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Contractor wanted for Super Sewer testing phase

Construction Enquirer

London’s new super sewer client Tideway is set to start the hunt for a contractor to maintain thousands of infrastructure assets through the project’s performance and reliability testing phase. The super sewer’s main tunnel, its connection tunnels and shafts are not included in the scope of this contract.

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Facility programming: The driving force behind healthcare design

The Korte Company

Five years prior, a Sullivan-designed structure widely considered to be illustrative of the famous phrase rose ten stories above Seventh and Chestnut streets in downtown St. Designing modern healthcare facilities is the perfect example. Any designer can doodle in Revit. Form follows function. Rules, codes and guidelines.

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Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns?

GCP Applied Technologies

While some folks commonly think of precast as grey concrete, used for sewer systems or structural elements, it can also be used to construct entire buildings, including schools, office structures, and condominiums. Design teams are also seeking higher strength concrete from their precast manufacturers. Phillip.fry@gc…. August 26, 2020.

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Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns?

GCP Applied Technologies

While some folks commonly think of precast as grey concrete, used for sewer systems or structural elements, it can also be used to construct entire buildings, including schools, office structures, and condominiums. Design teams are also seeking higher strength concrete from their precast manufacturers. Phillip.fry@gc…. August 26, 2020.

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False Advertising Claims over Net Zero and LEED Certified Homes

Green Building Law Update

The website for the architect on the project, today still says, “2500 R Street located on a two acre site along the R Street light rail corridor in Midtown Sacramento, this new single-family home community is designed to be rated LEED Silver for Homes and LEED Silver for Neighborhood Development.”.

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A Zero Fossil Fuel House in Massachusetts

Natural Building

Spartan Giordano was 28 years old when he designed and started building a zero fossil fuel energy home In Greenfield, Massachusetts. Spartan said, “I have not paid an electric or heating bill for seven years, since both the solar hot water and collectors generating electricity started running — just water/sewer, mortgage and taxes.

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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

HardHatChat

Anyone in the commercial construction industry knows there are a variety of certifications and designations that individuals, companies and projects can achieve to show they follow a high level of green commercial construction practices.