Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 8, 2017
As you consider what’s “in” and what’s “out” in 2017, within the realm of green building, Passive House is in. You can come up to speed quickly at the North American Passive House Network annual convention on October 4-8, 2017 in Oakland, California. Information is available from events@psssivehousecal.org.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 25, 2021
Life Cycle Costing as an Important Contribution to Feasibility Study Construction Projects. Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004. Eric Korpi, & Timo Ala?Risku. Life cycle costing: a review of published case studies. Heralova, R. Procedia Engineering. Janz, D., & Westkämper, E. Design to Life Cycle by Value-Oriented Life Cycle Costing.
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Construction Equipment
MARCH 7, 2017
Construction technology entered a new era this week when the first-ever, fully functional, full size 3D-printed excavator was unveiled at Conexpo 2017 in Las Vegas. The excavator is a prototype what is possible in large-scale additive materials (AM) technologies and proved the feasibility of printing with metal alloys.
Green Building Law Update
MAY 29, 2016
Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017. Note, California law already requires most new construction to have 15% of the rooftop “solar ready.”.
Green Building Law Update
MAY 29, 2016
Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017. Note, California law already requires most new construction to have 15% of the rooftop “solar ready.”.
Construction Junkie
JULY 20, 2020
OSHA also concluded that the new 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) PEL of µg/m3 reduced this significant risk to the maximum extent feasible. OSHA has evidence that beryllium exposure in construction and shipyards occurs almost exclusively during abrasive blasting and welding operations.
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 6, 2017
But after three years of preliminary planning, in 2017 there’s been a burst of activity at the six drone-testing sites, and one of them (hint: it’s in the highest-density air corridor) appears to have surged into the lead. Or, to put it in drone-speak, we’re putting the UTM before the Mobile Skylight.
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