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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Over the past few years, this 1.3

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Why Demo When You Can Deconstruct?

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While the obstacles are considerable, the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, offers an example of what’s possible. So he asked the Lifecycle Building Center, an Atlanta store that sells donated materials for reuse, to source as many used two-by-fours as it could get.

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Coating for sustainability

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Innovation is key though, since the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification and the Living Building Challenge (LBC) standards limit the amount of allowable emissions from coatings. So, the core goal of most industrial coatings is sustainability. Regional Priority. Green Building Council.”.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

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The project is targeting LEED® Platinum certification and Fitwel certification, which prioritizes occupant health by focusing on increasing physical activity, promoting occupant safety and creating a sense of well-being. The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Atlanta, Ga.

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LEED Outstanding Developer of the Year (2020)

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Exterior view of AMLI Residential's Buckhead apartment complex in Atlanta. . . markets: Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Seattle; South Florida; and Southern California. Eighteen others are currently in the process of certification. Outstanding affordable projects. .

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

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Tuesday was largely set aside for educational summits and the WaterBuild Summit articulating that access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, may have been the most consequential, focusing on innovative approaches to improving water quality. In 2019, from November 20 thru 22, Greenbuild will be in Atlanta.

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Kaiser Permanente Bringing 800 Call Center Jobs To Georgia

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The move will bring more than 800 new jobs to metro Atlanta by 2020—most of them by 2017. ” Metro Atlanta’s market for call center workers—the seventh largest in the country—was a key reason Kaiser Permanente chose to locate a national contact center in Georgia. . Nathan Deal.

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