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January/February
2001 |
Arthur O'Leary
The Architect’s Pivotal Role in the Resolution of Construction Claims and Disputes
Construction progress can easily become mired in controversy. The parties involved can rapidly lose incentive for cooperation when unresolved disputes interfere with friendly business relationships. Lingering claims and festering dissatisfactions worsen when they are not dealt with promptly and fairly. The sooner claims and disputes can be resolved, the sooner those wasted energies can be channeled back into more productive pursuits.
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Building Products Revue
Avian Forest Segmental Retaining Wall/Bridge
In Bellevue, Nebraska, a property owner held a desirable parcel of land in the Avian Forest offering a view of the Missouri River as well as the beauty of Fontennelle Forest. The problem, however, was that a ravine separated the proposed development from the city streets, allowing access for potential buyers. What was the developer to do?
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DCD
Insights
Hardening High-Tech Hotels
By Wayne Hampton, CSI
With stealth-like secrecy fast-track fortresses are being built across the global landscape that have become the nerve center for the new economy. These "Tech Hotels" or Data Centers, as they are known, have become an integral and vital part of the global fiber-optic grid and wired world of telecommunications that experts now view them as the "factories" for the new age of information. The convergence of information and security has given rise to a whole new paradigm challenge for design professionals.
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| Case Studies Case Studies Archive |
File: Civic
• Roseville Police Facility
Roseville, California
• Madison Branch Library
Madison, Tennessee
File: Commercial
• Q-Stop Connoco
Troy, Missouri
• Emerald Square Mall Parking Garage
North Attleboro, Massachusetts
File: Educational
• New School of Management, Delaware State University
Mesa, Arizona
• Oak Mountain High School
Shelby County, Alabama
• Dillard Drive Middle & Elementary School
Raleigh, North Carolina
• Paul A. Elsner Library & High Technology Complex and Life Science Building, Mesa Community College
Mesa, Arizona
File: Medical
• Greene Memorial Hospital Beavercreek Campus
ASU/MOB
Beavercreek, Ohio
• Bartow Memorial Hospital
Bartow, Florida
File: Office
• Foothills Corporate Center
Tucson, Arizona
File: Recreational
• Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
File: Religious
• St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church
Hawaiian Gardens, California
• Addition To Immanuel Lutheran Church
Powell, Wyoming
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