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he sad fact is that, at the neighborhood

and city level, if you dont have reasonably decent school options, middle-class
parents will jump ship for the suburbs as soon as
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and I saw this time and again. The new neighbors
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burb with a reputation for good schools.
This is hardly news. What is refreshing is
a bold experiment thats happening in my
Chicago ward. There, the second-term alderman, Ameya Pawar, has teamed up with his
counterparts in two adjacent wards to create a
neighborhood-based K-12 subsystem within
the 396,683-student Chicago Public Schools.
Its not that we dont have good high schools
in Chicago. We do. Ten of them. Theyre the
selective enrollment high schools that parents
are ghting to get their eighth graders into.
Students at Northside Prep have an average
ACT score of 30.7. Whitney Young, which two of
my children (and Michelle Obama) attended, had
a 27.1 ACT average. Those scores compare
favorably with prestigious suburban high schools
like Evanston (23.0) and New Trier (27.4).
Unfortunately, there are only 3,200 slots for
17,000 applicants. The days when aggressive
parents (full disclosure: I was one of them) could
work the system to get their kids into the top
CPS high schools are long gone. Now, to make
the system more fair and inclusive, if you live
in certain top-tier neighborhoods, your child
has to have straight As and test in the 9599th
percentile to get into a selective high school.
For parents who would prefer to stay in the

city, the stress of not knowing whether their kids
will get into a selective enrollment high school
becomes too much. Who can blame them for
going off to the suburbs, where every child is
guaranteed admission to the local high school?
Since winning election in 2011 (at age 30),
Pawar has helped parents groups, principals,
and neighborhood organizations turn a halfdozen elementary schools into K-8s that can
appeal to middle-class families. Now, he and
his aldermanic colleagues have formed a task
force (co-chaired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel) to
rejuvenate two major high schools in the area.
This initiative was put to the test recently
when a downtown charter high school applied
to CPS for permission to move into the ward,
thus putting the charter in direct competition for
the neighborhoods top students.
Forging a coalition of parents, teachers, principals, and neighborhood leaders, the aldermen
were able to convince the CPS board to turn
down the charters proposed move.
The effort to make Chicagos non-selective
high schools competitive faces horrendous obstacles. The CPS system is hundreds of millions
of dollars in debt. Eighty-six percent of CPS students are economically disadvantaged. Race
is a factor that cannot be swept under the table.
But its good to know courageous people are
out there, trying to make our city schools viable
and our city neighborhoods truly livable.
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ERRORS AND OMISSIONS IN CONTRACT

DOCUMENTS LEADING CAUSE OF DISPUTES
IN NORTH AMERICA: ARCADIS REPORT
or the second consecutive year,

the leading cause of construction contract disputes in North
America was errors and omissions
in contract documents. While the value of
disputes fell by nearly 14% in 2014, the
time it took to resolve them lengthened
substantially, to more than a year.
These are some of the key ndings in
the Global Construction Disputes Report
2015, the fth such annual report produced
by Arcadis. Its data are based on contract
disputes handled by Arcadiss Construction
Claims Consulting teams in North America,
Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. (Arcadis
could not provide statistics on the total value
of disputes. But last year it served as a claims
consultant on approximately 40 disputes with
values up to $100 million.)
Globally, the report found an increase in the

value and length of disputes, with the most
common cause being a failure to properly
administer the contract.
This is both a revealing and concerning
statistic, said Mike Allen, Arcadiss Global
Leader of Contract Solutions. It raises myriad
questions as to how projects and programs
are briefed, scoped, and structured, as well
as questions about resourcing, training, and
the contracting environment itself.
The transportation sector accounted for
31% of global contract disputes. Despite
the presumed advantages of joint ventures,
one in three JVs still ends up in a contract
dispute. That gure dips to less than one in
ve (19.8%) in North America.
Worldwide, the average value of disputes
increased last year to $51 million, from $32.1
million in 2013. The highest average was

in Asia, where dispute values more than
doubled, to $85.6 million. Arcadis attributed
the jump primarily to the regions growth, the
complexity of its construction projects, and
the rise in joint ventures.
Dispute values in the Middle East rose to
$76.7 million, from $40.9 million in 2013. In
the U.K., dispute values dipped slightly, to
$27 million.
The average time taken to resolve
disputes globally rose to 13.2 months,
up from just under 12 months in 2013.
All areas of the world saw their resolution
processes extend, with the exception of Asia,
where the average dispute length took two
months less than it did the year before.
In North America, the length of disputes
last year increased by more than 18%, to
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14
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14
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206.04
205.34
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149.70
161.11
181.64
151.81
179.36
188.31
152.33
190.42
151.28
230.43
202.00
154.97
180.06
176.38
180.41
183.22
215.16
180.94
170.24
146.02
153.60
163.82
206.80
206.10
175.80
150.26
161.71
182.32
152.37
180.03
189.01
152.90
191.12
151.84
231.28
202.75
155.54
180.73
177.03
181.08
183.90
215.96
181.61
170.87
146.56
152.69
161.27
205.24
204.04
173.12
147.53
161.62
178.79
150.80
180.51
186.01
153.37
189.44
152.17
229.80
198.89
154.06
178.10
172.95
178.79
181.20
212.11
178.96
169.00
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1.2
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154.82
163.53
208.11
206.89
175.54
149.59
163.88
181.29
152.90
183.03
188.60
155.52
192.09
154.30
233.01
201.67
156.21
180.59
175.37
181.29
183.73
215.08
181.46
171.36
137.75
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0.2
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-0.4
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15
HIGH SCHOOL
14
% chg.
151.34
161.40
203.75
203.05
173.20
148.04
159.32
179.62
150.12
177.37
186.22
150.64
188.30
149.60
227.87
199.76
153.24
178.06
174.42
178.41
181.19
212.77
178.93
168.34
144.39
152.42
160.99
204.88
203.68
172.82
147.28
161.33
178.48
150.53
180.19
185.68
153.10
189.11
151.90
229.40
198.54
153.79
177.79
172.65
178.48
180.88
211.74
178.65
168.71
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15
14
% chg.
152.77
162.94
205.68
204.98
174.85
149.45
160.83
181.33
151.55
179.05
187.99
152.07
190.09
151.02
230.04
201.66
154.70
179.76
176.08
180.11
182.91
214.80
180.63
169.94
145.77
151.93
160.48
204.23
203.03
172.27
146.80
160.82
177.91
150.05
179.62
185.08
152.61
188.50
151.42
228.66
197.90
153.30
177.22
172.10
177.91
180.30
211.06
178.08
168.17
135.18
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1.8
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VALUE AND LENGTH OF DISPUTES in North America
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Length of dispute
$64.5 Million
Disputed values
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50
40
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$29.6
30
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2013
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16.2 months. On the other hand, dispute

values dipped by nearly 14% to $29.6 million,
and there was evident willingness on behalf
of contractual parties to try and try again to
arrive at a settlement and avoid the inevitably escalating costs associated with formal
litigation and negative publicity, said Roy
Cooper, Arcadiss Vice President and Head of
Contract Solutions in North America.
For the second year running, the most
common cause of disputes in North America
during 2014 was errors and omissions in the
contract documents. Differing site conditions
came in second, while a failure to understand
or comply with contractual obligations on the
part of an employer, contractor, or subcontractor was the third most commonly cited
reason for a dispute.
With North Americas crumbling infrastructure system in need of a signicant overhaul,
Cooper sees the construction industry
moving toward a program of interconnected
projects, rather than discrete projects. But big
Arcadiss Global Construction Disputes Report 2015 shows disputes in North America taking
considerably longer to resolve (more than 16 months) but costing somewhat less ($29.6 million) than
in the recent past. Globally, disputes were settled more quickly, in just over 13 months, in 2014.
programs come with bigger risks, so failure

and high visibility disputes are not an option,
he said. Owners have turned to alternate
project delivery, and have increased project
controls and early intervention to mitigate
disputes to help manage that risk.
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party-to-party negotiation, mediation, and
arbitration. Arcadis predicts that the number
of projects going into dispute would rise this
year globally, with projects accepted for lower
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Gilbane is predicting stronger spending on
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not the number of projects starts to appreciate signicantly.
Even if the growth of new starts were to
turn at for the rest of 2015 (which Gilbane
does not expect), those starts already recorded over the past 12 months indicate spending
for nonresidential buildings in 2015 will increase 15% over 2014, the best growth since
2007, the company wrote in its Building For
the Future Spring 2015 report on construc-
tion economics and market conditions.

Gilbane estimates that total spending
for nonresidential building construction
will reach $370 billion this year, a 15.3%
increase. The company expects nonresidential starts to slow in 2015 but still hit 218,052
units, 7.4% ahead of the previous year.
The education sector is expected to
account for 22.7% of total nonresidential
construction spending in 2015, down from
its 24.4% market share in 2014 and 30.3%
in 2010. Still, Gilbane foresees spending on
education buildings to be up 7% this year, to
$83.8 billionthe rst substantial increase
since 2008.
The manufacturing sector, whose market
share of total nonresidential construction
spending is projected to be at, at 17.2%,
this year, should see its spending amounts
increase by 15% to $63.5 billion, which would
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pected to grow 17.5% to $52.6 billion, while

commercial retail will be up 12.5% to $64.2
billion.
Gilbane projects that nonresidential
construction revenue will increase by 9.1%.
Using historical benchmarks as its guide, the
company believes that at least half of that
gain could be attributable to rapidly increasing ination, which had grown by 11% in the
previous three years.
As other industry watchers have noted,
Gilbane isnt seeing much ination on the
materials side, with some exceptions, like
gypsum and precast concrete.
Gilbane is more concerned about construction hiring trends. As of March 2015,
there were 6.344 million construction employees, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics
data. The unemployment rate in construction
is now at 9.5%, after hitting a low of 6.4% in
October 2014. Total hiring in the construction
industry was up by an estimated 15% in the
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Through the rst ve months of 2015, NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING

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10 REASONS YOU NEED TO BE THERE

OCTOBER 14-16, 2015 | HILTON CHICAGO MAGNIFICENT MILE SUITES | CHICAGO, IL
Now in its fifth year, Building Design+Constructions Under 40 Leadership Summit brings together more than 100 young AEC
stars, including current and past BD+C 40 Under 40 winners, for leadership training, professional development, and networking.
Here are 10 reasons you (or your staff) need to be there!
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See the Windy City like never before

Learn about Chicagos rich architectural history during six exclusive
walking tours hosted by the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
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steel buildings
Chicago is the birthplace of the steel-framed skyscraper. This trolley
tour will take attendees through the history of the citys steel wonders.
Gain invaluable career advice from a pair of AEC legends

Gordon Gill, Founding Partner of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill
Architecture, and Raj Gupta, CEO of Environmental Systems
Design, will offer business lessons from their storied careers.
Discover the career-advancement secrets of AEC leaders

Senior-level Under 40 winners will share their wisdom, experiences,
and secrets for how they made itwon the big project for
their rm, transitioned into senior management, launched a
breakthrough technology, etc.
Celebrate with the 40 under 40 Class of 2015 honorees

BD+C editors will honor the 40 under 40, Class of 2015. Find out
what makes these young AEC stars so special!
Learn how soft skills like client relations, business development,

and communication play a vital role in growing your rm and
advancing your career.
Stay the weekend and take in two cant-miss

architecture events
The U40 Summit coincides with two major (and free!) events:
the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial and the Chicago
Architecture Foundations popular Open House Chicago.
Learn how to transition your career from AEC

technician to rainmaker
Rub elbows with dozens of your AEC industry peers
With multiple workshops, tours, and educational programs, the

U40 Summit is a great way to earn your learning units for the year.
With multiple team-driven workshops and networking events, the

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AEC industry peers.
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OPERATIONS IN SHOWCASE FACILITY
The Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise will consolidate its
basketball and business operations in a new, 120,000-sf facility
in El Segundo, Calif. The organization commissioned sports and
entertainment design specialist Rossetti (design architect) and the
Los Angeles ofce of Perkins+Will (associate architect) to design
the LEED Goldequivalent structure, which will feature integrated
signageincluding a massive team logo on the rooftopand an
exterior of vertical ns that will provide daylight and views while
screening direct sun and excess heat. Other design elements
include executive ofces with views of the practice courts, a
private player sanctuary, displays of the teams championship
trophies and memorabilia, and fully integrated basketball program
areas, including locker rooms, lounges, and treatment areas.
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NATIONS FIRST INLAND SURF PARK

COMING TO TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
If all goes as planned, by the end of 2016 folks in Austin, Texas,
will be able to catch some gnarly waves right in town. The 160acre NLand Surf Parkthe rst of its kind in the U.S.will feature
11 surng areas with four different surng levels. Planned near
Austin Bergstrom International Airport, the surf pool will equal
the size of nine football elds and produce tubing waves at three
heights (one, four, and six feet) every 60 seconds. The parks
developer, Doug Coors, an engineer and avid surfer, is partnering
with Spanish engineering rm Wavegarden and Levy Architects
to design the facility. After the initial ll, the lagoon will be 100%
sustainable with rainwater, even in drought conditions. Building
Team members: Structures (SE), KGBE (CE), Cloward H20 (aquatic
design), and White Construction (GC).
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GLASS-CLAD, COMMUNAL WHOLE FOODS

APPROVED IN MIAMI BEACH, FLA.
Developer Crescent Heights and retailer Whole Foods have
commissioned Miami-based Oppenheim Architecture to design
a modern, expressive scheme for a planned, 40,000-sf Whole
Foods Market in Miami Beach, Fla. The rms plan, which recently
received city approval, features a grid of white concrete that
forms a pedestrian loggia at the ground level and accommodates
a lush garden above. The rm worked with Miami Beachbased
Urban Robot Associates on the green roof, which will be veiled
behind a dimensional, diaphanous mesh supported within the
superstructure. A landscaped plaza at the corner of the site will
serve as a public gathering space. The design showcases Whole
Foods back-of-house operations, such as baking and food prep,
by placing them along the public-facing glass faade.
WALL OF WINDOWS CREATES NEW HEART

FOR OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE CAMPUS
The new Student Center at Ocean County College in Toms River,
N.J., will serve 9,300 students on its idyllic seaside campus.
With a 100% commuter population, the need is paramount for a
comfortable, high-tech gathering space between classes. Blackney
Hayes Architects designed the 56,000-sf, two-story center, which
incorporates a wall of windows, taking advantage of natural light
and creating a place to see and be seen at the heart of the
campus. The facility will house a modern food service operation and
seating on the lower and upper oors, as well as a welcome center,
admissions ofce, student life ofce, lounges, game room, student
club rooms, and conference rooms. Also on the Building Team: MPP
(SE), Stern & Associates (EE), Bala Consulting (AV, IT), Cambridge
Construction Management (CM), and Brockwell & Carrington (GC).
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One of the most inclusive teams it has worked with, including a full
complement of Rex Healthcare workers, was instrumental in helping WHR
Architects to design the eight-story, 300,000-sf North Carolina Heart and
Vascular Hospital. The $220 million hospital, located on Rexs campus
in Raleigh, consists of 114 licensed beds, a 20-bed cardiovascular ICU,
22 acuity-adaptable beds, six cath labs, two electrophysiology labs, two
interventional radiology labs, two hybrid ORs, a 10-bed PACU, and a
47-bed prep recovery unit. The Building Team included: RMF Engineering
(MEP), Stewart (SE), Kimley-Horn (CE), and Skanska (GC, CM).
The Shriners for Children Medical Center is relocating from its antiquated
facilities in Los Angeles into a 74,800-sf, three-story medical complex on
two acres in Pasadena, Calif. The $55 million project is set to open in 2017.
The southern half of this property will feature rehabilitation gardens and outdoor gathering areas. All lobbies, waiting rooms, and gathering spaces are
located adjacent to the gardens. Rose Plaza, an open, paved event space,
features sycamores, a fabric shade canopy, and sculptural water walls. The
Building Team: CO Architects (architect, interior design), SRG Partnership
(executive architect, medical planning), Rios Clementi Hale Studios (executive architect, landscape), exp (MEP), KPFF Consulting Engineers (SE, CE),
and DPR Construction (GC).
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The Jasper, a 40-story tower with 320 rental apartments in San
Franciscos Rincon Hill district, will start accepting tenants this
fall. Local architect Stanley Saitowitz collaborated with HKS
Architects to design the building, which will offer residents stunning urban vistas. Amenities include 24/7 concierge service, valet
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theater with a large projector screen and pod-style seating. The
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HOW THE OPEN

INNOVATION ERA
IS REVITALIZING
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market sector report

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
In the race for highly coveted tech companies

and startups, cities, institutions, and developers
are teaming to form innovation hot pockets.
BY DAVID BARISTA, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
The explosive demand for tech ofce

space in and around metropolitan
areas has led to creative redevelopment opportunities for Building Teams.
The Playa Jefferson complex in Playa
Vista, Calif., remade a series of nondescript, low-rise ofce buildings into
state-of-the-art tech space for mature
and startup companies. Designed by
Gensler for developer Vantage Property
Investors, the scheme involved erecting
a massive space frame between two
of the ofce buildings to create inviting
community spaces for tenants.
BENNY CHAN FOTOWORKS, COURTESY GENSLER
f you live in the Philadelphia area and work in a newly constructed or recently
renovated ofce space, chances are your place of employment is located in a
burgeoning neighborhood on the west side of the city, called University City.
The district represents just 0.02% of the regions ofce market landmass, yet it
is where 82% of all ofce construction work occurred in 2014.
During the past ve years alone, University City has attracted 10 million sf of
real estate projects, worth an estimated $4.5 billion. Even with the districts recent
ofce construction boom, the neighborhood has the highest occupancy rate (96%)
of the 27 regional real estate submarkets in the Philadelphia metro area. Its 72,997
jobs represent 10.8% of all jobs in the metro region, and the district has added
nearly 20,000 jobs since 2007, according to the December 2014 The State of
University City report (http://bit.ly/1e4TAKI).
Its a venerable boom city within a city, with some 750 retail stores and restaurants (another 80,000 sf of retail is under construction), nearly 23,800 new or
planned multifamily units since 2002, and more than $1.1 billion in private development since the start of 2014 alone.
As soon as space comes online in University City, people grab it, says Thomas
Osha, Managing Director, Innovation and Economic Development, with Wexford
Science + Technology. The university innovation real estate development rm has
developed four lab/research/ofce incubator buildings on University Citys Science Center campus, totaling 1.3 million sf. Osha says that demand for space at
Wexfords newest projecta 13-story laboratory and ofce building at 3737 Market
Street, completed in 2014was so voracious, the developer added three stories to
the project during construction, and the building still opened at 100% occupancy.
The explosive growth occurring at University City shows no signs of slowing. In
June, the University City Science Center tapped Wexford to add as much as four
million sf of ofce, laboratory, residential, retail, and parking space over the next
decade.
University City is one of a dozen or so innovation districts throughout
the country that have become the envy of city ofcials, real estate developers, tech/pharmaceutical companies, and academic and medical institutions.
From Cortex in St Louis, Mo., to South Lake Union in Seattle to University Circle in
Cleveland to Kendall Square in Cambridge, Mass., these tech hot pockets are the
modern-day version of the mid-20th century suburban science-technology parks
and corporate campusesyet they share little in common with their outmoded
suburban counterparts.
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GUSTAV HOILAND (EXTERIOR); BRUCE MARTIN (INTERIOR)

DEFINING INNOVATION DISTRICTS:

3 DISTINCT TYPOLOGIES
A growing number of innovation districts are looking to create a spiritual centeran iconic building, public park, creative remake of a historic structure
with spaces and amenities for all tenants and stakeholders, even the surrounding neighborhood. Case in point: District Hall, in the South Boston Waterfront
district. The nations rst freestanding, city-sponsored public innovation center,
the 12,000-sf structure, designed by Hacin + Associates, serves as the anchor
and innovation hub of the district. In its rst year of operation the facility hosted
more than 500 events for startups, entrepreneurs, and community groups.
If you look around the country and want to see where the most
ferocious growth is happening right now, that, from my perspective, is high quality and sustainable, its happening within these
innovation districts, says Bruce Katz, VP and Director of the
Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Katz, who
co-authored Brookings May 2014 report, The Rise of Innovation
Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America (http://brook.
gs/1hJsomp), has spent the better part of the past decade observing both edgling and mature tech and research clusters throughout
the U.S. He says the nations tech and corporate business economies are in the midst of a tectonic shift away from the traditional innovate in isolation modus operandi to what he calls open innovation, where companies collaborate with other rms, inventors, and
researchers to generate new ideas and bring them to market.
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1. Anchor-plus model. Primarily found in the downtowns and midtowns of central cities, where large-scale mixed-use development is
centered around major anchor institutions and a rich base of related
firms, entrepreneurs, and spin-off companies involved in the commercialization of innovation. Examples: Cortex, St. Louis, Mo.; Greater Oakland, Pittsburgh; Kendall Square, Cambridge, Mass.; Midtown, Atlanta;
University City, Philadelphia.
2. Re-imagined urban area. Often found near or along historic waterfronts, where industrial or warehouse districts are undergoing a physical
and economic transformation. These districts are powered, in part, by
transit access and proximity to downtowns in high-rent cities, and are
supplemented with advanced research institutions and anchor companies. Examples: Brooklyn Navy Yard; Mission Bay, San Francisco; South
Lake Union, Seattle; South Waterfront, Boston.
3. Urbanized science park. Commonly found in suburban and exurban
areas, these traditionally isolated, sprawling areas of innovation are
urbanizing through increased density and an infusion of new activities,
including retail and restaurants, that are mixed as opposed to separated. Examples: Research Triangle Park, N.C.; University Research Park,
Madison, Wis.; UVA Research Park, Charlottesville, Va.
Source: The Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America, Brookings Institution, http://brook.gs/1hJsomp
This is one of the major driving forces of the economy today,

says Katz. We clearly see this phenomenon with pharma, where
major companies are clustering around advanced universities, like
MIT, Georgia Tech, and Carnegie Mellon, to be near researchers and
the talent pool thats coming out of these schools.
The same can be said for big tech, according to Colin Yasukochi,
Director of Research and Analysis with CBRE Group. In contrast to
past tech cycles, he says, the current tech boom has resulted in a
substantial migrationprimarily eastward, but also internationalto
secondary and tertiary metro markets, often within proximity to major sources of talent, such as universities, tech hubs, and research
institutions.
Its denitely more intense than past tech cycles, says Yasukochi, who led CBREs April 2015 research study of the top 50 tech
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The Bakery Square development in Pittsburghs East End neighborhood demonstrates the power of landing a strong anchor tenant. In this case, Google
moved its regional ofce from nearby Carnegie Mellon University into the former Nabisco factory (phase one of the Bakery Square development). The
tech giants presence and continued growth there has attracted a number of tenants, including the University of Pittsburgh and CMU, and has sparked
the development of a tech mini-city, complete with planned apartments, townhouses, additional ofce buildings, and public spaces. Pictured (bottom):
1. Target store 2. mixed-use development 3. BRT station 4. Google ofce 5. future commercial 6. townhouses 7. living place central spine 8. apartment
building (phase 2) 9. bike path 10. apartment building (phase 1) 11. ve-minute walk to amenities and transit. Pictured (top): Google ofces.
real estate markets in the country (Scoring Tech Talent, http://bit.

ly/1OiRAKn). West Coast tech giants, including Amazon, Google,
and Yelp, are fanning out in search of top talent and innovation.
Many of these major tech companies now want to be in each
others backyards, says Yasukochi. Their ability to attract talent
and innovation is the lifeblood of what theyre doing.
In some cases, tech giants join an established innovation ecosystem, as was the case with Amazons move to Seattles South Lake
Union district in 2010. In other instances, such as Googles new regional ofce in the Bakery Square development in Pittsburghs East
End neighborhood, they serve as the anchor of a nascent tech hub.
These larger rms are market-makers, adds Yasukochi. He
points to Twitters 2012 move to the once-seedy Mid-Market neighborhood in San Francisco as an example. Once they move into a
market, rms soon follow, he says.
At Bakery Square, developers dub this phenomenon the Google
effect. With the tech rm as the centerpiece and anchor tenant, developers Walnut Capital and RCG Longview are in the second phase
of a multi-phase plan to create a tech mini-city around the adaptive
reuse of a 1918 Nabisco factory. Located near one of the citys most
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desirable housing markets (Shadyside) and just a ve-minute walk to

public transportation and major retail, Bakery Square will eventually
be built out with a pair of six-story ofce buildings (including expanded space for Google), a ve-story, 175-unit apartment complex with
below-grade parking, and 50 townhousesall connected via public
spaces, bike trails, and a central living place spine.
Once Google moved in and was in a growth mode, it started
to generate all this other development, says Michael Stern, ASLA,
LEED AP, Principal with Strada, which designed Googles tout at
Bakery Square and, more recently, master planned the developments
13-acre expansion. Stern says Google moved to the hub after outgrowing its space near Carnegie Mellon University, a major source of
high-level engineering talent. Now, CMU and the University of Pittsburgh are almost following Google, in a way, by moving to the Bakery
Square development. Its an interesting symbiotic relationship.
The Brookings Institutions Katz makes the important distinction between tech hubs/clusters and true innovation districts.
The latter have achieved a critical mass and healthy balance of the
key elements necessary for creating sustainable job creation and
economic growthanchor institutions/companies, incubators, and
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Named after the Great Chicago Fire and the citys subsequent rebirth, 1871 has quickly become the epicenter for Chicagos emerging tech community.
The 50,000-sf co-working space, incubator, and business accelerator, located on the 12th oor of Chicagos historic Merchandise Mart, is home to
more than 400 entrepreneurs, and has played a role in launching 149 startups to date. Designed by Gensler, with Environmental Systems Design as
MEP engineer, 1871 features a mix of workspaces, classrooms, meeting areas, and social spaces, all arranged to encourage impromptu collaborations.
business accelerators, often ush with venture capital and seed

money sourcesall connected in a vibrant community with a strong
sense of place, multiple housing options (preferably affordable), public spaces, accessible transit, and retail options.
Unlike many of todays tech hubs and the suburban science/technology parks of the past, innovation districts incorporate an unusual
mix of industries and rm sizes, and, most importantly, a shared
cultural belief in the power of collaboration and risk-taking.
Its this unique mash-up that makes innovation districts incredibly
powerful re-generators of urban economiesand a potential boon for
developers and AEC rms. Unlike traditional urban revitalization strategies, which rely primarily on commercial real estate assets like convention centers and sports stadiums (often publically funded) to attract
additional development and spark growth, innovation districts help
their city and metropolis move up the value chain of global competitiveness by growing the rms, networks, and traded sectors that drive
broad-based prosperity, wrote Katz, in the Brookings report.
Katz has identied three distinct models (see sidebar), but no two
districts are the same, and theres no simple formula for creating
them. Based on his observation of districts nationwide, Katz has
identied several key elements common in thriving districts:
Critical mass of economic, physical, and networking assets
Competitive advantages, and strategies for cultivating them
Strong sense of place, with animated public spaces
Connectivity at all levels
Diversity of tenant types and sizes
Based on these basic ingredients, Brookings, in collaboration with
Mass Economics and the Project for Public Spaces, is developing
an audit template and tool, to be released this fall, designed to help
cities and institutions benchmark their efforts to create innovation
districts against successful districts across the nation.
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FOSTERING NEW BUILDING TYPES

AND MORE-COMPLEX GEOGRAPHIES
The rise of innovation districts and tech clusters is leading to the
development of novel building types and advanced urban planning
strategies that promote and enhance connection, collaboration,
sense of place, and diversity. Its pushing developers and AEC rms
to rethink traditional ofce, research, incubator, retail, and housing
design. Its testing Building Teams with ever-more-complicated adaptive reuse and redevelopment projects, often involving landmark real
estate assets. Lastly, it reinforces the importance of authenticity and
placemaking as central elements of innovation acceleration zones.
One of the most dramatic examples is the ourishing Brooklyn
(N.Y.) Tech Triangle. There, quasi-government groups, institutions,
and private-sector rms are in the early stages of planning a 21-acre
greenway, called the Brooklyn Strand, that will link a series of underutilized green spaces between downtown Brooklyn and the waterfront in
DUMBO, under the Manhattan Bridge overpass. The plan, developed
by design rm WXY, is a key component to connecting the innovation
districts three zones: app/web development rms in DUMBO, maker/
manufacturing companies in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and corporate,
higher ed, research, and government stakeholders downtown. All told,
the triangle is forecast to support 61,000 jobs (one-third of which will
be tech-related) within the next two years.
The goal of the Brooklyn Strand is to build the physical spine
to connect all of these spaces, while also creating more space by
adapting publically owned land underneath the Brooklyn-Queens
Expressway and bridges, says Adam Lubinsky, PhD, AICP, Managing Principal with WXY. The plan is to turn these physical assets into
connectors, instead of barriers.
In the same vein, the latest iteration of incubator and accelerator buildings reinforces the idea of connection, through features
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To help link the numerous disconnected and underutilized green spaces between downtown Brooklyn and the waterfront in DUMBO, leaders and stakeholders of the ourishing Brooklyn Tech Triangle are planning a 21-acre greenway, called the Brooklyn Strand. The plan, developed by design rm WXY,
is a key component to connecting the innovation districts three zones: app/web development rms in DUMBO, maker/manufacturing companies in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, and corporate, higher ed, research, and government stakeholders downtown.
like open spaces, interior streets, multiple entry points, expanded

amenities, a greater connection with the neighborhood, and an
authentic environment.
Many of these researchers and entrepreneurs who are running
startups need other PhDs to help them, says William Odell, FAIA,
Director of HOKs Science + Technology practice. They have a
choice. They dont want to work in the basement of some lab; they
want cool space.
Odell led the design team for Wexfords @4240 redevelopment in
the 240-acre Cortex district in St. Louis. The LEED Platinum project
converted a 68-year-old Western ElectricSouthwestern Bell distribution building into 183,000 sf of fully customizable spec lab and ofce
space. The team went to great lengths to create a hyper-collaborative
environment inside the building. The project involved cutting through
the three-story structure to make way for a series of skylit corridors
and a central interior street, inserting an open communicating stair
off the lobby, and making extensive use of interior glass.
At 90% occupancy, @4240 is lled with more than 65 tenants and
450 workers in a wide range of disciplines. Tenants range from tech
and pharmaceutical startups to patent attorneys to accounting rms
to startup accelerators like the Cambridge Innovation Center. It even
houses a satellite ofce for Boeing.
It has really become a one-stop shop for developing a business,
simply through running into all those people, says Aimee Rowbottom, AIA, LEED AP, HOKs Director of Project Management.
Wexfords Osha observes that a growing number of districts
are looking to create a spiritual centeran iconic building,
public park, creative remake of a historic structurewith spaces
and amenities for all tenants and stakeholders, even the surrounding
neighborhoods.
In Winston-Salem, N.C., the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter is
working with Wexford to transform the 1920s Bailey Power Plant,

with its iconic 14-story smoke stacks, into a mixed-use retail, coworking, and community facility. It sits on a park that we just completed, Bailey Park, where we host movies at midnight, daily yoga,
and other activities to get innovators out of the buildings, says
Osha. Were looking at creative ways to develop innovation districts
in such a way that they interdigitate into the environment.
At the South Boston Waterfront district, a public-private partnership, led by the city and funded by developer Boston Global Investors, created District Hall, thought to be the nations rst freestanding, city-sponsored public innovation center. The 12,000-sf structure,
with its soaring, angular roof form and boxy volumes inspired by
the areas rich shipping history, serves as a visible marquee and
innovation hub for the emerging district, says David J. Hacin, FAIA,
Principal with Hacin + Associates, the projects design architect.
District Hall stands alone as a public symbol of the innovation
district, rather than something that is proprietary, or belongs to a
corporation, or lives inside another building, he says.
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When assessing the progress of the innovation district movement,
Brookings Katz says, Clearly, were still in the shallow end of the
pool. Virtually every major U.S. city, he says, has an opportunity
to develop innovation ecosystems, especially metros with a strong
central business district, healthy midtown area, and a transit corridor
connecting the two.
Theres a lot of work to be done in terms of better understanding
the dynamics of innovation districts and how cities and stakeholders, large and small, can adapt the models and apply the lessons
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Theres a decibel war going on in the

nations hospitals. Progressive Building Teams
are leading the charge to give patients quieter
healing environments.
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ospital executives, healthcare system boards, and clinical staffs

have never been more aware of the relationship between noise and
patient wellness, says Kurt Rockstroh, FAIA, FACHA, President
and CEO of Boston-based Stefan Bradley Architects & Planners.
On every one of his rms hospital projects, says Rockstroh, noise
reduction is a focus.
The average noise level in U.S. hospitals has risen from 40 db in the 1960s,
to around 70 db today, says Paul Barach, MD, Clinical Professor, Wayne State
University. In some hospitals noise levels have been measured as equal to the
screeching of a subway train at 200 feet.
The therapeutic merits of good acoustics have been buttressed by several research studies over the past decade, notes physician/architect George Tingwald,
MD, AIA, ACHA, who directs Stanford Health Cares Medical Planning, Facilities
Design, and Construction department. That research, he says, has also shown
that noise reduction is a very doable metric.
Stanford has two major construction projects under way in Palo Alto, Calif.
Tingwald believes the way a building is built can change behavior enormously.
The question, then, is how, and to what extent, design and construction rms
can reduce hospital noise and thereby improve clinical outcomes. Opinion varies
among the experts.
Noise reduction has to be more than just applying materials to spaces, says
Tina Larsen, EDAC, AIA, LEED AP, Vice President and Leader of the healthcare
studio at Corgan Associates, which joint-ventured with HDR on the 2.1-million-sf,
$1.27 billion Parkland Hospital, in Dallas. The 862-bed public hospital is slated to
open later this year.
Greg Osecheck, AIA, Associate Vice President with HGA Architects, in Sacramento, Calif., takes a different view. Hospitals are receptive to ideas, but noise re-
The modern hospital room, as shown here in the 36-bed emergency department at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., mitigates disruptive sounds with rubberized
ooring that reduces foot and equipment noise. Retractable glass doors can be closed
while still providing patient observation to the staff. TRO JB provided the architecture,
MEP, and FP services on this project. Turner Construction was the CM.
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Patient rooms, which in new hospitals are single-bed, have also gotten much larger to provide more space for visiting family members and staff. At the
new Parkland Hospital in Dallas, patient rooms include touchscreens on which doctors and nurses can call up medical histories and treatment records.
Having these screens in patient rooms cuts down on the need for staff to converse in the hallway, which can disturb other patients on that oor.
duction is more on the client and operations

side, he says. His ofce recently completed
Sutter Healths $281 million Santa Rosa
Regional Hospital.
Hospitals are invested in setting up
design standards, but those standards dont
inherently account for all of the issues when
you actually move into the building, adds
of 20 experts consulted for this report.

1. Start with a full assessment of the
exterior environment.
To understand what the faade needs to do
to keep out noise, Building Teams must account for noise generated by cooling towers,
ambulance/emergency centers, helipads,
and the urban surroundings. Mitigation often
demands a lot from curtain walls,
says Kenneth Van Wyk, President,
Acoustics by Design, an independent
acoustics consulting rm.
Site logistics must also be taken
into account. Dallass new Parkland
Hospital is located in a high-trafc
Jean Elrick, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
area, adjacent to a multi-lane highway and train station. We wanted
Josh Cushner, an Associate Principal with
to pull the entrance away to a more peaceful
Arup, whose SoundLab studio, in San Franenvironment, says Corgans Larsen. The
cisco, addresses that problem by simulating
design team of Corgan and HDR moved the
building acoustics during design.
entryway of the 862-bed public hospital to
David Sykes, Chairman of the Acoustics
a quieter setting in a newly created oneResearch Council, asserts that noise reducacre park, thereby putting the park back in
tion strategies must still contend with the
Parkland.
inclination of some hospitals to organize their
2. Fortify partition designs, and reduce or
operations around staff needs rather than
eliminate penetrations through walls.
patient needs. The proliferation of machines
Beeng up oor-to-ceiling partitions prevents
and monitoring devices, with all their buzzes,
sound from seeping into patient rooms. Its
beeps, and alarms, increases the cacophony
really important to have well-constructed
of hospital soundscapes, he says.
partitions, says Jamie Huffcut, Health and
Here are six effective noise- and vibrationWellness Workplace Strategist in Genslers
reducing strategies, based upon the advice
I dont care what the building

looks like. I care what the
building does.
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Washington, D.C., ofce.

Building Teams are specifying acoustical
materials for ceilings, walls, and partitions
with higher sound transmission class ratings. (The higher the STC, the better.) I
havent worked on a hospital in a while that
didnt use sound-limiting ceilings, says David Scott, Operations Manager with project
management rm Faithful+Gould. Scott says
hes also seeing more coffered ceilings and
sound-absorbing panels in hospital rooms
and public spaces.
Robert Gambrell, Senior Vice President
with Robins & Morton, says using thicker
drywall and acoustical caulking, which have
a higher sound transmission class, can
reduce noise transmission.
Eliminating wall penetrations also helps
reduce noise transmission. Traditional rooms
with shared headwalls can have as many
as 40 penetrations going through a wall.
Robins & Morton completed MaineGenerals
$224 million, 640,000-sf Alfond Center for
Health, in Augusta, Maine, with 192 singlebed patient rooms that dont share headwalls. Eliminating shared headwalls reduced
the number of penetrations and the resultant
noise inltration in patient rooms.
3 . Reduce sound transmission from mechanical systems.
Acoustics by Designs Van Wyk recom-
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mends locating HVAC and other mechanical

equipment as far from patients as possible.
Mechanical equipment should be properly
mounted to reduce vibration. Fans and coils
should not be installed in patient rooms,
says Van Wyk.
Early planning and participation are essential. You need to get in at the early stages
to perform baseline studies to determine
vibration levels, says Alan Oldeld, MEng,
CEng (UK), PEng, Senior Acoustics Engineer
with AECOM, in Mississauga, Ont.
For Massachusetts General Hospitals
Lunder Building, in Boston, NBBJ located
the mechanicals on the fth oor (of 10
above-ground stories), above the operating
rooms (big energy guzzlers, says NBBJs
Susan Markovitz, AIA, Principal and Lead
Medical Planner) but below ICU, neuroscience, and cancer units that needed more
quiet. NBBJ also had to keep mechanical

vibrations from negatively affecting an interoperational MRI suite that Mass General
asked for late in the design process.
Genslers Huffcut notes that some new
HVAC systems are so quiet that you
lose some of the white noise common in
many older hospitals. Hospital designers
have been experimenting with white noise
machines, which create a slight buzz that
masks more disruptive noises. A word of
caution: Installing white noise machines in
patient rooms can make it hard for patients
and others in the room to decipher speech.
is often cited as a big reason why patients

cant sleep.
One popular solution has been to decentralize workstations away from patient
rooms. In more-sensitive care areas, some
hospitals have installed small glass-enclosed
nurse stations between two patient rooms.
Bonny Slater, ASID, Genslers Senior Interior
Designer, Health & Wellness, says she is
seeing smaller centralized workstations with
space for fewer nurses and, theoretically at
least, less racket.
The drawback is that decentralization approaches can limit the clinical staffs ability to
communicate at critical moments. You need
someplace where specialists can speak
together, says Slater.
Patient rooms have gotten much larger
4. Separate patients from sources of

noise.
Commotion emanating from nursing stations, especially during
nighttime shift changes,
The 521,000-sf expansion of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif., by Perkins+Will (design architect),
HGA (AOR/medical planner), and DPR Construction (GC).
Since its founding in 1998, the Facilities Guidelines Institute has

been developing, revising, and publishing guidelines for the construction and renovation of hospitals and outpatient facilities. In
2010, it came out with guidelines that specically addressed noise
and vibration. Last year, it published guidelines for residential healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes and assisted living centers.
FGIs guidelines have a way of insinuating themselves into state
healthcare facility codes. Its call, in 2006, for single-bed patient
rooms to be an absolute for medical, surgical, and obstetric rooms
has become the standard for new hospital construction. Forty-two
states have adopted FGI guidelines, in part or in full, says FGIs CEO
Douglas Erickson, FASHE, CHFM, HFDP, CHC.
The healthcare industry has largely embraced FGI guidelines.
Hospitals are pressing the AEC community to at least advise the
owner about the latest guidelines, and then let the owner decide if it
wants to take the leap, says Erickson.
FGI gets about a thousand suggestions for new guidelines or
revisions from the public every year, says the institutes Chairman
and President, Kurt Rockstroh, FAIA, FACHA, President/CEO,
Stefan Bradley Architects & Planners. Those ideas are vetted by
steering and revision committees; if accepted, they are turned into
draft documents and submitted for public comment. A cost-benets
committee serves as another lter. Eventually all of FGIs committee
members vote on whether a proposal becomes a guideline. Each
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four-year revision cycle costs FGI about $2 million.

The 2014 revised guidelines touch on six factors that affect a
hospitals soundscape:
1. Site exterior noise
2. Acoustic nishes and details
3. Room noise levels and minimum sound coefcients for various
types of rooms
4. Sound isolation and speech privacy
5. Alarms and sound-masking techniques
6. Vibration
Because FGI does not include suppliers or manufacturers on its
committee, its revision cycle is not ANSI-approved, although it does
follow ANSI protocols as much as possible, says Erickson. The
2018 revisions, which will be voted on by 105 committee members,
are likely to include guidelines about alarm fatigue in hospitals.
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ASSASSI PRODUCTIONS
more privacy. We understand the idealized workow of our staff, and the building
is designed to complement that workow,
says Jean Elrick, MD, Mass Generals Senior
Vice President of Administration. I dont
care what the building looks like; I care what
the building does.
Acoustical ceilings were installed to help

reduce noise in the lobby and walkway of Parkland Hospital in Dallas, whose walls and oors
were made from stone. HDR and Corgan were
the joint-venture partners on the master planning and design of this 2.1-million-sf project.
and may incorporate areas where clinical

staffs can convene; some even have space
for patients family members and visitors,
all of which can add up to more noise. For
Mass Generals Lunder Building, NBBJ and
manufacturer Horton Automatics developed
a system of sliding glass doors that allows
patients rooms to be closed off but still provides sight lines for staff to see patients.
Hospitals are also being designed to
separate so-called on-stage activities
(those related directly to patient care) from
noisier off-stage activities (houseclean-
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ing, transport, food service, etc.). Steve

Evers, President of TRO JB, MaineGenerals
architect, says this strategy is not unlike how
Disney keeps support activities out of sight
of visitors to its theme parks.
In its design for the 640,000-sf Baystate
Medical Center, in Springeld, Mass., Stefan Bradley positioned vertical circulation
and public spaces away from patient rooms.
Noisy equipment was stowed in off-stage
zones. Rockstroh says the hospital has been
getting increasingly higher patient satisfaction scores. Some of the staff said it was
too quiet, he says.
At Mass Generals Lunder Building,
elevators, waiting rooms, and staff rooms
are set along the circulation spine. Patient
rooms are staggered in a sawtooth pattern
to attenuate sound and provide a smidgen
5. Check out the latest sound-absorbing

materials and acoustical products.
Hospitals and their Building Teams need to
embrace sound-absorbing materials, says
Acoustics by Designs Van Wyk.
Gary Madaras, PhD, Associate AIA, ASA,
INCE, an acoustics specialist with ceilings
manufacturer Rockfon, notes that a 2008
white paper from the Center for Health
Design and the Georgia Institute of Technology (http://bit.ly/1egDTjW) recommended
installing high-performance sound-absorbing
ceiling tiles as one of eight design interventions that any hospital can take.
The use of sound-absorbing materials in
hospitals is relatively new. Older hospitals
were almost always built with hard interior
surfaces that could be easily maintained.
Sound ricochets off of these surfaces, making those hospitals all the louder.
Infection control is an important reason
why certain acoustical materials have been
kept out of hospitals. Fluffy surfaces arent
conducive to hygiene, says AECOMs Oldeld, which is why some insulation products
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dont make the specications cut.

The Facilities Guidelines Institutes latest
guidelines state that healthcare designers should consider the extent to which a
material can be cleaned, washed, painted
over, and maintained when specifying
sound-absorbing materials.
Architects and their hospital clients
are getting more comfortable with using
acoustic materials for walls, ceilings, and
oors. Van Wyk says hed like to see more
carpeting in waiting and reception areas,
and even on some corridors. Rubber ooring, which is more forgiving on nurses feet,
can be a good compromise, he states.
All the ooring in Mass General Lunder
Buildingwhich was a test site for FGIs

2010 guidelinesis rubberized. The new
Parkland Hospital will have 750,000 sf of
rubber ooring.
Corgans Larsen says acoustical ceilings
were an important factor in attenuating
sound bouncing off the stone walls and
oors in Parklands three-story entrance
and lobby. The Lunder Building used
sound-absorbing materials on its walls,
says NBBJs Markovitz.
6. Minimize alarm fatigue.
Alarm noise is among the top reasons why
hospital patients cant sleep. Up to 95%
of alarms dont require a clinical response.
Many alarms give off false-positive alerts

due to improperly applied sensors, badly
maintained equipment, and poor staff
training.
Alarm fatigue has become serious
enough that the nonprot ECRI Institute
whose goal is to bring applied science
disciplines to healthcare operationsand
the Joint Commission, which accredits
healthcare organizations, say it is among
the worst technology hazards in hospitals.
The Joint Commission wants hospitals
to establish policies and procedures for
managing alarms and educating their staffs
about alarm systems by January 1. To ght
the decibel war being waged in hospi-
7 MORE STEPS TOWARD A QUIETER HOSPITAL

Hospital noise can be an insidious seed planted in a patients
memory.
They will recall extraordinary acts of kindness and consideration.
However, they will also remember the agony of not being able to
sleep, and hearing the nurses and others laughing just beyond their
door, says Chris Kay, ACHE, Managing PrincipalNational Healthcare & Science Buildings Practice at engineering giant Jacobs.
Some patients are bothered by noise that others shrug off.
Volume isnt necessarily the key factor. Thats the noise conundrum, says Kay. Every hospital has its own culture of loudness
and quiet.
Kay says noise can impact patients through sleep deprivation,
greater anxiety, and heightened blood pressure, respiration, and
heart rates. It can also affect hospital workers, adding to their
stress, lowering their ability to concentrate, and possibly leading to
medical and nursing errors.
Kay offers eight steps to a therapeutic auditory environment:
1. Keep assessing your facilitys noise status. Hospital administrators and clinical staffs can become oblivious to daily noise patterns. They need to stop and listen to determine how loud is loud
from the standpoint of patients, families, and visitors.
2. Establish relevant sound standards. EPA noise standards
from the 1970s are out of date, says Kay. Any current sound standard needs to reect the normal functioning of the facility and the
needs of patients. That means going beyond decibel measurements
and getting personnel involved in monitoring and modeling behavior

that results in a healing environment.
3. Set noise impact standards for equipment purchases. For
example, if a hospital plans to purchase a portable MRI, it should
know beforehand where its going to be used, who will actually use
it, and its impact on hospital noise.
4. Place nonclinical equipment in appropriate locations. In
addition to the beep-beep of clinical and monitoring equipment,
patients are bombarded with noise from vacuum cleaners, TVs, icemaking machines, and so on. Decide where and when such devices
can be used around patients. Housekeeping and nursing must
bond to care for patients, Kay notes.
5. Design spaces for sound control. Kay recommends that
hospitals retain a noise control engineer to help nd and mitigate
erratic sounds. Spaces should also be retrotted with acoustic
materials that have high sound transmission ratings.
6. Engage and educate staff. Dont blame the staff for being
noisy; instead, make it a matter of patient care and professionalism.
Emphasize that excessive noise shows a lack of respect for patients
and their families. Whether its a door that slams or a cell phone
that rings when it shouldnt, hospitals need to reclaim the sacred
relationship and sacred space for healing, says Kay.
7. Measure results. Collect data on how such metrics as patients
complaints, calls for assistance at night, and request for pain medication correlate with noise levels on patient oors.
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tals, Doug Erickson, CEO of the Facilities

Guidelines Institute, says he expects FGIs
2018 revised guidelines to chime in more
specically about alarm control.
Barach, whose specialty is alarm fatigue,
says the healthcare industry is still in the
early stages of installing customized alert
systems. NBBJs Marovitz says shed like to
see alarms replaced with visuals like light
panels outside of patients rooms.
Virtually everyone in the healthcare eld
cant wait for the day when hospitals nally
kiss good-bye to blaring intercom systems
in all but life-saving areas. Overhead PAs
are going away, says Corgans Larsen.
Less-obtrusive products are already
emerging. Holosonics Audio Spotlight,

a directional loudspeaker system, uses a
beam of ultrasound as a virtual acoustic
source to control sound distribution.
Hospitals are also reassessing the
relative value of different alarms in their
operations. TRO JBs Evers says he sees
more caregivers armed with mobile devices
that can receive alarm signals sent from
patients rooms.
Thats the case at the $300 million Baystate Medical Center in Springeld, Mass.
Most of Baystates nurses carry personal
devices so that physio alarms go directly
to them, says Lou Faassen, the hospitals
Manager of Construction Services.
The 150-bed Lunder Building uses

smartphone technology from Voalte, a
text-messaging and personal alarm system
that links physicians, nurses, lab technicians, and transport teams. This system
distinguishes alarms in a range from urgent
to less important, so staff members can
respond appropriately. This has been quite
an important advance for us, says Mass
Generals Elrick.
Hospitals must also train their staffs
to overcome alarm fatigue. While there
isnt a one-size-ts-all standard for minimizing alarms, it can be done. Boston Medical
Center recently implemented a six-week
pilot program that took a cost-effective
BEHAVIOR AND TECHNOLOGY: the main noisemakers in healthcare facilities

ver the past few decades, numerous research studies have
concluded that noise in hospitals can have a deleterious
effect on patient care and recovery. The first step in noise
reduction in hospitals is awareness about the effect that
noise has on patients and providers, says Paul Barach, MD, Clinical
Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit.
Barach cites studies that estimate average hospital noise at 7080
decibels, or 2030 db above the level recommended by the World
Health Organization. Older hospitals have even worse acoustics.
The Affordable Care Act has mandated that reimbursement for hospital services be based in part on patient satisfaction surveys, which
have consistently given the lowest scores to hospitals for sleep disruption due to noise. No wonder hospital CEOs are demanding more quietude in their new buildings, renovations, and expansions.
Acoustics is invisible until its a problem, says James Perry, Chief
Technology Officer for acoustical and A/V consultant Cerami & Associates. He emphasizes that noise is about behavior, and often is generated by activities, more than by building systems.
Noise abatement strategies need to take into account that hospitals have many different types of rooms with different noise characteristics, says Ben Davenny, PE, INCE, LEED AP EDAC, Senior Acoustical Consultant, Acentech. Patient floors are organized around bustling
nurses stations. MRI rooms are sensitive to vibration through floors and
walls. Operating rooms need 20 air exchanges an hour. Privacy is paramount in lobbies, reception areas, and exam and emergency rooms.
Many regional hospitals have helipads: the chopper noise must be kept
from infiltrating the building.
Theres a false impression that a quieter environment is always a
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better one, says Davenny. The trick is to take a different look at these
noise sources and develop more efficient methods in reducing disturbance to patients.
Medical technology has become a new noise source that has overwhelmed the hospital environment, says Joanne Solet, PhD, Assistant
Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Solet was
part of a team of researchers that conducted a three-day study in which
12 healthy participants were subjected to 14 different sounds to determine which sounds were most likely to disrupt sleep.
The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (June 2012),
found that electronic sounds led to more sleep disruption than other
kinds of sounds. If these noises bothered a dozen healthy people, you
can bet they are bothering patients, says Solet.
Noise reduction started showing up on hospitals radar screens
in 2006, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
implemented an ongoing national survey, the Hospital Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. The Affordable Care
Act uses the HCAHPS scores as one measure to calculate payments
that CMS makes to acute-care hospitals.
Hospitals need to know how much quiet a patient needs to be able
to sleep because theyre getting dinged by the government if their
performance scores are low, says Gary Madaras, PhD, Associate AIA,
ASA, INCE, an acoustics specialist with ceiling product maker Rockfon.
With one in three hospitals operating in the red, according to the
American Hospital Association, patient satisfaction has become a make
or break concern. The worst-performing hospitals will have 1% of their
total annual reimbursements withheld by CMS; the best performers will
get a 1% bonus. Those fines and bonuses will increase to 2% by 2017.
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approach, and saw a drastic drop in audible

alarms. New technologies allow alarms to be
customized for different levels of crisis alert,
says Chris Kay, ACHE, Managing PrincipalNational Healthcare & Science Buildings
Practice at Jacobs.
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With Obamacare imposing tougher performance requirements for accreditation,
insurance reimbursement, and patient
readmission, hospitals can nd themselves
chasing the unattainable: silence. That may
be unrealistic, say AEC ofcials, but they still
insist theres plenty of room for improvement

in new and older hospitals to turn down the
volume.
Tingwald says that Stanford Health Cares
hospitals are engaged in a quiet hospital
initiative that relies on better acoustical
design and materials but also addresses
how the staff interacts with patients. When
nurses dispense medication, they turn on
small lights attached to their uniforms, which
indicate they should not be disturbed. TVs in
reception areas are not allowed to be blaringly loud.
There are new products coming onto the
market that are helping hospitals reduce
their noise levels. Cushner says Arupwhich
The survey lets consumers weigh in, and hospitals cant bury their
issues, says David Sykes, Chairman of the Acoustics Research Council.
From July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014, 62% of patients surveyed
said their rooms were always quiet at night, with another 29% saying
their rooms were usually quiet. Yet those scores were below patient
ratings for 30 other criteria of their hospital stays, such as cleanliness.
Patient surveys have certainly given hospitals more insight into where
their services and facilities are falling short. Jean R. Elrick, MD, SVP
of Administration at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, gets
patient narratives every Wednesday. She says she can tell which buildings and departments are performing best on noise abatement.
But patient scores dont identify which noises are causing the most
distress. Since 2010, Rockfons Madaras has tracked patient scores of
about 50 new hospitals. He has found that most new facilities arent that
much better than older ones. Those findings have led him to believe
that reactions to hospital noises can be individual and subjective.
Healthcare systems are addressing this problem by getting more
stakeholders involved in helping them improve patient satisfaction.
HGA Architects and Affinity Health solicited input from former patients,
family members, and caregivers during pre-design sessions for Affinitys
25,000-sf Heart, Lung, and Vascular Center at St. Elizabeth Hospital, in
Appleton, Wis. Those discussions covered workflow, corridor circulation
patterns, and patient privacy. The team also implemented a post-occupancy evaluation to determine whether its evidence-based design goals
(including noise levels) had been achieved.
Hospitals are also trying to get their employees to be more alert to
the noise they produce. Bonny Slater, ASID, Senior Interior DesignerHealth & Wellness in Genslers Washington, D.C., office, sees hospitals
experimenting with quiet times, when corridor lights are dimmed to
signal when noise volumes should be lowered.
A key resource for hospital designers is the Facilities Guidelines Insti-
has numbered Yale Health Services and

Kaiser Permanente among its clientsis
looking into micro-perforated wood and steel
products that could be used as acoustical
panels.
Materials are only part of the solution,
says Cushner: The harder job is creating
the willingness within the industry to make
changes. He advocates for early planning
and strategy studies to produce data that
can inform the direction of a new build or
renovation project.
These studies need to take into account
the hard and soft issues of noise, says
Cushner. They need to happen before pen
goes to paper. +
tute, which produces guidelines for product and design best practices
that can help their clients tone down noise and vibration. We provide
the tools to build the better mousetrap, says the institutes CEO,
Douglas Erickson, FASHE, CHFM, HFDP, CHC.
Stanford Health Care is building an 824,000-sf, 368-bed hospital in
Palo Alto, Calif., that is following many of the noise and vibration reduction guidelines laid out by FGI, says George Tingwald, MD, AIA, ACHA,
Director of Medical Planning, Facilities Design and Construction.
Mass Generals 530,000-sf Lunder Building, which opened in 2011,
was among a handful of hospital facilities that closely followed FGIs
2010 revised guidelines. Elrick says Lunders patient scores have consistently risen, and Lunder has become the model the hospital would follow when it renovates or expands other buildings on its campus.
The 640,000-sf MaineGeneral Medical Alfond Center for Health, in
Augusta, is another replacement hospital that was built to FGIs noise
and vibration guidelines. Its always quiet at night score improved to
76.5% from December 2013 through July 2014, from 61.5% in the same
time frame the year before, according to Rick Albert, MaineGenerals
Director of Plant Operations.
Not everyone is convinced that design can alter staff behaviors to
reduce hospital noise, especially when a lot of hospitals still dont coordinate when clinical, food service, and cleaning staffs enter a patients
room, says Kenneth Van Wyk, President of consultant Acoustics by
Design. There are no dashboards in hospitals, says Sykes.
Perhaps, as Harvard Medical Schools Solet points out, some people
are simply more sensitive to noise than others, and not much can be
done about it. If thats the case, says Stanford Health Cares Tingwald, a
hospitals biggest dilemma when devising an acoustics design strategy
might be trying to figure out how to assuage patients perceptions, real
or imagined, about noise.
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
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Cases inaugural bldgs = data conference highlighted how collecting data about
personal activities can inform design and extend the power of BIM/VDC.
y 2020 there will be as many as 50 billion active Internetconnected devices worldwide. Every device throws off
digital exhaust that provides clues about the users preferences and whereabouts, to say nothing of the massive
amounts of information mobile devices transmit via social media.
These are the kinds of data we should be measuring when
planning cities, said David Fano, Partner and Managing Director at
Case, the New Yorkbased building information modeling consultancy, during the rms rst-ever bldgs = data conference, held May
28 at The Standard, along New York Citys High Line.
In his opening remarks, Fano advocated for advancing ways to
aggregate personal behavior data from inside buildings to extend
the denition and application of BIM.
Conference speakers provided examples of how their companies
use deep data to comprehend the urban landscape, gain insights
into projects and employees, and facilitate growth.
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Blake Shaw, Head of Data Services at Foursquare, the personalized local search tool, described how digital trails serve as microscopes to observe a city as if it were an organism. He showed
heat maps generated by data collected from users mobile devices
in several cities (including New York and Istanbul) as those users
entered different venues. Tracked over time, these maps pick up on
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Foursquare is developing data-driven products that will be able to
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The digital trail left by mobile devices illuminates Manhattan in the heat
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A roundtable discussion with AEC professionals focused on how

Building Teams are using data to manage projects and people.
Data are tools to inform experience, said Brian Cheng, Designer
and Associate with HDR Architects. Cheng proled a hospital tower
at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, for which HDR
used activity data to develop dashboards and inform its design.
Jennifer Downey, National BIM Manager with Turner Construction,
noted that on many projects there is often little correlation between
cost and contingency. Introducing a data-informed model into the
equation can help achieve consensus, she said.
Case in point: the Wilshire Grand Hotel, currently under construction in downtown Los Angeles, where Turner executed the largest
continuous slab pour ever attempted. BIM modeling was imperative to coordinate the caravan of cement trucks needed for the
21,600-cubic-yard pour, which took 20 hours to complete.
Downey pointed to another project, a hospital in Washington,
D.C., whose Building Team saved six to eight weeks of rough-in
time by agreeing to go with prefabrication for 157 patient rooms.
Peter Raymond, CEO of New Yorkbased tech consultant Human
Condition, detailed his rms work with Microsoft and Autodesk to
rene sensor technology that is embedded into work clothes, such
as safety vests. The sensors would track a workers activities and
transmit information to a supervisors mobile device.
Raymond suggested the data could be extremely useful for safety
and training, and for addressing behavioral issues. He referred to
this product, which is still being tested, as a social experiment.
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Data is starting to drive the growth of WeWork, a five-year-old
redeveloper of affordable urban workspaces, with locations in
11 U.S. cities and more than 30,000 customers. The New York
based company plans to open 40 to 50 locations by next June,
and expects to add 50 million sf of space in the next five years.
WeWork looks at 1015 buildings a week. We needed a way
to see if the building is right for us, said EVP of Development
and Special Projects Roni Bahar. With Cases help, the company
developed standards and templates for space, design, and construction. It has also assembled a component library.
WeWork uses Revit on all of its projects. The company can
frame out a 35,000-sf space in two weeks.
Quality is our next target, said Bahar, as his company
expands into ground-up construction and live/work options.
Bahar said that WeWork is also ready to take the logical next
step: collecting data on the activities of its customers and users
to guide its design, growth, and corporate strategies.
MONITORING SUBS PERFORMANCE

Rogers-OBrien Construction, a Texas-based contractor, uses data
to get a better handle on the performance of its subcontractors.
We wanted to capture what was happening in the eld, said Todd
Wynne, the companys Construction Technology Manager.
For the past two years the rm has been using project management software from FieldLens in its work on Forest Park Medical
Center, a 154,000-sf acute-care hospital in San Antonio with 54
beds and 12 operating rooms. Next door is an 84,000-sf, four-story
medical ofce building. The schedule for the combined project, from
development to opening, was set at 13 months, which Wynne conceded was unmanageable for the trades and supervisor.
Wynne said there were around 7,000 issues on the project. One
of the hospitals 16 VIP patient suites had to be retiled three times.
There were 1,311 paint problems, mostly related to the quality of the
nishes. Each cost the contractor $25 in lost time or extra work.
Data on workers performance informed the GC of which subs
were helping or hurting the project. That data inevitably inuenced
its hiring decisions down the road. Having the historical data will enable the rm to predict potential pressure points on future projects.
Over the past decade, home furnishings retailer Crate & Barrel
has used BIM on 45 projects. Each new store is uniquethe com-
pany doesnt use a prototype, said Director of Construction John

Moebusand requires a complex array of materials that includes 14
miles of wood board and more than a mile of track lighting.
During the past recession, Crate & Barrel mandated a 3050% reduction in construction costs and a 4050% reduction in construction time. To comply with those targets, Moebus team decided to
use tilt-up walls to lower concrete costs. The retailer relies on BIM to
simplify the installation of its stores spider-web electrical network.
Moebus said that Crate & Barrel has more condence in contractors that track their subs performance and hire accordingly.
Other panelists said that AEC rms must shoulder some blame for
the performance of subs who are rarely included in early design or
construction discussions with clients.
I see a lot of knowledge on the job site that does not get used
in the early design of a project, said Raymond. FieldLenss CEO,
Doug Chambers, agreed, and viewed subs input as another data
point. The industry has to recognize that the knowledge in the eld
has to be unleashed, and disseminated into the technology.
Thats not going to happen, says Chambers, until the industry
gets over its phobia about sharing information. +
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After reading this article, you should be able to:
+ EXPLAIN the difference between high-performance
(70 ksi) steel and other steel grades.
+ DISCUSS steel systems that can be used in situations
where concrete systems may be used, such as in
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BY C.C. SULLIVAN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
he recent rekindling of structural expressionisma modernist concept rooted deeply in Brutalism, Chicago architecture,
and the high-tech architectural movementhas a lot to do
with the latest advances in steel systems. For at least 135 years,
industrialized methods of building have made iron and steel much
smarter and more adaptable. Now, a quantum leap in material
formulations, production techniques, and delivery expertise are making steel far more sustainable and opening new doors for its use by
Building Teams.
Florida Polytechnic University Innovation Science and Technology Building, Lakeland, a national AISC award winner. Santiago Calatrava designed
84 arched pergolas to shade the terraces; 94 operable louvers atop the
roof open and close like giant wings. E&H Steel Corp. was the fabricator.
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TERRY WIECKERT, ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY/COURTESY CE SOLUTIONS, INC.
There seems to be a new interest in expressed structure where

the structural steel is part of the
architectural image, says Greg Otto,
Lightweight steel memPrincipal with engineering consultant
berscastellated purlinWalter P Moore (www.walterpmoore.
to-beam connections used
com). With this comes a demand for
for architecturally exposed
structural steel (inset)
tighter integration of the primary and
help bring daylight into
secondary structure and the building
South Bend (Ind.) Airports
enclosure.
expansion of Concourse A,
designed by Donahue/HerWith new demands come new
ceg & Associates (archibenetsthe ability to take advantage
tect) and CE Solutions (SE).
of interchangeable prefabricated parts,
greater project exibility, and economy
of construction. Structural steel components can sway the project
planning phase. In these instances, exposed structural elements and
innovative methods to achieving stability often take center stage.
Structural engineers and steel detailers and fabricators share much
of the limelight with visionary owners and architects.
Steel is also a very sustainable material, with high recycled
content and a high recovery rate of about 98%, helping give it
environmentally a very low carbon footprint on a use basis, says
John Cross, Vice President, American Institute of Steel Construction
(www.aisc.org). Steel lends itself to reuse. In the industrial sector
and as shoring and scaffolding, owners are putting up and reusing
steel structures, saving even more material.
AISCs Cross cites composite construction frames with composite
shallow oors and columns (such as by Peikko), girder-slab systems
of structural steel and at plate concrete (including GirderSlab), highperformance steel frame connection technologies (e.g., SidePlate),
and chassis-based modular steel building systems (by ConXtech
and others).
One unanticipated development in steel is the adoption of recent
bridge construction technology for use in large-scale building
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projects where increased strength, reduced weight, and fabrication

improvementsoften with attendant cost reductionsare desired.
The product is commonly called high-strength or high-performance steel (HPS), but those in the know call it 70 ksi steel, in
reference to its yield strength measured in thousands of pounds per
square inch (ksi)roughly 485 megapascals (MPa). The rst use of
HPS for a building in the U.S. was Chicagos 150 North Riverside
ofce building, currently under construction.
Designed by architect Goettsch Partners (www.gpchicago.com)
and structural engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates (www.
mka.com) for developer ODonnell Investments, the 1.2 millionsf building has unique core-supported structural elements with a
sharply tapered base. It will rise 54 stories on a former railway easement. ArcelorMittal is the steel producer.
MKA Managing Principal Dave Eckman, SE, PE, AIA, says the
columns on the 150 North Riverside tower are just a start. We are
proposing it on more projects, he says. Grade 70 steel is most appropriately used to resist large loads in tension/compression. Heavily
loaded columns and chords for large trusses are common applications of the high-strength steel.
W. Steven Hofmeister, SE, PE, LEED AP, Managing Principal at
Thornton Tomasetti (www.thorntontomasetti.com), says, We anticipate utilizing this material in many of our long-span and high-rise
projects, depending on availability and cost.
So, 70 ksi steel has arrived. But why is this high-performance
product being adopted for buildings?
RESEARCH INSTITUTES TOP 5 TRENDS

IN STEEL BUILDING DESIGN
1. The use of exposed structures and steel castings
2. The substitution of steel for precast and tilt-up concrete elements in certain projects (e.g., multifamily)
3. The recent adoption of high-strength steel in a small
but growing number of cutting-edge buildings
4. Further advances in steel coatings, weathering nishes,
and re-protection methods
5. Improvements in project delivery, thanks to greater
integration between fabricators and detailers
Source: American Institute of Steel Construction
HPS sections have been around since 1992, according to Delbert F. Boring, PE, an engineer who documented the U.S. Navys
1994 partnership with the Federal Highway Administration and the
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). The goal of the alliance was
to develop new and improved steels for high-challenge applications,
such as wide-spaced bridge piers and situations requiring a reduction in girders for certain spans.
Word spread. The excellent properties of HPS with higher
strength, moderate ductility, higher fracture toughness, better weld-
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ARTIC, the 67,880-sf, LEED Platinum Anaheim (Calif.) Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. Building Team: HOK (primary designer), Parsons
Brinckerhoff (prime design consultant), Thornton Tomasetti (SE), Buro Happold (MEP), STV Group (CM), and Clark Construction Group (GC).
ability, and efcient machinability can improve structural performance

signicantly, according to Yongjiu Shi, a professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He notes that the citys 2008 National Stadium (the
so-called Birds Nest) and the 44-story CCTV Headquarters are
both early examples of the use of HPS. Yongjiu says that the fabrication and construction efciency of steel buildings can be improved
remarkably using a newer grade of structural steel ideal for tall and
large-span buildings.
A913 GRADE 70: THE NEW STANDARD

FOR U.S. STEEL BUILDING PROJECTS
For U.S. building projects, the standard and grade to use is A913
grade 70, based on ASTM International specication A913, Standard Specication for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of
Structural Quality, Produced by Quenching and Self-Tempering Process (QST). In the spec, a V-notch test must be performed in order
to evaluate the steels conformance to required tensile properties.
According to ArcelorMittal, the shapes meeting A913 are intended
for riveted, bolted, or welded construction of buildings, bridges, and
other structures.
Codes have allowed the use of ASTM A913 steel for some time
now. The International Building Code (IBC) referenced the standard
AISC 360-10 Specication for Structural Steel Buildings, for which
it gained approval in 1999 when AISC published the Load and
Resistance Factor Design Specication for Structural Steel Buildings
(better known as LRFD). The AISCs published seismic provisions
call out grades 50 and 65, but HPS grade 70 can be used at the
engineers discretion, according to ArcelorMittal.

Due to its high yield strength, three or four girders of 70 ksi steel
can secure a span that would require ve girders of conventional 50
ksi (345 MPa) steel. Columns and piers can also be spaced farther
apart, opening up more oor area.
HPS materials are being used for gravity columns in high-rise applications where there are no overriding drift or vibration concerns.
This has resulted in typical weight reductions of 1025%, according to ArcelorMittal. One World Trade Center in New York and the
Shanghai World Financial Center used A913 Grade 65 for gravity
columns. In tension members such as the bottom chord of a longspan truss or in compression members with short buckling lengths,
A913 Grades 65 or 70 can provide weight reductions of up to 25%
as compared to Grade 50 steel.
The obvious opportunities for high strength are in structures
where weight is critical, says Walter P Moores Otto, who has not
used HPS thus far. Care must be given to second-order effects,
namely buckling.
Conventional grades of steel are being used by Building Teams
for their resilience, adaptability, and strength. Hollow steel sections
(HSS) are one such use. On the industrial projects were involved
with, we are seeing structural steel used as a replacement for precast concrete and tilt-up concrete bearing walls, says JD Taylor, PE,
an Associate with CE Solutions Structural Engineers (www.cesolutionsinc.com). This is typically achieved through the use of wideange or HSS columns and horizontal channel girts.
The technique calls to mind the steel-concrete-steel sandwich
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JAMES STEINKAMP, STEINKAMP PHOTOGRAPHY
more use of steel in building types that

might otherwise use cast-in-place concrete. Prefabricated components and
assemblies offer advantages for urban
residential, college residence halls, and
hotels, where sound control is also critical. Some of these projects have used
girder-slab systems, which allow about
the same oor-to-oor heights as concrete structures, including hollow-core
slabs and planks, says AISCs Cross.
With reduced laydown space in
constrained project sites, the delivery
of complete assemblies can reduce
storage needs while also accelerating project schedules and maintaining
shop-level quality control.
Steel structure column grids often
are easier to work with for mixed-use
buildings, where residential oors sit
UIC Forum, on the south campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Designers HOK (architect) and
above commercial and parking uses,
Thornton Tomasetti (SE) created a large open space by using several 36-foot-tall movable partitions,
according to the U.K.-based Steel
which are hung from two of four 124-foot-span trusses. The partitions allow the 23,700-sf event area to
Construction Institute (www.steel-sci.
be divided into three 7,900-sf meeting spaces. A 99-foot-tall, four-foot-diameter exposed steel column
supports the overhanging trellis-like roof.
org). Modular steel construction can
also confer economy of scale. Steel is
also a lightweight construction system which minimizes loads on the
foundations, and therefore saves on substructure costs, which can
be important on browneld or inll sites or for building extensions,
says SCI.
While ASTM A913 Grade 50 steel is a common specification, using
In some cases, design teams are using metal systems that work
the improved grade 65 and the high-performance steel (HPS) grade
well with steel structures, such as inll walls, oor decking, light70 may offer significant advantages for identical load requirements,
weight roong, and modular pre-engineered assemblies. CE Soluaccording to ArcelorMittal. The steel producer performed the followtions Taylor says his rm has been specifying insulated metal panels
ing analysis to illuminate some of the potential benefits of the higherin such structures because IMPs provide a durable surface, meet
yield-strength 65 ksi and 70 ksi steel materials:
current energy codes, and are very economical.
ADVANTAGES OF 65/70 KSI STEEL
Trusses. When evaluated against Grade 50 material, A913 Grade 70

allowed for a reduction of four footweights: 27% weight savings, 27%
cost savings, 41% savings in weld material.
Cover-plated columns. For this use, Grade 50 steel requires a
cover plate; A913 Grade 70 does not. This results in 23% weight
savings and 46% fabrication cost savings.
Columns. Compared to Grade 50 steel and based on same design
load requirements, A913 Grade 70 allows for a reduction of four footweights: 26% weight savings, 26% cost savings.
Source: ArcelorMittal
construction that emerged about a decade ago to offer structural

efciency and robustness. The composites employed shear connectors extending from plate to plate to create semi-rigid panels. The
system offered a precise alternative to reinforced concrete that could
accelerate construction and increase project efciency.
Steel deck ooring and off-site assembly construction have led to
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CASTING A WIDE NET WITH CAST STEEL

Building Teams are beginning to see the advantages of cast steel
for certain applications, says MKAs Eckman. We see a lot of steel
castings in Europe but not nearly as many in the United States,
and steel castings can be extremely benecial for intersections and
joints with complex geometries or when a heightened aesthetic is
desired, he says.
More than a decade ago, Hans Schober, Dr-Ing, Senior Engineer/
Partner with Germanys Schlaich Bergermann und Partner (www.
sbp.de/en), listed the benets of cast steel in an inuential article in
AISCs Modern Steel Construction. With cast steel it is possible to
create owing forms without any sharp edges or leaps in the crosssection, thus avoiding stress concentrations and notch effects, he
wrote. Steel castings possess technical advantages with regard to
static and dynamic strength, accessibility of welded seams, simplicity of dimensioning, maintenance, and service life.
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NEW TRAIN STATION, IN STEEL
Steel construction is on display at the Chicago Transit Authoritys $50
million Cermak Elevated Green Line Station. The station, which opened
last February, is part of $4 billion in transit investments designed to
add much-needed access to rapid transit for the citys Near South Side
residents and businesses. It is a showplace for the use of exposed
galvanized steel.
Bolted field connections were needed to limit the amount of masking, grinding, and touching up of the galvanized coating needed to field
weld in areas with exposed steel, such as the cantilever canopy, says
Anna Dukes, PE, SE, Senior Associate/Senior Engineer
with T.Y. Lin International, the structural engineer and consultant to
station designer Ross Barney Architects. It was a challenge to make
as many of the connections as possible in the shop while still maintaining a piece that was small enough to hot-dip galvanize and ship to the
project site.
The project combines steel elements that are both painted and galvanized, says Dukes. The client and owner preferred galvanized steel
to keep down future maintenance costs. But there were difficulties
associated with utilizing bolted connections while still trying to maintain
the architects design intent, says Dukes.
The solution: Make as many of the connections as possible in the
shop while still maintaining a piece that was small enough to hot-dip
galvanize and ship to the project site, says Dukes.
For a tube-shaped windbreak structure, field bolting would have
disrupted the smooth arc appearance, says Dukes. This element was
painted in order to utilize field-welded connections, which were ground
smooth and painted over. They all but disappear, says Dukes. A
three-coat system was specified to obtain long-term corrosion protection for the painted elements.
Steel structural projects like this one can benefit from knowledge
of likely suppliers. Being aware of the fabricators and local suppliers
capabilities helped us to design and detail in a cost-effective manner,
says Dukes. Much of the steel was specified as galvanized, which
added another process that had to be accounted for in the construction
schedule. Working closely with the general contractor and the fabricator allowed proper planning of steel delivery to keep the erection work
on schedule, she says.
Early coordination and regular communication with the steel fabricator and detailer were essential to keeping the project on an expedited
schedule. Weekly meetings were held with the fabricator and the
detailer to go over any questions and to review the progress of shop
drawings, says Dukes. That allowed the team time to prioritize when
problems had to be resolve or shop drawings had to be made in order
to keep up with the fabricators production schedule.
According to Eckman, Steel castings are not brittle and have virtually the same material characteristics as other milled steel shapes.
To encourage structural engineers to give steel castings a chance,
Eckman and others are working with the AISC and SFSA to develop
a design guide that will illustrate the benets of cast steel. The hope
is that, in addition to custom castings, standard cast connectors will be available for circular and square HSS members and will
replace expensive sh-mouth and clunky gusset plate connections,
says Eckman.
Much of the interest in cast steel can be attributed to aesthetics and new possibilities for structural expression. The use of cast
connections is very specialized, yet they look beautiful and perform
well, says AISCs Cross. The applications of cast steel have helped
elevate structural expression in novel ways, leading to such landmark building projects as the I.M. Pei-designed courtyard roof of the
Zeughaus in Berlin and the more recent cable-net-walled AOL Time
Warner Building in New York.
HOW TO USE ARCHITECTURALLY EXPOSED

STRUCTURAL STEEL MOST EFFECTIVELY
Another trend in steel building design has been the use of architecturally exposed structural steel, or AESS. By denition, AESS is specied
to be sufcient as a primary support for the building or its elements,
such as a canopy or roof system. The steel is exposed to view, and
therefore a signicant part of the architectural language of the building, according to an article by Terri Meyer Boake and Vincent Hui for
the Canadian Institute of Steel Constructions Steel Structures Education Foundation (www.ssef-ffca.ca). The design, detailing, and nish
requirements of AESS will typically exceed that of standard structural
steel that is normally concealed by other nishes.
The choice of AESS demands tighter integration of the primary
and secondary structure and building enclosure, says Walter P
Moores Otto. The project may have very exacting dimensional tolerances, or unique fabrication details for exposed connections. Or it
may require preparing and nishing the connections, such as specialized welds, grinding, and lling to achieve smooth nish surfaces.
Experienced engineers suggest adding requirements for the grinding of welds, specic handling of AESS during erection, and removal
of the manufacturers identication marks. These factors can impact
costs. But the results can be impressive. Europe has been going
this way for some time, and it is good to see this momentum in the
United States, says Otto.
AESS can also be used in cast-steel connections, advises AISCs
Cross. The challenge becomes a matching of expectations. Will the
Building Team achieve a perfectly smooth, mirror nish? Probably
not, but the structural steel can meet rigorous expectations that are
well understood in advance.
AESS has been used in such classic high-tech projects as the
1977 Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, designed by Foster+Partners
and structural engineer Anthony Hunt Associates, and in Helmut
Jahns United Airlines terminal at OHare International Airport (1988).
Building Teams need to work closely with the steel suppliers and
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der to avoid unnecessary change orders.

AESS is often valued-engineered out
of the project due to a failure to account
for it in the initial cost estimate, he says.
Care must also be taken when preparing
specications so that expectations can
clearly be dened to the contractor and
steel fabricatorhow smooth the welds
need to be ground, surface preparation,
coatings requirements, and the like.
Building Teams must plan AESS
projects very carefully. The primary reference is the AISCs Code of Standard
Practice for Structural Steel Buildings and
Bridges. The Steel Liaison Committee
The steel trellis canopy designed by Thornton Tomasetti (SE) at The Commonground entry pavilion,
of the Structural Engineers Association
Eskanazi Hospital, Indianapolis. Also on the Building Team: Diller Scodio + Renfro (architect), The Olin
of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain
Studio and Land Collective (landscape architects), and Gibraltar Construction (GC).
Steel Construction Association has also
published AESS specication guidelines
fabricators, especially because existing codes and standards may
(see http://bit.ly/1IzhWog). This white paper is a great help, says
not provide enough sufcient guidance on design, detailing, fabricaThornton Tomasettis Hofmeister. The most important thing related
tion, and construction of exposed steel structures. The greatest
to the successful contracting for AESS is to clearly dene the goals
challenge is specifying the AESS parameters in such a way that all
and criteria for AESS in the project.
interested parties have the same understanding of the end-products
The guidelines recommend the use of the following:
appearance, including dimensional tolerances and the smoothness
Sample board Create a display with small pieces of processed
of nished surfaces, says Magnusson Klemencics Eckman.
structural steel, indicating the range of nish surfaces that can be
Building Teams should require clear parameters in the project docexpected from the fabricator. Samples are intended to help designers
umentation as well as mockups of the nished products. Mockups
see how various fabrication techniques affect the nal product.
should be viewed from a distance that represents the actual in-place
Cost matrix Provide an organized presentation of the cost previewing distance, advises Eckman. Mockups can be extremely help- miums (which can vary from fabricator to fabricator) associated with
ful for review, dialogue, and eventual agreement on the acceptance
specifying the desired techniques to achieve the nal appearance of
of the nished products appearance, he says.
an AESS project.
It is extremely important to understand the viewing distance,
Specications Use the guidelines to provide a consistent mechsay seasoned project leaders. Attention must be given to what
anism to dene appearance quality based on the pieces selected
is actually desired in terms of nish and appearance, says Walter
and shown on the sample board and budgeted in the cost matrix.
P Moores Otto. This will vary and should be specied in ranges
Project case studies For more specic ideas about the nished
based upon whether the steel is to be touched, or what constitutes
product, show representative photos and information to all team
the viewing distance, or both. Otto offers a basic description of the
members. These images should show how various fabrication techAESS specication requirements as:
niques appear in nished structures and allow the designer to view
Q Within touch
AESS in different lighting conditions with varying connection details,
Q Less than 15 feet away
nish coat appearances, and the like.
Q 15 to 30 feet away
Depending on how the steel is prepared and nished, there is sigQ More than 30 feet away
nicant cost difference, so the clients money should be spent wisely,
Even with these graduated requirements, consider that a section
says Hofmeister. At less than 10 feet, where occupants can interact
of coated, exposed steel that is 100 feet overhead does not need to
with the structure, we have seen much more explicit and strict
meet the same criteria as an AESS column at eye level in a corridor.
requirements than for the exposed steel that is at a greater distance
Common sense helps reduce costs and unnecessarily restrictive
from the occupants.
specications. Some Building Teams also substitute their own specs
QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS, COST REDUCTIONS
for the AESSs, says Otto; for example, by describing requirements
BEING MADE IN SPECIALTY STEEL COATINGS
more exacting than a typical steel specication but below the AESS
According to AISCs Cross, there has been a decrease in the use of
specications for steel beyond the 15- to 20-foot viewing parameter.
untreated weathering steel, such as exposed Cor-Tentype materiCE Solutions Taylor says its wise to set expectations early in or-
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als. The use of bare galvanized steel remains robust for steel-framed
parking structures and industrial facilities.
Theres a whole new generation of coatings for steel. Many new,
high-performance nishes apply and cure more rapidly than previous
formulations, thereby extending the life of steel assemblies. Fastdrying primer formulations are widely available. Some new products
are better at resisting the effects of coastal air, corrosive environments, and the abrasion or wear that can affect some exposed steel
members.
Intumescent coatingsthe passive re-protection materials
employed to insulate steel structures from high temperatures and
reare becoming more popular. Two basic approaches to steel
re protection are available: nonreactive products, such as boards
and sprays; and reactive materials, such as thin-lm intumescent
coatings that are applied in the shop or at the job site. The products
apply like paint but at temperatures of 200250C a chemical reaction occurs and the coatings swell and char, to present an expanded
protective layer.
The cost of intumescent coatings is starting to come down, says
AISCs Cross. However, multiple coats are required, and there are
limitations on how thick those coats can be. The manufacturers
are working on thicker coats so that the steel can be nished in one
or two coats rather than three to four coats, he says. Intumescent
products do well against low-density, spray-applied protections or
troweled-on cementitious materials for exposed-steel applications.
But if the steel is not exposed to view, theres no reason to use the
more expensive nishes, says Cross.
With innovative systems like high-performance steel, architecturally exposed structural steel, composite construction frames,
girder-slab systems, and chassis-based modular assemblies, steel is
proving to be more robust than ever.
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1. Steel may be considered a sustainable, low-carbon-footprint
material because it can be reused and has high recycled content and material recovery rates of about:
A. 58%
C. 88%
B. 78%
D. 98%
2. The flowing forms of cast steel connections eliminate sharp
edges and leaps in the cross-section, which:
A. Helps avoid stress concentrations and notch effects
B. Reduces static and dynamic strength
C. Makes it difficult to access welded seams
D. Adds to maintenance demands
3. Grade 70 high-performance steel (HPS) is recommended for
use to resist:
A. Large tension forces in columns only
B. Large loads in tension and compression
C. Large loads in chords only
D. Large loads on long spans (such as bridges) only
4. For building projects, the high yield strength of 70 ksi steel can
open up some advantages for Building Teams when compared
to equivalent designs using 50 ksi steel, including:
A. Fewer structural members
C. Reduced weight
B. Greater spacing of columns and piers D. All of the above
5. By using wide flange or columns of hollow steel sections (HSS)
with horizontal channel girts, some engineers are using structural steel products to replace:
A. Exterior window wall systems
B. Precast concrete and tilt-up concrete bearing walls
C. Unit masonry wall construction
D. None of the above
6. Structural products called high-strength or high-performance

steel (HPS) are known by their yield strength, commonly given as:
A. 50 ksi steel
C. 70 ksi steel
B. 50 megapascal steel
D. 70 megapascal steel
7. For mixed-use projects and multistory residential buildings,
steel framing has been shown to:
A. Require higher floor-to-floor spans as compared to concrete structures
B. Limit flexibility of the column grid, from floor to floor
C. Minimize loads on foundations, reducing substructure costs
D. Require hybrid systems for infill sites
8. Working with architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS)
integrates closely the primary and secondary structure and
building enclosure, leading to such challenges as:
A. Exacting dimensional tolerances
B. Unique fabrication details for exposed connections
C. Specialized welds, grinding, and filling
D. All of the above
9. An important aspect of planning projects using AESS include
discussions of finish quality and the use of physical mockups to determine the suitable ___________ for each typical
exposed steel condition.
A. Viewing distance
C. Cross section
B. Yield strength
D. None of the above
10. For steel structures, thin-film intumescent coatings are the
passive fire-protection materials that insulate steel structures
from the effects of the high temperatures and fire. These may
be applied as:
A. Nonreactive spray-applied material C. Nonreactive boards
B. Reactive coatings
D. All of the above
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HOMELESS VETERANS GET RESIDENCES

IN WEST LAS HISTORIC BUILDING 209
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reopened Building 209
in West Los Angeles following a renovation by designer Leo A
Daly. The historic mental health hospital was converted into 55
residential units and provides on-site training and services to
chronically homeless veterans to help them live independently.
The 1945 Mission Revivalstyle building has 45 single-occupancy
and 10 dual-occupancy residences, plus multipurpose rooms,
a dedicated womens wing, a serenity garden, administrative
ofces, classrooms, a training kitchen, and specialized bariatric
units. The project earned LEED Gold certication. Other Building
Team members: Nabih Youssef Associates (SE), Jensen Design
& Survey (CE), S&K Engineers (MEP), Mia Lehrer + Associates
(landscape architect), and Westport Construction (GC).
AUGUST 2015
NEW SCHOOL OF BUSINESS EXCEEDS

NYS ENERGY-EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
Stalco Construction and Urbahn Architects completed the new
$19.3 million School of Business at Farmingdale State College, in
Suffolk County, N.Y. The 39,000-sf building serves 2,200 students in 40 professions, and is marked by its modern faade and
expansive glass curtain wall. The three-story project exceeded
New Yorks energy-efciency performance requirements by 30%.
The rectangular bar structure has program spaces on either side of
a double-loaded corridor. The rst oor has an informal gathering
space of tiered seating and offers view of the colleges mall and animates the faade. Also on the Building Team: Consulting Engineers
Collaborative (SE), BET Engineering Consultants (CE), Vanderweil
Engineers (MEP), Domingo Gonzalez Associates (lighting), and
Jacobs Engineering Group (CM).
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JUSTIN MACONOCHIE
DOUBLE PLATINUM FOR TREEHOUSE

OFFICE BUILDING IN HOUSTON
Houstons Treehouse Memorial City commercial ofce building
earned LEED Double Platinum certication from the U.S. Green
Building Council, scoring 95 points. LEEDs highest honor was
awarded for LEED Building Design + Construction: Core and Shell
Development and for LEED Interior Design and Construction. The
14,700-sf structure uses 50% less energy than a baseline ofce
building. Conservation strategies include geothermal wells, solar
panels, energy-efcient lighting, high-performance glazing, building
automation, a vegetated roof, and low-ow plumbing xtures. The
Building Team for owner/developer MetroNational: Acumen Design
(designer), Studio RED Architects (AOR), Collaborative Engineering
Group (MEP), The Ofce of James Burnett (landscape engineer),
and Anslow Bryant Construction (GC).
DETROITS WOODWARD GARDEN THEATER

RESTORED AS MULTI-PURPOSE VENUE
Design architect/interior designer McIntosh Poris Associates
recently received Honors Awards from the Michigan chapter
of the American Institute of Architects for its renovation of
the 103-year-old Woodward Garden Theater, in Detroit. The
building was reintroduced to the community as a multi-purpose
entertainment venue following years of neglect and destruction.
The contemporary design is part of a larger, full-block multi-use
development that now features sleek, steel acoustical panels
that are laser cut with an organic design, evoking the garden that
once lled the space between the street, building, and theater.
Also on the Building Team: Quinn Evans Architects (AOR), Artisan
Consulting Engineers (SE), Strategic Energy Solution (MEP),
Illuminart (lighting), and The Monahan Company (GC).
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CASEY DUNN
NEW RESIDENTIAL AND DINING COMMONS

AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
The $122 million Residential and Dining Commons at Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, provides 1,250 beds in ve residence
halls, a 500-seat dining commons, and an 800-car parking structure.
KSQ Architects detailed the Georgian-style design with high-quality
materials such as slate roong, brick, and high-performance glazing.
The dining hall has a two-story dome with electrochromic glass.
The residential halls feature faculty-in-residence space, classrooms,
and seminar rooms. Others on the Building Team: Raymond L.
Goldstein Jr. Inc. (SE, CE), Purdy McGuire (MEP), Envision Strategies
(food service planning), Chris Miller (landscape), Deshazo Group
(parking consultant), Eslick Design Associates (waynding/graphics),
CCM Construction Services (cost estimating), and The Beck Group
(construction manager).
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONALS STEMPEL CENTER

USES EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN DESIGN
The Robert Stempel Complex at Florida International University is
home to a number of academic and research programsincluding
the International Hurricane Research Center, the Robert Stempel
College of Public Health and Social Work, and clinical labs in
Earth and Environment studiesthat form FIUs Extreme Event
Institute. The 119,000-sf facility, designed by Perkins+Will, was
inspired by natural phenomena, such as hurricanes, earthquakes,
and tsunamis. It will provide data to a number of federal agencies,
notably the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The LEED Goldregistered building was built by construction
manager Skanska USA around an oval-shaped courtyard to create
daylighting on all interior spaces. The plan for the $31.7 million
complex allows for maximum exibility and internal reconguration
and enhances building and pedestrian cross-circulation.
INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY ARTS CENTER

SOLIDIFIES CAMBRIDGES PORTER SQUARE
Bruner/Cott Architects and Planners led a multidisciplinary Building
Team in the completion of the 74,000-sf Lunder Arts Center at Lesley
University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, Mass. The $46
million building anchors the new arts district in the citys Porter Square.
The design called for the North Prospect Congregational Church,
built in 1845, to be combined with a new structure, which involved
picking up the church and moving it to the new location. The new
structure features galleries, studios, and art-making spaces for new
and traditional media. The facility is open to the community and hosts
exhibitions, lectures, conferences, and symposia. Anticipating LEED
Gold certication, the complex uses 40% less energy than a building
designed to the current energy code. Also on the Building Team: Souza,
True & Partners (SE), BSC Group (CE), Van Zelm Heywood & Shadford
(MEP), Richard Burck Associates (landscape architect), and John
Moriarty & Associates (CM).
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NET-ZERO LIBRARY OFFERS LESSONS IN

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
WRNS Studio unveiled the new 6,300-sf Stevens Library at Sacred
Heart Schools, Atherton, Calif. The facility earned Net Zero Energy
Building Certication from the International Living Future Institute.
The design incorporates a photovoltaic system, solar tubes to maximize daylighting, daylight-monitoring systems, lighting occupancy
sensors, and a high-efciency mechanical system. Signage highlights PV capture, energy usage, and daily trends for students. The
high-performance envelope uses continuous rigid exterior insulation.
Rainwater management and graywater waste treatment systems are
visible to students. Other Building Team members: Hohbach-Lewin
(SE), Sherwood Design Engineers (CE), Interface Engineering (MEP),
Bellinger Foster Steinmetz Landscape Architecture, and Herrero
Contractors (CM).
CHICAGOS CENTER FOR ADVANCED CARE

FEATURES WINDING CIRCULATION SPINE
The $100 million Center for Advanced Care at Advocate Illinois
Masonic Medical Center brings a new 164,000-sf outpatient facility
to Chicagos Lakeview neighborhood. Designed by SmithGroupJJR,
the three-story center will offer care to up to 20,000 patients a year.
A sweeping, curved glass faade on the south elevation is integrated
with a passive sunshade system. At street level, the glass atrium,
lobby, and reception area accentuate the facilitys main entrance.
The master plan also provides a community garden in a 21,000-sf
park that runs along the back of the building, with pathways and
outdoor benches for patients and visitors to make use of throughout
the year. The facility is targeting LEED-NC Silver certication. Also
on the Building Team: Thornton Tomasetti (SE), KJWW Engineering
Consultants (MEP), and Turner Construction Company (GC).
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CARVED METAL ROOF, HIGH-GLOSS

PANELS GIVE ROCKET MAN GAS
STATION A SINGULAR LOOK
The Ricky Rockets Fuel Center in Hoffman Estates, Ill.,
is a 8,200-sf high-tech car wash, convenience store,
food outlet, and fuel service stop that features a signature rocket man
statue on top of the structure. Two-inch Flush Panels in bright yellow
and red fascia and soft panels nished with a high-gloss acrylic paint
give the building something of a local celebrity status. The roof of the
fuel center is protected by 3,700 sf of Petersen Aluminums Tite-Lock
Plus and Snap-On Panels. The 24-gauge, 16-inch panels were nished
in PAC-CLAD Cityscape Cool Color. Much of the roof is low slope and
used the Tite-Lock Panels in curved lengths of about 55 feet.
Petersen Aluminum
STEEL RAILINGS ADD MODERN TOUCH

IN CALIFORNIAS WINE COUNTRY
SHED, a market, cafe, and community gathering space in northern Sonoma
County, Calif., mixes modern and traditional design to celebrate the land, farming,
food, art, and culture of the region. CableRail stainless steel cables and ttings
by Feeney, Inc. were specied for interior and exterior railings to improve the
buildings sustainability. The stainless steel in the railings contains pre- and postconsumer reclaimed material that is strong, lightweight, low-maintenance, and
recyclable. The railing includes 1/8-inch-diameter Standard CableRail Assemblies,
with Threaded Terminal and self-locking Quick-Connect ttings for the horizontal cable runs, and custom-made cable assemblies with Fixed Lock Toggle and
Threaded Terminal ttings for the vertical cables. The horizontal and vertical cables
are tied together with Feeney Micro-Cross Clamps to create an open grid.
Feeney, Inc.
RUBBER FLOORS PAST THE TEST AT

DALLAS NEW PARKLAND HOSPITAL
Searching for a durable, low-maintenance ooring solution for the massive new Parkland Hospital in Dallas, the Building Team tested several
products in mock-up spaces. noraplan environcare emerged a clear
winner, resisting potential damage caused by heavy foot trafc and
common chemicals, including methylene blue, iodine, and betadine.
Rubber is a great t for healthcare, as it doesnt require the same
kind of maintenance that you have for some of the vinyl products; it
is wax-free, said Robyn Roleofs, Senior Interior Designer with HDR +
Corgan. Its also naturally antimicrobial, quieter than many other ooring products, and supports good ergonomicskey for medical staffs
that spend 12-hour shifts on their feet, added Roleofs.
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LIGHTING SYSTEM AIMS TO IMPROVE

CAMPUS AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va., used nearly 300 wireless
occupancy/vacancy sensors from Lutron Electronics
Quantum Total Light Management system in the new Jerry
Falwell Library as part of a $500 million campus rebuilding
plan. Vacancy sensors from Lutrons Quantum Vue line were
installed throughout two residential commons. Lighting and
shade-control systems were placed in the Science Hall, LaHaye
Student Union, and DeMoss Student Center. The Lutron
systems will give the university the opportunity to analyze
lighting use while future-proong the system.
Lutron Electronics, Inc.

LOW-IRON WINDOWS PROTECT EXHIBITS

AT NYCS WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
Renzo Piano, architect for the Whitney Museum of American Arts new building,
wanted pedestrians on the citys High Line elevated park to be able to see through
the windows to the Hudson River on the other side. To accomplish this, he turned
to Vetrotech custom-fabricated Contraam 60 IGU windows. The windows have
several layers of laminated glass, re-resistive intumescent interlayers, and an
insulating airspace, along with a PVB laminate lm that blocks UV radiation and
protects the exhibits. Each window features SGG Diamant low-iron glass to avoid
color clarity problems. Glass specications required a light transmittance of at
least 65%, a U-value of 0.25 Btu/hr/sf, a solar heat gain coefcient of 0.39 or
more, and a color-rendering index of 97 or better. The Contraam 60 IGU windows
met the requirements without compromising the integrity of the precious artwork.
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN PROVIDENCE

BENEFITS FROM NEW ROOF WARRANTY
Firestone Building Products was tasked with restoring the roof of
the Providence (R.I.) Federal Courthouse, which involved singlesource, 30-year warranties for the selected EPDM, modied
bitumen, and metal roong systems. The new roof also needed
to duplicate the original construction to maintain the longstanding esteem and history of the building. Firestones Platinum
Modied Bitumen system with PC-100 AcryliTop coating, the
Platinum 90-mil EPDM system, and the Batten Seam Copper
Roof system with UC-3-2, 20-ounce copper panels and battens
were installed. The UC-3 metal system was created by seaming
the panel 270 degrees and stitching two-inch-wide battens
to the seam in order to duplicate the buildings historic panel
conguration.
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METAL WALL PANELS REJUVENATE

TECH-DRIVEN CAMPUS IN TORONTO
Torontos Centennial College Ashtonbee
Campus underwent a renovation to t its
technology-driven nature. This included the
installation of 26,000 sf of stainless steel
Tapered Series and standard Dri-Design
Wall Panels. The Tapered Series panels have
a two-inch depth variation at either side.
When combined with the at-panel prole,
the variations create ve different panel sizes
that reveal a shifting pattern and a playful

reection of light. The wall panels are brushed
stainless steel; the library soft is polished
stainless steel. The combination creates what
is called the Kaleidoscopic Campus Gateway,
and picks up the movement of people and
cars as patterns of color and light.
Dri-Design
CASTLE IN AUSTRIA
USES RETRACTABLE
FABRIC UMBRELLAS
FOR EVENT SPACE
Circle 770
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Acoustics by Design............................................... 36
Acoustics Research Council .................................. 36
Acumen Design ...................................................... 55
AECOM................................................................... 37
American Institute of Steel Construction ............... 48
American Iron and Steel Institute ........................... 48
American Wood Council......................................... 18
Anslow Bryant Construction .................................. 55
Anthony Hunt Associates ....................................... 51
Arcadis.................................................................... 10
Artisan Consulting Engineers ................................. 55
Arup ........................................................................ 36
ASHRAE ................................................................. 18
Bala Consulting ...................................................... 21
Beck Group, The .................................................... 56
BET Engineering Consultants ................................ 54
Blackney Hayes Architects .................................... 21
Brockwell & Carrington .......................................... 21
Brookings Institution, The ...................................... 26
Bruner/Cott Architects and Planners ..................... 56
BSC Group ............................................................. 56
Buro Happold ......................................................... 49
Cambridge Construction Management.................. 21
Canadian Institute of Steel Construction ............... 51
Case ....................................................................... 42
CBRE Group ........................................................... 26
CCM Construction Services................................... 56
CE Solutions Structural Engineers ......................... 48
Cerami & Associates .............................................. 40
Clark Construction Group ...................................... 49
Cloward H20 .......................................................... 20
CO Architects ......................................................... 22
Collaborative Engineering Group ........................... 55
Consulting Engineers Collaborative ....................... 54
Corgan Associates ................................................. 35
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ......... 18
Crescent Heights .................................................... 21
Deshazo Group ...................................................... 56
Diller Scofidio + Renfro .......................................... 52
Domingo Gonzalez Associates .............................. 54
Donahue/Herceg & Associates .............................. 48
DPR Construction ............................................ 22, 37
E&H Steel Corp. ..................................................... 47
ECRI ....................................................................... 39
Environmental Systems Design.............................. 30
Envision Strategies ................................................. 56
Eslick Design Associates ....................................... 56
exp.......................................................................... 22
Facilities Guidelines Institute.................................. 37
Faithful+Gould ........................................................ 36
Foster+Partners ...................................................... 51
Foursquare ............................................................. 42
Gensler ............................................................. 25, 36
Getty Foundation.................................................... 18
Gibraltar Construction ............................................ 52
Gilbane ................................................................... 14
Goettsch Partners .................................................. 48
Green Business Certification Inc. ........................... 18
Hacin + Associates ................................................ 26
HDR .................................................................. 35, 43
HGA Architects ...................................................... 35
HKS ........................................................................ 23
HOK .................................................................. 31, 49
Human Condition ................................................... 43
Jacobs .............................................................. 39, 54
JAHN ...................................................................... 51
Jensen Design & Survey ........................................ 54
John Moriarty & Associates ................................... 56

KGBE ...................................................................... 20
Kimley-Horn ........................................................... 22
KPFF Consulting Engineers ................................... 22
KSQ Architects ....................................................... 56
Land Collective....................................................... 52
Leo A Daly .............................................................. 54
Levy Architects ....................................................... 20
Magnusson Klemencic Associates ........................ 48
McIntosh Poris Associates..................................... 55
MetroNational ......................................................... 55
Mia Lehrer + Associates......................................... 54
Monahan Company, The ........................................ 55
MPP ........................................................................ 21
Nabih Youssef Associates ...................................... 54
National Fire Protection Agency ............................ 18
NBBJ ..................................................................... 37
ODonnell Investments ........................................... 48
Office of James Burnett, The ................................. 55
Olin Studio, The...................................................... 52
Oppenheim Architecture ........................................ 21
Parsons Brinckerhoff .............................................. 49
Perkins+Will ................................................20, 37, 56
Project for Public Spaces....................................... 30
Purdy McGuire ....................................................... 56
Quinn Evans Architects .......................................... 55
Raymond L. Goldstein Jr. Inc. ................................ 56
RCG Longview ....................................................... 28
Richard Burck Associates ...................................... 56
Rios Clementi Hale Studios ................................... 22
RMF Engineering .................................................... 22
Robins & Morton .................................................... 36
Rogers-OBrien Construction ................................. 43
Ross Barney Architects .......................................... 51
Rossetti ................................................................. 20
S&K Engineers........................................................ 54
Santiago Calatrava Architects and Engineers........ 47
Skanska USA ................................................... 22, 56
Souza, True & Partners........................................... 56
SRG Partnership .................................................... 22
Stalco Construction .............................................. 54
Stanley Saitowitz .................................................... 23
Steffian Bradley Architects & Planners .................. 35
Stern & Associates ................................................. 21
Stewart ................................................................... 22
Strada ..................................................................... 28
Strategic Energy Solution....................................... 55
Structures ............................................................... 20
Studio RED Architects............................................ 55
STV Group .............................................................. 49
T.Y. Lin International ............................................... 51
Thornton Tomasetti ................................................ 48
TRO JB ................................................................... 35
Turner Construction ......................................... 35, 43
U.S. Green Building Council .................................. 18
Urbahn Architects .................................................. 54
Van Zelm Heywood & Shadford ............................. 56
Vanderweil Engineers ............................................ 54
Vantage Property Investors .................................... 25
Walnut Capital ........................................................ 28
Walter P Moore....................................................... 48
Wavegarden............................................................ 20
Westport Construction ........................................... 54
WeWork .................................................................. 43
Wexford Science + Technology.............................. 25
White Construction................................................. 20
WHR Architects ...................................................... 22
WXY ........................................................................ 30
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