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January/February 2012 Issue

Feature Article

   • How to Prevent Buildings from Leaking!
   • New Gilbane Construction Industry Economic Report Foresees Ongoing Industry Challenges
   The Construction Market Landscape
   Three Trends that are Changing Preconstruction

September/October 2011 Issue

Feature Article

   • Pre-Engineered Building Works for Multi-Purpose Center
   • Greenbrier Middle School a Model of Good Design
   • High-Performance Glass for High-Performance Schools

July/August 2011 Issue

Feature Article

   • Tenant Build-Outs Going Strong
   • Construction Backlog Grows 4 Percent in First Quarter of 2011
   • First Things First… The Importance Of The Building Envelope

May/June 2011 Issue

Feature Article

   • Disadvantaged Phoenix Students First To Receive Green Schoolhouses From The Green Schoolhouse Series

March/April 2011 Issue

Feature Article

   • Bioscience and Research Facility Design Trends

January/February 2011 Issue

Feature Article

   • Striking a Winning Balance: Can You Overprotect Your Building?
   • Benchmark Estimating Introduces Custom Product Integration With On Center Software
      Integrated Software Solution For Takeoffs and Estimating

   • Construction Spending Rises 0.4 Percent In November For Third Straight Gain, But
      Industry Remains "Fragile," Says AGC Chief Economist

November/December 2010 Issue

Feature Article

   • What Does a Smart Grid Mean to You and Me?
   • Beautiful, Durable, and Affordable: Decorative Concrete
   • The Future of Energy Star® and LEED® For Multifamily Housing Changes are Coming, Part One
   • DC&D Technologies, Inc. Announces the Formation of a Strategic Alliance with Eos Group, Inc.
   • Straw Bales as a Building Material

September/October 2010 Issue

Feature Article

   • Measure Twice, Cut Once
   • Three Popular Bond Forms Updated by AIA
   • BELDEN BRICK CELEBRATES 125 YEARS OF QUALITY

July/August 2010 Issue

Feature Article

   • New Standard Form Multi-Party Agreement – Good for Project Behavior
   • Cradle to Cradle Certification by MBDC

May/June 2010 Issue

Feature Article

   • You Want How Much for That Change Order?!
   • KEY TO PROJECT SUCCESS - PROJECT PARTNERING
   • Preliminary Cost Estimating Online
   • Continued Upward Trend in Architecture Billings Index

March/April 2010 Issue

Feature Article

   • Leading With Marketing

January/February 2010 Issue

Feature Article

   • Knowing How to Measure a Green Building can Help Sell Renewable Energy
   • The Attempted Engineering of Architecture Safeguarding the Public? Or Expanding Market Share?

November/December 2009 Issue

Feature Article

   • Update to Estimating Projects Seeking LEED® Certification
      “Four years and what have estimators learned?”

   • States Starting to Require Architects and Contractors to Design and Construct
      Public Buildings to Achieve LEED Silver Certification

September/October 2009 Issue

Feature Article

    • AIA Contract Documents: The Best Option
    • Corporate Online Social Media Policies: A Necessity in Today’s Business Environment
    • Four Ways to Pre-Qualify the Quality of Roof Systems
    • Riverbend Elementary School – a Model for Energy Self-Reliance

July/August 2009 Issue

Feature Article

    • Best Estimate Challenge Winner:
          The Northern Arizona University Union Dining Hall
          by Kinney Construction Services

    • Best Estimate Challenge Runner Up:
          The Westin Book Cadillac Hotel Restoration
          by Marous Brothers Construction And Jenkins Construction

May/June 2009 Issue

Feature Article

    • Beloved Industry Icon
        Arthur F. O’Leary FAIA, MRIAI
        1924 – 2009

    • Building Information Modeling......A Natural Progression Of Technology

March/April 2009 Issue

Feature Article

   • Red Goes Green
      Sustainable Design Becomes Part of Triage for Fire and Rescue Stations

   • Attention DCD Subscribers
      New Enhanced Online Functionality With All DCD Subscriptions

February 2009

Bonus
Article

   • Enhanced Online Conceptual Estimating Functionality coming to DCD.COM
   • “The Up Side of A Slow Economy & How It Can Improve Your Estimating Department”

January/February 2009 Issue

Feature Article

   • School Security Post-Columbine:
   • DLR Group Delivers Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse, a New Paradigm in Courthouse Design

   • Field Testing Dampens Leak Problems

November/December 2008 Issue

Feature Article

   • Oak Park Public Works Building Striving for LEED Silver

September/October 2008 Issue

Feature Article

   • Claims: If I Can’t Avoid Them, How Can I Get Through Them Unscathed?
   • The Anatomy of a Perfect Bid
      DCD, Industry Associations Announce Best Project Estimate Challenge

August 2008

Bonus
Article

   • How High Performance, Energy-Saving Glass and the LEED Certification
      Process Can Maximize the Potential of Green Construction & Renovation

July/August 2008 Issue

Feature Article

   • Versatile Construction Software Integrates Systems to Maximize Efficiency, Profits

May/June 2008 Issue

Feature Article

   • Modular Building: The Time and Cost Efficient Approach to Construction

March/April 2008 Issue

Feature Article

   • A Prescription for Healthier Health Care

January/February 2008 Issue

Feature Article

   • From Eyesore to Opportunity: Adapting an Older Building for a New Use
   • Cost Estimators Say It With Numbers

November/December 2007 Issue

Feature Article

   • Convincing the Owner to go LEED®

September/October 2007 Issue

Feature Article

   • Building Information Modeling Takes Architectural Design to a New Dimension
  
How to Take Advantage of the Housing Slow Down

May/June 2007 Issue

Feature Article

   • Electronic Plan Rooms Becoming More Widely Accepted 

March/April 2007 Issue

Feature Article

   • Reduce Costs and Build Greener with Innovative Building Systems & Products

January/February 2007 Issue

Feature Article

   • Saving Time and Money with Adaptive Re-Use Projects

November/December 2006 Issue

Feature Article

    • Do Green Design Strategies Really Cost More?
  
• Is Sustainable Design Sustainable?
   • High-Performance Roofing: The Next Stage in Design/Cost Standards for Commercial Roofing

September/October 2006 Issue

Feature Article

    • How to Hire a How to Hire a Project Management Firm
  
• The Metal Building Sq. Ft. Cost Revue by DCD

May/June 2006 Issue

Feature Article

   • Building Owners Could Soon Face Fenestration Surcharges
Despite Industry & Committee Opposition, NFRC Board Appears to be Moving Forward With Nonresidential Testing and Certification Program

March/April 2006 Issue

Feature Article

   • Architecture Primer: How Understanding Basic Theory Creates Success

January/February 2006 Issue

Feature Article

   • 2006 Poised to be the Best Year for Nonresidential Construction Since 2000
   • How Big Do You Need to Be to Use the ‘Big Boy’ Software?

November/December 2005 Issue

Feature Article

   • Sustainable Design – The Right Thing to Do
   • Specify “Green” and Realize Big Life-Cycle Savings with Cool Roofing
   • Proper Soil Selection For Garden Roofs: A Primer
   • Past, Present and Future Converge to Ride the Rapids at Transit Facility
   • The Cost of Leed Certification
      What budget advice can estimators provide to their Clients for going green?

September/October 2005 Issue

Feature Article

   • Additional Costs Because of Code Policing?
     Get Out Your Checkbook!
     More Consultant/Inspectors On The Way.

May/June 2005 Issue

Feature Article

   • Insulating Concrete Forms Defined

May/June 2004 Issue

Feature Article

   • MOISTURE AND MOLD ISSUES RELEVANT TO INSTALLATIONS OF CERAMIC AND STONE TILE
   • 2004 TILT-UP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS REPRESENT TECHNICALLY INNOVATIVE AND UNIQUE APPLICATIONS

January/February 2004 Issue

Feature Article

   • Putting an End to the Tragic Equation Codes Seek to Improve Emergency Exit Visibility

March/April 2003 Issue

Feature Article

   • DCD Magazine To Open Its Archives To Subscribers

January/February 2003 Issue

Feature Article

   • Renovation And Adaptive Reuse... A Smart Alternative

November/December 2002 Issue

Feature Article

   • Sustaining The Momentum: The Search for Sustainable Roofing

May/June 2002 Issue

Feature Article

   • A Chicken In Every Pot And A Safe Room In Every Home

January/February 2002 Issue

Feature Article

   • Continuing Education And Certification Grows Throughout The Industry

September/October 2001 Issue

Feature Article

   • Tilt-up Growth Continues Due to Speed of Delivery, Cost-Effectiveness and Increased Acceptance
   • Green Light For the Future

July/August 2001 Issue

Feature Article

   • Specifying Concrete Underslab Vapor Retarders

January/February 2001 Issue

Feature Article

   • Hardening High-Tech Hotels




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