ous tissue, but only an MRI scan will confirm if the operation firm that the entire tumor was removed before closing, thus
was a complete success or not. Consequently, patients must be reducing the need for additional operations,” says Douglas S.
stitched up and wheeled into the MRI room for further scans. Wignall, AIA, RAIC, international healthcare director with
If cancer is still present, further surgery is often required. HDR Architecture, Omaha, Neb. In addition, Wignall says
To avoid putting its patients through this painful cycle of the mobility of the system allows the neurosurgeon to update
surgeries and scans, the United Hospital Nasseff Neuroscience images quickly and efficiently so that surgical adjustments and
Center in St. Paul, Minn., is collaborating with HDR Architec- decisions can be made with pinpoint accuracy.
ture on an intra-operative MRI system. This “MRI on a track” “This is one example of how architecture can help save
will be able to move between two operating rooms and spin in lives,” says Wignall.
RENDERING: HDR
The intra-operative MRI system at the United Hospital Nasseff Neuroscience Center in St. Paul, Minn., will allow neurosurgeons
to perform real-time MRI scans during operations to confirm that all cancerous tissue is removed during prodecures.

RENDERING: HDR
The new SYNC modular nursing station line from Nurture by Steelcase is designed to accommodate both centralized and decentralized spaces.
12. NURSING STATIONS GO MODULAR

Modular nursing stations are designed to accommodate virtu- and standing solutions. Widths are available in one-foot
ally any healthcare environment, whether for centralized or increments from five to nine feet, and integrated monitor arms
decentralized spaces, standard or high-tech facilities, or new have 160-degree adjustability for sharing information between
or retrofit projects. HDR Architecture collaborated with Nur- caregivers. The product sits elevated off the floor, creating a
ture by Steelcase on the SYNC line, which was inspired by the light, minimalistic look.
way people fit in cockpits and automobiles. It accommodates The decentralized products provide height-adjustable (23 to
multiple users, heights, and movements. 48 inches), fixed, or combination surfaces in eight shapes. Two-
The centralized solution is offered in three fixed heights— person configurations allow each work surface to be adjusted
28½, 36, and 42 inches—to provide seated, service counter, individually.
13. TEMPLATE HELPS HOSPITALS OPEN QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY

Faced with the unprecedented task of having to replace half
its California hospital beds by 2015, Oakland, Calif.-based
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit HMO,
enlisted SmithGroup and Chong Partners Architecture
(now Stantec Architecture) to collaborate on the design of a
new hospital template—a state-of-the-art, prototypical hos-
pital that could be built on many different sites with only
minimal changes to the basic concept for quick and efficient
construction.
Luckily, the team wasn’t starting from scratch. Over the
SITE PLAN: SMITHGROUP
years Kaiser had developed best-practices templates for

emergency departments, patient rooms, and other individual
clinical spaces and those pieces were combined into a single
configuration for an entire hospital. The resulting template
consists of common planning concepts, floor plans, equip-
ment and furnishings, and structural and building systems.
Exterior skins and colors vary from site to site. So far Kaiser A. Secondary MOB. B. MOB. C. Hospital. D. Nursing units. E. Signature
has built five hospitals using the template, which shaved 15 entry rotunda. F. Future construction, including hospital expansion, ad-
to 18 months off its typical new hospital timeline. ditional MOB, clinic, and parking. G. Future helipad.

GREAT SOLUTIONS
PRODUCTS
14. MOD POD A NOD TO FLEX BIZ

Designed by the British firm Tate + Hindle, the OfficePOD
is a flexible office space that can be installed, well, just
about anywhere, indoors or out. The self-contained modu-
lar units measure about
seven feet square and
are designed to serve as
dedicated space for em-
ployees who work from
home or other remote
locations. Construction
of the modular pods in-
cludes natural, recycled,
and recyclable materials,
as well as insulation and a
high-efficiency HVAC system. The
pods are plug-in powered; the fully wired units connect
to an existing structure (home, garage, office building,
um…Starbucks?) while IT and phone connectivity is wire-
less, but can also be cabled in. Delivery takes approximately
12 weeks.
15. TRANSFORM ANY WORK SURFACE

INTO A CHARGING STATION
Imagine being able to charge your laptop, smart phone, or iPod
by simply placing it on your desk. Sounds improbable, but wire-
less charging technology is actually a reality thanks to Com-
merce Township, Mich.-based Powermat Ltd. The company’s 16. CONCRETE SLABS PLAYS UP
Powermat utilizes the principles of magnetic induction to RUBBER BALL TECHNOLOGY
transform virtually any surface into an energy hub for charging The BubbleDeck utilized in construction of the $27 million,
portable electronic devices. Simply plug in the mat and place it 104,000-sf academic building at Dalhousie University in Hali-
anywhere on your work surface. Form-fitting covers embedded fax, Nova Scotia, is new to North America, but the concrete
with a wireless receiver allow gadgets to “plug in” and power slab technology has been used in Europe since the early 1990s.
up. The company is also exploring partnerships with workplace BubbleDeck technology involves substituting recycled rubber
furniture manufacturers, such as Teknion, to embed the Power- balls for concrete that has no carrying effect (nonworking dead
mat in tabletops, desktops, and other furniture. load) in concrete slabs, which reduces the amount of concrete
used by 35%. Steel lattice locks the balls in place and serves
as traditional reinforcing components to create a monolithic
hollow slab with maximum biaxial strength. The site of the
four-story Dalhousie project had height restrictions, so the
flexible BubbleDeck allowed the Building Team to use mul-
tiple grades; slabs can be utilized in various shapes, sizes, and
applications, such as cantilevers and large deck spans. Because
the BubbleDeck slabs have significant span capabilities, they
require fewer support columns, which gives the Dalhousie
building more usable floor space and allows better filtration of
natural light. The university is targeting LEED Gold.

18. KILLER BEETLES LEAD TO
CONCRETE PLYWOOD
The mountain pine beetle is devastating British Columbia’s
conifer forests, and while some researchers focused on
controlling the destruction, others focused on salvaging the
billions of dead trees. The University of Northern British
Columbia’s professor Ron Thring and graduate student Sorin
Pasca focused on salvaging efforts and discovered that dead
wood from lodgepole pine trees is an excellent ingredient for
cement production. While cement typically repels organic
material, the beetles “enhanced” the wood in such a way that
it sticks to cement and act as a substitute for typical aggregates
like stones and rocks. Researchers say the concrete plywood
hybrid board (left), which they call MPB (for mountain pine
beetle), is water resistant and can be used in place of drywall
and gypsum board or as flooring and countertop surfacing.
Boards can be cut with regular woodworking tools and nailed
without pre-drilling.
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Only 20 geothermal boreholes were drilled at the WestJet complex because a majority of the piping was embedded in the building’s structural piles.
19. HYBRID GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY

The team at Stantec saved $800,000 in construction costs piping into 73 of the building’s 105 structural piles before con-
by embedding geothermal piping into the structural piles crete was poured required only 20 additional boreholes to be
at the WestJet office complex in Calgary, Alb., rather than drilled, each about 350 feet deep. The geothermal system, in
drilling boreholes adjacent to the building site, which is the concert with the $100 million project’s many other sustainable
standard approach. Regular geothermal installation would features (rainwater collection, daylighting, recycled materials),
have required about 200 boreholes, each about four-inches in should help the property save $200,000 annually on energy
diameter and 300-350 feet deep, but incorporating geothermal costs and earn it a LEED Gold rating.
20. KINETIC ROAD PLATES POWER PURCHASES

PHOTO: HIGHWAY ENERGY SYSTEMS LTD.
Kinetic road plates installed in a parking lot at the Sainsbury’s store

in Gloucester, England. Kinetic energy captured as vehicles drive
over the plates is channeled back into the store. The plates can pro-
duce up to 30 kWh of electrical power every hour, enough to power
the store’s checkout machines. “Customers can now play a very
active role in making their local shop greener, without extra effort
or cost,” says Alison Austin, Sainsbury’s environment manager. The
system was invented by Peter Hughes, of Highway Energy Systems,
based in Somerset, England.

21. CUTTING THE COOLING LOAD OF DATA
CENTERS BY 15%
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, At-
lanta, are using a 1,100-sf simulated data center to develop
and evaluate new ways of controlling heat in commercial
data centers, one of the fastest-growing building types in
the country. The researchers, led by Professor Yogendra
Joshi of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,
have found ways to cut energy center cooling costs 15% by
PHOTO: GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

rearranging servers and space for optimal airflow patterns.
Their simulated data center uses several different cooling
systems, partitions to change room air volumes, sophisti-
cated thermometers attached directly to a server’s moth-
erboard, and both real and simulated airflow sensors to
measure the output of fans and other systems. The research
is sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and the
Consortium for Energy Efficient Thermal Management.
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22. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

REPOSITIONED FOR UNIVERSITY USE
Tocci Building Companies is finding success in repositioning
commercial properties for university use, and it expects the
PHOTO: ENGLEWOOD CONSTRUCTION

trend to continue. The firm’s Capital Cove project in Provi-
dence, R.I., for instance, was originally designed by Elkus
Manfredi (with design continued by HDS Architects) to be a
mixed-use complex with private, market-rate condominiums.
The economy stalled those plans. The economy is also stalling
university projects, preventing much-needed student hous-
ing from going up. The nation’s colleges and universities have
the capacity to house only about 25% of students, and since
enrollment has a history of rising during a recession, the higher-
ed housing crunch could get much worse. Johnson & Wales Six previously stalled Value Place hotels are being completed by
University saw a solution to its housing shortage by leasing the Englewood Construction’s new distressed property division.
96-unit Capital Cove complex, locating students in Providence’s
historic Capitol District and in close proximity to public trans- 23. DISTRESSED PROPERTY DIVISION
portation, shopping, and cultural attractions. The university TARGETS STALLED PROJECTS
also sees the upscale property and its urban setting providing a As a result of the slumping economy, there’s a glut of dis-
significant competitive advantage in attracting new students. tressed, semi-completed properties that started deteriorat-
ing soon after construction halted. Seeing an opportunity in
helping banks or new investor owners salvage, complete, and
reposition these languishing properties, Englewood Con-
PHOTO: AEROTECH AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
struction of Schiller Park, Ill., launched a distressed property

division. The GC is licensed in 48 states, which gives clients a
single firm and single point of contact to navigate the com-
plexities of many different jurisdictional authorities, damage
analysis, and cost estimates endemic to distressed properties.
The new division’s first contract involves completing six Value
Place hotels in four states (Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina,
and Ohio), each one in a different stage of construction. The
work involved in completing the Value Place hotels, which are
all four-story properties averaging 121 rooms and 42,000 sf,
adds approximately 100 construction jobs per building and,
The Capitol Cove complex in Providence, R.I. was repositioned, changing once open for business, the hotels will start contributing to
from 96 private condos to Johnson & Wales University student housing. their local economies.
24. BUNDLE COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA SERVICES FOR MAJOR SAVINGS

We’ve all seen the TV commercials for AT&T and Comcast antennas mounted on the roof of each of the firm’s five offices
selling the cost advantages of bundling phone, cable, and transmit and receive voice/data three times faster than before,
Internet services. Shane Ketterman, network engineer and and at a fraction of the cost. Ketterman’s solution will save
administrator with ZGF Architects, applied similar logic when ZGF $320,000 this year alone.
searching for ways to cut costs and streamline communications “Transmitting data via radio waves is much more cost effec-
at the 473-employee Portland, Ore., firm. tive and allows greater flexibility for increased bandwidth and
Ketterman found a partner in PATEC Holding Corp. to additional services as the needs of the business change,” says Ket-
develop a customized solution to bundle and transmit all terman. His solution is also much more reliable than traditional
voice, video, Internet, and data services using a dedicated radio delivery methods—the dedicated FCC radio frequency cannot be
frequency line instead of traditional wire distribution. Radio interrupted or jammed—and it requires less energy to operate.

25. REVIT BOOT CAMP
PHOTO: JOE WHITE, COURTESY STUDIOGC
26. KEEP YOUR SUBCONTRACTORS HAPPY

AND SAVE BIG BUCKS
As part of a companywide commitment to improve relation-
ships with subcontractors, Farmington, Conn.-based KBE
Building Corp. (formerly Konover Construction) developed a
custom online resource center that provides 24-hour, real-time
access to payment status, insurance information, compliance
Patrick Callahan, AIA, LEED AP, a principal with StudioGC, forms, and project details for subcontractors and KBE staff.
Chicago, leads a group of interns from the University of Illinois “Subs were frustrated with the length of time to get paid,
at Urbana-Champaign in the firm’s “Revit Boot Camp.” The and would frequently call for payment status and other infor-
month-long workshop provided eight UIUC architecture students mation,” says John Patterson, information architect with KBE
with four hours of unpaid BIM training in the morning, followed and developer of the online resource center. He says KBE
by four hours of paid studio work in the afternoon. “I thought I staff spent hours on the phone daily answering calls, returning
knew Revit, but they really showed us how much it could do, how calls, and fulfilling requests from subs, costing the company
robust it was,” said Caroline VanAcker, a junior from Palatine, Ill. thousands of dollars a month in personnel costs.
Front row, left to right: Kimberly Wiskup, VanAcker, Christiana After launching the resource center in late 2006, the company
Symeonides, Fadi Salem, Daniel Martin. Back row: Maria Niko- saw an immediate 75% reduction in phone calls, in addition to
loski (obscured), Jacob Oostema. Not pictured: Kristina Collet. fewer faxes and mailings. Patterson estimates a productivity gain
of 25%, saving the company $100,000 annually.
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27. NEXT-GENERATION GREEN ROOFS SPROUT UP IN NEW YORK

New York is not particularly known for its green roofs, but to the hardscape that dominates Lincoln Center. “It will be
two recent projects may put the Big Apple on the map. a dynamic, engaging kind of space that people hopefully will
In spring 2010, the Lincoln Center for the Perform- want to run up on, play Frisbee, or relax,” says Heidi Blau,
ing Arts will debut one of the nation’s first fully walkable AIA, LEED, partner with FXFOWLE Architects, which is
green roofs. Located across from the Juilliard School in collaborating with Diller Scofidio + Renfro on the Lincoln
Lincoln Center’s North Plaza, Illumination Lawn will consist Center redevelopment.
of a glass-walled restaurant topped with a 10,000-sf, sloped To support the weight and handle the wear and tear from
vegetated roof that will double as a campus lawn for students constant foot traffic, the design team specified a beefed-up
and the public. version of a typical green roof system. A six-inch-thick com-
The sloped green roof will add some much-needed softness posite poured-concrete/metal-deck structural slab rated for
100-pound live loads will support the 14-inch-thick vegetated
roof. The slab will be supported on nine steel columns with
five girders and 45 beams situated to create the saddle-like
“hypar” roof shape.
Four miles downtown, in Manhattan’s Tribeca
neighborhood, a new 950,000-sf mixed-use condo tower
designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill features what
RENDERING: FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS
can only be described as a miniature urban forest atop

the building’s five-story podium. SOM teamed with local
Lincoln Center’s walkable green roof is scheduled to debut next spring. The
roof, in the form of a hyperbolic paraboloid, will reach a full height of 11
feet from the plaza level and 23 feet from the sidewalk level; it will extend
down to the plaza on the south end, providing access for pedestrians. The
cross section below depicts the composition of the green roof system.
CROSS SECTION: FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS

28. NEW LEED RETAIL PROGRAMS SPEED UP
CERTIFICATION
The U.S. Green Building Council’s stated goal of reaching
100,000 LEED-certified buildings by 2010 will require thousands
of new commercial buildings certified in the next six months. The
building type that goes up fastest in the largest numbers is retail
commercial buildings. Retail buildings have been LEED regis-
tered as prototypes since 2005, but LEED for Retail Commercial
Interiors and LEED for Retail New Construction, now open for
PHOTO: COURTESY THOMAS BALSLEY ASSOCIATES
member ballot, would allow much more flexible certification.

The USGBC is also publishing a LEED for Retail Best Prac-
tices manual, to illustrate the strategies used by companies in the
LEED for Retail pilot. Any green feature that isn’t repeatable for
a large number of stores is meaningless in retail, so best practices
are even more important than in other building types. Some of
the companies participating include Office Depot (LEED Silver
in its Austin, Texas, store with six other similar stores), McDon-
ald’s (several LEED-certified restaurants), and Chipotle (the
world’s first LEED Platinum, in Gurnee, Ill.).
High-end condos at the 101 Warren St. mixed-use development in New

York overlook a rooftop urban forest, complete with 101 pine trees.
landscape architect Thomas Balsley Associates to develop

the intensive green roof, which is composed of 101 Austrian
pines—some reaching 35 feet in height—planted in a soil
bed up to 42 inches deep.
The entire green roof system—which includes a 12- to
16-inch-thick concrete slab topped with a 2 mm waterproof
membrane, a root barrier, four inches of rigid insulation,
a three-inch-thick drainage panel, geotextile fabric, plant-
ing soil, and three inches of mulch—extends six feet deep in
certain areas—a depth that has been proven to be sufficient
in urban settings and broad planting areas, says Thomas
Balsley. He estimates that the trees will eventually reach 50
feet in height.
All residents of the 31-story 101 Warren St. condo tower
have access to the rooftop pine forest, and many ultra-lux units
overlook the trees. The building’s developer, Edward Minskoff,
was willing to take on the extra cost of the urban forest because
of the unique selling point it offered to prospective condo buy-
ers. It also gave tenants some much-needed green space.
“The notion of a garden in the sky is very appropriate to
the urban condition in New York, where the ground plane
is precious and, therefore, the opportunities for semi-public
space is explored in the third dimension,” says Mustafa K.
Abadan, FAIA, SOM partner in charge on the project.
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GREEN BUILDING
29. NOTIFICATION SYSTEM GIVES TEACHERS

THE GREEN LIGHT TO OPEN THE WINDOWS
One of the biggest complaints among K-12 school facility as outdoor air will
managers is the conflict that arises when teachers and students inhibit the mechan-
open the windows during not-so-ideal climate conditions. In- ical system’s ability
PHOTO: NAC|ARCHITECTURE
troducing outside air into a conditioned building can decrease to properly condi-
the mechanical system’s efficiency if the outdoor climate tion the building.
conditions increase heating or cooling demands already being “This system
made on the mechanical system. is an economical
Since most K-12 school districts don’t have the budget for approach to the
high-end automated climate controls, communication and age-old quandary
education are often the only tools facility managers have to regarding operable
prevent occupants from opening the windows during less- windows,” says When the green light is on (circled above),
than-optimal weather conditions. Dana L. Harbaugh, building occupants know it’s okay to open the
To help some of its K-12 school clients minimize energy AIA, LEED, prin- windows because outdoor air will moderate the
costs, NAC|Architecture has implemented a simple, inex- cipal architect with building’s mechanical system performance.
pensive notification system made up of red and green lights NAC|Architecture,
located in the corridors. When the green lights are on, the who developed the system. “It asks building users to facilitate
windows can be opened to help cool the classroom spaces. environmental stewardship on a daily basis, raising awareness
When the red lights are on, all windows should remain shut, of their impact on energy usage.”
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THOUGHT LEADERS
Howard W. Ashcraft, Jr., is a Fellow of the American

College of Construction Lawyers, an honorary member of the AIA California Council, and a mem-
ber of the Integrated Project Delivery task force. He serves on the American Arbitration Associa-
tion panel for Large and Complex Construction Cases for California and Nevada and on the Legal
Counsel Forum of the American Council of Engineering Companies, and has been admitted to the
bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford and a JD degree from
Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley.
‘IPD is light years ahead of traditional delivery’

BD+C: Is IPD the answer to aligning incentives with proj- HA: The needle has swung too far in the direction of insulating
ect success? oneself from liability and separating oneself from the other parties
Howard Ashcraft: It’s a quantum improvement over traditional in the construction process. That really has not been a success-
delivery processes. You want to align people down to the individual ful strategy. The needle needs to swing more toward accepting
holding the hammer. IPD doesn’t go down to that level, but it’s light responsibility for the entire process and making sure that the bad
years ahead of the traditional delivery process. events—cost overruns, failures, and the like—don’t occur.
BD+C: You wrote the IPD contracts on Autodesk’s office proj- BD+C: Are you satisfied with how the AIA and the AGC are
ects. What efficiency gains did you see on those projects? addressing BIM and IPD in their new contract documents?
HA: In the San Francisco project, the RFI turnaround averaged well HA: No. I’m very pleased that they’ve issued the contract docu-
under an hour because of this discussion. It was in the realm of 20 ments, but I don’t think the current documents are 100% there
minutes with instant responses that allowed people to move forward yet. They’ve validated the concept of IPD, but we need to keep
much more swiftly. In Waltham, Mass., final project management making the documents better.
decisions were made at a low level and that allowed them to move
the project forward in really tough times. There were tight sched- BD+C: Is it good for government agencies and states to
ules on both projects, but they met them. In both situations the require BIM?
architects began to understand how the contractors needed their HA: Yes. Requiring BIM will get a lot more people involved in some-
information to develop costing information. They started to visually thing they ought to be involved in. The difficulty is it’s very hard to
draw for the contractor, which saved time in the erection process. come up with a blanket specification for BIM that’s applicable to
all projects. You run the risk of being too generic and not requir-
BD+C: Can the IPD process work without a committed owner? ing enough detail, or requiring detail you don’t need. The GSA and
HA: No. It is designed to have an owner who is intimately involved the Army Corps of Engineers have struggled with that. But there’s
with the project. If you go back to Construction Industry Institute no doubt in my mind that few projects of any complexity can’t be
studies, most will indicate that the owner is the biggest factor in delivered better on a BIM platform.
project success. Getting an owner who is active is a major thing, for
IPD but also for delivering a better project overall. BD+C: Will all projects eventually be delivered electronically?
HA: All projects of any complexity. There are some people out there
BD+C: Is the U.S. legal system ready for IPD and BIM? still sketching with a pencil, but not many. Even if you only use BIM
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legal structure. There are some subsidiary issues having to do with BD+C: How important is joint decision making?
professional licensing, third-party liability, and insurance that have HA: There are two issues: communication and decision making.
not yet been nailed down, but I don’t think those are huge impedi- Increasing communication is important to get information directly
ments to adoption of IPD. The bigger impediment is that people flowing in both directions. Decision making takes it to a whole dif-
have been used to doing things, in terms of contractual relation- ferent level, because in IPD we’re asking people to assume certain
ships, a given way for a long time. They have to unlearn a lot. risks: scheduling costs, quality, etc. It’s difficult to do that without
giving people control over that risk, and that means joint decision
BD+C: Do architects and engineers need to “own” their making. We’ve had subcontractors say, “Since everyone was asking
risk more often? my opinion, I really wanted to see this project succeed.” BD+C

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