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PRECAST CONCRETE FRAMING SYSTEMS Focusing on structural engineering issues involved in the repair, restoration, or adaptive reuse of older buildings for which drawings no longer exist, this article is the fifth in a series about antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. —Editor
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PREFAB CLAY-TILE AND CONCRETE-BLOCK FRAMING SYSTEMS Focusing on structural engineering issues involved in the repair, restoration, or adaptive reuse of older buildings for which drawings no longer exist, this article is the fourth in a series about antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. —Editor
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More Building and Construction A Stimulus That Could Save Money — New York Times, 2009.1118Long-Vacant Former Mental Hospital Reborn as Mixed-Use Complex — Crain's Detroit Business, 2009.1115 An Extension of More Than the Gold Line — Los Angeles Times, 2009.1114 Nobody Home but Us Gadgets — New York Times, 2009.1113 Builders Downsize the Dream Home — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1113 An Old Queen Elizabeth Theatre Finds Her New Voice — Vancouver Sun, 2009.1113 Cape of New Hope — Financial Times, 2009.1113 London 2012: Power of Design — New Civil Engineer, 2009.1112 Infrastructure Activism — Metropolis, 2009.1112 Constitution Plaza Tower to Feature 12 Stories of Office Space, Rooftop Restaurant — Hartford Courant, 2009.1112 Gap in Leaky Home Funding — Dominion Post, 2009.1111 U-M Law School Receives $10 Million Gift for Building Project — University of Michigan News Service, 2009.1105 Building with Whole Trees — New York Times, 2009.1105 Precast Concrete Framing Systems — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1104 From Abandoned Brewery to Piazza, Philly-Style — New York Times, 2009.1104 Grand Visions for a Faded Bronx Boulevard — New York Times, 2009.1102 DOE Seeks Industry Feedback Regarding R-5 Volume Purchase — DWM Mag, 2009.1102 Stealth by Design — New York Magazine, 2009.1101 Home Building Claws Way Back — Stuff, 2009.1031 New Zealand’S Home-Building Approvals Increase 3.3% — Bloomberg, 2009.1030 Fire Sprinklers Set to Become a Standard Feature in All New Homes — Reuters, 2009.1030 China TV Centre 'Safe' after Fire — BBC News, 2009.1029 Federal Courthouse Opening Delayed — Buffalo News, 2009.1029 Alberta-Developed Straw Panels to Help China's Housing Crisis — Edmonton Journal, 2009.1029 Tall Buildings Council Names Steven Holl's 'Linked Hybrid' Tower the Year's Best Skyscraper — Chicago Tribune, 2009.1029 Wharf Design Contest Fails to Win over Public — New Zealand Herald, 2009.1028 Plans to Rebuild Damaged CCTV Building under Way — Associated Press, 2009.1028 Homebuilding's Crash Is Worsening — Sacramento Bee, 2009.1026 Fewer McMansions on the Horizon — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1026 Homebuilders Still Struggling — The Deal, 2009.1026
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