The project updates key visitor areas while reinforcing the museum’s interdisciplinary approach. See the details here.

Put your construction know-how to the test with this week’s Building Blocks puzzle from The Construction Specifier. Can you ...

“Revolving Voices” sits at the edge of the New York City Public Housing development, next to the Astoria waterfront and ferry ...

BIM coordination helps architects, engineers, and trade partners align architectural, structural, and MEP systems from ...

Put your construction knowledge to the test with the first edition of Building Blocks, The Construction Specifier’s new word game.

Joints formed between adjacent concrete pours and where mechanical elements penetrate the concrete are the most likely points of water ingress into below-grade concrete structures. To prevent this ...

Many new water-resistive barrier (WRB) products are being introduced, including liquid-applied membranes. These new products join traditional wraps, self-adhered membranes, felts, and building paper, ...

The words ‘errors and omissions’ (E & O) are practically taboo in architectural circles and are rarely spoken—even in private conversations between architects, engineers, and their professional ...

Wood-framed balconies experience a high rate of failure: leaks, visible damage on the finishes below, and, worst of all, concealed structural damage from continued water migration. By the time ...

Coastal areas are beautiful locations for commercial and residential buildings, but also pose the greatest challenges in protecting exterior-facing architectural aluminum products from corrosion.

Advantages in economics, ease of construction, and an abundance of proprietary wall systems have increased the popularity of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls. The contract delivery methods ...

When specifying electrified hardware for an access control system, there is often confusion about which code requirements to follow and which system components are needed. For example, one set of ...