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USGBC receives funding for LEED for Cities and Communities Program

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Green Building Council (USGBC) received a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America to support the LEED for Cities and Communities Program. The grant provides financial assistance, educational resources, and technical support. USGBC and Bank of America launched the LEED for Cities and Communities grant program with six U.S.

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Omaha, NE To Become One Of The Fastest Broadband Cities In America

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Ultrafast Internet speeds—up to one Gigabit per second (Gbps)—are coming to Greater Omaha, instantly elevating it to one of the fastest broadband cities in America. Other businesses and institutions that could benefit are those in the health care, education, manufacturing and banking sectors.

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Heery International Names Rich Driggs Director of Construction Management

Construction Superintendent Magazine

He comes to Heery from Lend Lease Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and head of Integrated Projects—Americas. He was responsible for business in excess of $1-billion annually and served key clients in the healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, government and commercial markets.

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Achieving aesthetics and energy efficiency with stone wool insulation

Construction Specifier

Photo © ROCKWOOL North America. Maximizing energy efficiency is the order of the day for construction industry professionals across North America, due, in part, to changing codes and a growing contingent of forward-thinking developers, owners, architects, specifiers, and energy consultants. Photo © ROCKWOOL North America.

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Join Viewpoint at BuiltWorlds 2018 Summit

Viewpoint Construction Technology

More than 60 speakers and presenters—including Viewpoint—will share more than 11 hours of groundbreaking educational presentations, panel sessions and more. Those utilizing new platforms could gain considerably from integrating “outside” players; such as second-tier subcontractors, vendors, banks, lenders and others into their inner workflow.

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Job Order Contracting Information

Job Order Contracting

Construction Cost Workbook – 2002 – Conference on the International Comparison Program World Bank. THE HISTORY OF JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – The LEAN Construction Delivery Method – The United States Department of the Army is attributedwith initially developing and deploying Job Order Contracting during the early 1980s.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

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The largest cliff dwelling in North America, Cliff Palace is part of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The property, with massive stone walls, a steeply pitched roof and casement windows, reflects a style of post-medieval architecture found in England, but which was rare in 17th century America. While Washington, D.C.,