By Heidi Schwartz, on October 31, 2005, at 8:25 am The Horizon Awards Voting Academy released the final nominees vying for top honors at the 2005 Horizon Awards for Sports Business, the nation’s only national recognition forum celebrating excellence in sports business.
“This was another very strong year for submissions,” says Dave St. Peter, president of the Minnesota Twins and Voting Academy member. “I don’t envy our position. Selecting overall winners will be very difficult. There’s a lot of cutting-edge work being done, and I think this nominee list is a great example.”
Best New Sports Facility NomineesThe best sports-use facility that showcased significant progress in design, development, construction
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By Heidi Schwartz, on October 31, 2005, at 8:19 am The American Institute of Architects (AIA) officially introduced the Architecture Billings Index (ABI), based on the results of a monthly “Work-on-the-Boards” survey of U.S. architecture firms. Accounting for 8% of Gross Domestic Product, construction activity typically follows billings for architectural services by approximately six months.
Billings at architecture firms in September made their largest monthly gain since 1998, generating a score of 60.5 on the ABI (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings at architecture firms), following a score of 55.9 in August. Recent increases in design activity expect to translate into similar increases in construction activity
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By Heidi Schwartz, on October 31, 2005, at 8:14 am The U.S Green Building Council (USGBC), together with the Enterprise Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the Trust for Public Land and others have announced initiatives and ideas designed to assist in the rebuilding efforts of the Gulf Coast communities ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The immediate opportunity that presents itself is during the Council’s annual 2005 Greenbuild Conference & Expo, which will be held in Atlanta on November 9-11, 2005.
Greenbuild attendees, many of whom represent chapters and other USGBC organization members, have expressed an interest in helping with rebuilding in the aftermath of the hurricane. Charrettes with
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By Heidi Schwartz, on October 28, 2005, at 6:52 am Next week, the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) will convene its annual conference at the Northwest Georgia Trade Convention Center. The conference will begin at 2 p.m. on November 2, and will feature Simon van de Vrande, president of the European Carpet Rug Association as the keynote speaker.
This year’s conference will also be highlighted by the presence of former NASA astronaut Robert Springer, who flew missions aboard both the space shuttles Discovery and Atlantis prior to his retirement. Springer’s participation is part of the on going relationship CRI and NASA have cultivated following the transfer of space technology
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By Heidi Schwartz, on October 28, 2005, at 6:46 am The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is joining with rescue personnel in asking people to program on their cell phones’ address book ‘In Case of Emergency’ (ICE) contacts as a way to easily reach a family member or emergency contact should an illness or accident render one unconscious. In conjunction with this announcement, ASSE will be distributing to thousands of its members ICE information including a power point presentation describing how and why this can be done.
“With over 190 million people in the U.S. with cell phones and even more worldwide, ICE can help emergency personnel
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