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Chase Center LEED Gold Certification: Q&A with Sustainability Team

Stok

So, we decided to sit down with the team that led the Chase Center through its sustainability pursuit: SSR and stok. SSR and stok served as the sustainability consultants to the Warriors’ Chase Center and office tower projects. Lindsey, SSR: Sustainable design of a sports facility is a challenge in and of itself.

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Southern California Water Recycling Project To Make History

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) has unanimously approved and signed an agreement with J.F. Shea Construction to build a $110 million state-of-the-art water treatment plant that will enable WRD to develop the first locally sustainable groundwater basins in California. WRD Board of Directors and J.F.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

The primary advantage of JOC has historically been is the flexibility permitted in ordered quantities and delivery scheduling. A public agency can place orders with one or more contractors when the actual need appears and received on-demand services from a vetted service provider. Flexibility in quantity and delivery scheduling.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

Biophilic design reduces stress in high-traffic areas Individuals who live and work in urban areas are subject to a variety of external stressors such as crowded environments, packed schedules and excessive stimuli. The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Atlanta, Ga. The Eight, Bellevue, Wash.

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Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

ENR Construction

Sustainability. Survey Schedule. ENR California. Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers. I was recently asked to participate in a debate on scheduling specifications at Stanford University. Contractors routinely ignore scheduling specifications and their own CPM schedules. 07/23/2012.

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Verdant Checked Cannabis is Coming

Green Building Law Update

While we all have been focused on the Presidential election results, cannabis law reform won in eight out of the nine states where it was on the ballot, from California to Massachusetts, on November 8, making clear the that the public is ready to put the harsh prohibitionist pot policies of the past behind us. Nearly one quarter of U.S.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: California's.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.