Category: reconstruction
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High-Rise Hotel Reinvented as Tallest Dorm Globally
Continuing an unbroken track record of major speed-to-market successes, construction leader and expert in adaptive reuse BDB Construction Enterprise has announced its transformation of a high-rise hotel into new student residences in New York’s Financial District. The tower at 99 Washington Street — formerly a 492-key hotel recognized as the Holiday Inn flag’s tallest worldwide…
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Opinion: Marking 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina
My first visit to New Orleans was four years after Hurricane Katrina, and 3 years after I left Iraq for the second time. Having been a part of large-scale reconstruction and rehabilitation programs as an active-duty military officer and as a federal civilian overseas, I was eager to help at home and support the New…