Sickened Employees at Kimley-Horn Lead to Multimillion Dollar Rent Dispute

Sickened Employees at Kimley-Horn Lead to Multimillion Dollar Rent Dispute

Last month Kimley-Horn employees returned to their customary desks in a Reston, Va. office building, certain now that the indoor air pollutants they believe had sickened about half of them had fallen back to safe levels. What’s left of the health scare and temporary relocation of more than 200 employees is a multimillion dollar lawsuit…

Skanska Tops Out $65M North Carolina State Laboratory Project

Skanska Tops Out $65M North Carolina State Laboratory Project

Skanska has topped out a $65-million renovation and expansion project at the North Carolina Dept. of Environmental Quality’s Reedy Creek Laboratory in Raleigh. Totaling 86,000 sq ft, the project aims to enhance research capabilities and optimize workflows at the 35-year-old facility, which currently houses labs serving the agency’s Air Quality and Water Resources divisions. DEQ’s…

ENR Texas & Southeast’s Excellence in Safety, Sustainability Awards Announced

ENR Texas & Southeast’s Excellence in Safety, Sustainability Awards Announced

ENR Texas & Southeast’s 2025 Best Projects Awards events are coming up quickly. So far, we’ve announced nearly 40 Best Projects award winners for both the ENR Texas & Louisiana event, as well as for ENR Southeast event. We hope members of all of the winning teams are making plans to attend the respective events…

California lawmakers pass bill to expand manufacturing decarbonization projects

California lawmakers pass bill to expand manufacturing decarbonization projects

Dive Brief: The California Legislature on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would provide financing for manufacturers looking to adopt thermal energy storage systems and heat pumps for their operations. AB 1280, introduced by Democratic Assembly member Robert Garcia, would expand the types of decarbonization projects considered eligible for financial incentives under programs like the…

Ten projects named as 2025 Urban land Institute Europe Awards for Excellence finalists    

Ten projects named as 2025 Urban land Institute Europe Awards for Excellence finalists    

Ten projects from eight countries across the EMEA region have been announced as the finalists in the sixth annual Urban Land Institute Europe Awards for Excellence, which recognise exemplar projects and programmes in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. This year’s finalists comprise cutting edge refurbishment, restoration and new build projects, and include residential, healthcare,…

More than Locking Doors: How Access Control Data Can Support Facilities Managers

More than Locking Doors: How Access Control Data Can Support Facilities Managers

While most facilities managers view access control as a security necessity, forward-thinking managers are discovering it’s a powerful operational asset. Today’s smart access control platforms deliver measurable return on investment (ROI) beyond security, from reducing administrative overhead and automating compliance reporting to optimizing space utilization. Let’s look at three broad capabilities that facilities managers can…