Building Design
- Single-family starts to be strong through summer! May 21, 2018The launch of a new industry indicator. The Residential Design Index (RDIndex) is showing strong growth in all areas of single family home design. According to the industry survey, launched this week, 63% of the respondents are reporting an increase in new inquiries over the past 30-day period and 53% report an increase in current […]AIBD_admin
- Title “Certified Professional Building Designer” Threatened! May 11, 2018Proposed legislation at the Louisiana State House effectively eliminating the title “Certified Professional Building Designer” reached the Senate last week. As well as affecting CPBDs, it also includes candidates and applicants for the CPBD designation. Although there are none in the state yet, it would have also put the AIBD’s newly launched “Certified Residential BIM […]AIBD_admin
- How often should you (the individual) do your taxes? April 26, 2018April is a busy month for many procrastinators, everywhere. Get all your income and expenses organized. File an extension for your taxes. You might have forgotten step 2 and now you need to know what to do. Now it’s time to look to the future. You’re organized now and you’ve got last year’s taxes out […]AIBD_admin
Building Construction Materials
- Mitochondrial medicine in the omics era June 22, 2018Publication date: 23–29 June 2018 Source:The Lancet, Volume 391, Issue 10139 Author(s): Joyeeta Rahman, Shamima Rahman Mitochondria are dynamic bioenergetic organelles whose maintenance requires around 1500 proteins from two genomes. Mutations in either the mitochondrial or nuclear genome can disrupt a plethora of cellular metabolic and homoeostatic functions. Mitochondrial diseases represent one of the most […]
- Offline: NCDs, WHO, and the neoliberal utopia June 22, 2018Publication date: 16–22 June 2018 Source:The Lancet, Volume 391, Issue 10138 Author(s): Richard Horton