Friday5 - July 26, 2019 - MillerClapperton

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07-26-19 info@millerclapperton.com tel: 770-941-8281

IN THIS WEEK’S FRIDAY5

Architectural Record’s Top 300 Firms list ranks companies by their architectural revenue from the prior year, as reported to Engineering News-Record (Record’s sister publication) by firms that choose to participate. Topping this year’s list and for the eighth year running is Gensler, who has work in more than 100 countries and had a 13 percent increase in architectural revenue compared to 2017. Perkins+Will ranked second, followed by Jacobs who ranked third by jumping ahead one place from the previous year. Click the button below for the complete list of firms.

Location: Nashville, TN
Product: Alucobond Plus (MCM), PAC-CLAD (PSS),
Equitone (FC), Metl-Span (IM), Facades United (BS)
General Contractor: Yates Construction
Architect: HKS and Rockwell Group

W Nashville is the newest addition of W Hotels Worldwide, which is part of Marriott International. The 16-story, 400,000 square-foot hotel will enhance the live-work-play atmosphere of The Gulch by fusing design, fashion, and music in a way that differentiates the property from any other in the Nashville market.

The property will house 346 guestrooms including 50 suites among several upscale amenities such as a gym with yoga lawn, a 9,700 square-foot swimming pool deck with cabanas, and a modern rooftop bar. For the project, MillerClapperton is fabricating and installing 9,753 square feet of Metal Composite Material, 6,053 square feet of Profiled Single Skin, 40,922 square feet of Fiber Cement, 3,950 square feet of Insulated Metal, and 2,726 square feet of Plate Aluminum, in addition to BladeScreens.

According to the National Weather Service, June was the world’s hottest on record and July could be the hottest month ever recorded on earth. So, how is the rise in temperature affecting construction companies? Beyond hard costs for the construction industry, heat waves, which are becoming longer and more frequent, may become a factor for increasing incidents of heat-related illnesses on job sites.

A new forecast from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) expects spending on nonresidential building construction to increase almost four percent this year and more than two percent in 2020. Predictions are largely unchanged from earlier this year. While some individual construction sectors are projected to see declines over the next 18 months, overall building construction activity will continue to expand.

Team Member: Sean
Position: IT
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