BD+C

APRIL 30, 2024

Using Locking Hardware to Support Code-Compliant Safer School Design 1 kcichowicz Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:16 Code-compliant locking hardware is essential to safer school design. Schlage Safer school design encompasses many elements of the built environment—from the property line to classroom door openings.

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BD+C

APRIL 29, 2024

Tomorrow's classrooms: Designing schools for the digital age 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/29/2024 - 10:53 K-12 Schools In a world where technology’s rapid pace has reshaped how we live, work, and communicate, it should be no surprise that it’s also changing the PreK-12 education landscape.

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Design Education Budgeting Budget 52

ENR Construction

MAY 22, 2023

As renewable energy projects dot the region, SWCA Environmental Consultants sustainably integrates infrastructure into pristine environments.

Colorado 69

Colorado DOT Consulting Design 69

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 8, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is a “once-in-a-generation” investment in America’s national infrastructure. With this plan, the goal is to rebuild many of the bridges, rails, and roads throughout the country to improve the overall infrastructure across America.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The follow graphics outline the relevant knowledge domains, phases, tools, data environments, and more. Total Cost of Ownership = Design, Construction, Operations, Maintenance, Renovations, Adaptations, Upgrades, Disposal/Recycling. As such, Owner competency and leadership is also a core requirement. Learn more? contact-form].

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Life Cycle Infrastructure Management Renovating 100

BD+C

AUGUST 17, 2023

How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel 0 qpurcell Thu, 08/17/2023 - 09:52 Adaptive Reuse Gresham Smith demonstrates the opportunities of adaptive reuse, specifically reusing empty big-box retail and malls, many of which sit unused or underutilized across the country. Utilize existing infrastructure.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2021

Facilities and infrastructure project investments have long-term consequences. Failure to require common terms, definitions, and data environments Failure to leverage locally researched detailed line item cost data ‘Ad-hoc’ data management resulting in duplication of effort, errors, and omissions. Knowledge Problems.

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Life Cycle Management Procurement Construction 252

BD+C

MAY 10, 2024

For much of the past 100 years, designers and planners have worked around automobiles as the main organizing mechanism for cities. This green infrastructure makes our cities more beautiful and more livable and serves a critical function in stormwater management, reducing pollution, and decreasing the urban heat island effect.

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Green Infrastructure Columbus Philadelphia 52

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Optimizing interior design for human health 0 qpurcell Tue, 09/05/2023 - 12:53 Designers Page Southerland Page demonstrates how interior design influences our mood, mental health, and physical comfort. 50+% improved performance on a creative problem-solving test after 4 days exposure to nature.

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Design Office Denver Architecture 52

BD+C

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Using data to design the sports venue of the future 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/23/2023 - 10:20 Arenas Former video game developer Abe Stein and HOK's Bill Johnson discuss how to use data to design stadiums and arenas that keep fans engaged and eager to return. The big idea for designers?

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Architects Design and plan construction projects, considering both aesthetic and functional aspects. Engineers (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical) Civil engineers focus on the design and maintenance of infrastructure. Structural engineers design and analyze structures for stability and safety.

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Construction Project Management Electrical Safety 315

BD+C

APRIL 10, 2023

4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/10/2023 - 09:40 Sustainability Eric Corey Freed, Director of Sustainability, CannonDesign, shares how established designers and recently-emerged chief heat officers (CHO) can collaborate on solutions for alleviating climate change risks.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In a first-time collaboration Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), Australian Constructors Association , Consult Australia and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council have released a joint report to support industry in accelerating a net zero future through the design and construction of the infrastructure pipeline. .

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Infrastructure Industrial Autodesk Sustainability 52

GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 6, 2020

Concrete mix design. concrete / mix design. . TB-1601 – Utilizing a mid-range water reducer specifically designed for clay mitigation. The information included here allows engineers to properly design with CLSM … more. TB-0900—TB-911 – Guidelines for incorporating corrosion inhibitors into mix designs.

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Concrete Design Materials Environment 78

BD+C

MARCH 9, 2023

5 laboratory design choices that accelerate scientific discovery 0 qpurcell Thu, 03/09/2023 - 11:06 Laboratories Stephen Blair, director of CannonDesign's Science & Technology Practice, identifies five important design strategies to make the most out of our research laboratories.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Alan Muse , Global Director of the Built Environment at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) , is passionate about all of these things. I specialize in the project and cost management of global construction and infrastructure projects, with over 40 years of experience in the industry.

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Environment Sustainability Industrial Education 52

Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The idea of biomimetic design—using nature as a teacher—can help us create an adaptive and resilient infrastructure. Biomimetic design is a tool to solve sustainability problems. Designers can work towards building more purposeful structures that require less material and are net producers of energy and nutrients.

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BD+C

APRIL 10, 2023

Implementing human-centric design in operations and maintenance facilities 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/10/2023 - 12:08 Industrial Facilities Stantec's Ryan Odell suggests using the human experience to advance OMSF design that puts a focus on wellness and efficiency. The buildings seem made for giants, not people.

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Design Drawings Architecture Visualization 52

Constructlaw

MAY 30, 2023

Introduction America’s water infrastructure has long faced a critical need for funding and modernization. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, there is a $105 billion funding gap for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projected over the next two decades. [1] billion to the U.S. billion to the U.S. Indeed, $1.5

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United States Infrastructure Denver Innovation 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 26, 2022

International design firm, RKD , has a rich legacy dating back to its formation in Dublin, Ireland, in 1913. Sustainable design connects and unifies RKD’s multi-service, multi-sector approach. Driving the Productivity of Design Teams. RKD began using BIM 360 in 2018 to enhance workflows across its international office network.

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Autodesk BIM Design Innovation 52

Wolgast Corporation

MAY 22, 2023

Economic growth is what makes communities thrive by expanding a tax base and offering a quality of life for residents through employment, commerce, infrastructure, and entertainment. To do this, they must create a business-friendly environment with incentives that make it attractive for businesses to invest.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 30, 2022

But when it comes to construction, any building or infrastructure project completed today will most likely still be operational in 2050. In the next few years, spending on infrastructure by Australia’s state and federal governments is expected to top $166 billion. The push for sustainable construction. Conclusion.

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BD+C

APRIL 20, 2023

13 trends, technologies, and strategies to expect in 2023 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/20/2023 - 08:21 Sustainability Biophilic design, microgrids, and decarbonization—these are three of the trends, technologies, and strategies IMEG’s market and service leaders believe are poised to have a growing impact on the built environment.

Education 98

Education Environment Green Organization 98

Natural Building

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Our infrastructure is thus faced with the task of both integrating and responding to the duality of the island’s environment–natural abundance and natural risk–and this is a task it very rarely achieves. This all ends up negatively affecting our quality of life, neither connecting us to our environment nor protecting us from its risks.

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Puerto Rico US Infrastructure Materials 98

Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 30, 2022

The result, a report created in an industry-first partnership between the Australasian Railway Association (ARA), Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) and Roads Australia (RA) collaborating with members and domain experts in the sector. As a result, whole of life planning of an infrastructure asset is critical.

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Transportation Sustainability Infrastructure BIM 85

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 1, 2023

The interior’s firm will create a more modern, sustainable and streamlined office environment that reflects the Department’s adoption of hybrid working practices. Work will be carried out in a live environment, with staff decanted to alternative floors during separate phases of the project.

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Office Environment Project Management Education 80

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 28, 2023

Water regulator Ofwat has given the all-clear for water companies to bring forward work starts on 33 infrastructure schemes, worth £2.2bn, in the next two financial years. Chris Walters, Senior Director, Price Review at Ofwat said: “The water sector needs to act now to secure future needs of customers and the environment. ” .

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Environment Regulation Security Maine 74

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Marc Asnis, AICP MFPRO+ Blog University Buildings Healthcare Facilities Mixed-Use Apartments Retail Centers Shopping Centers Designers Architects Adaptive Reuse Exterior Restoration Interior Architecture Sustainability Sustainable Development The death of the 20th century shopping mall is evident all across the country.

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Austin Sustainability San Francisco Site 105

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 18, 2024

Infrastructure investment has become a cornerstone for economic growth and development in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. This exchange of information also facilitates better decision-making regarding energy-efficient designs, waste reduction strategies and, importantly, sustainable materials. There is a significant need for change.

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Materials Industrial Green Construction 84

HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Since these properties are never designated as historic buildings, no special restrictions apply to modifications, and they don’t have to preserve facades (although occasionally, some are within shopping centers with rigorous covenants, conditions, and restrictions, including façade requirements.) And with good reason.

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Retail Commercial Construction Illinois 156

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Achieving and Maintaining Excellence Requires – Collaboration, Team Alignment and Tracking, Accountability, Clarity of Goals, Problem Solving, Fiscal Transparency, Robust Process, Common/Shared Data Environment, Levelling Up Team Knowledge.

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BD+C

JUNE 23, 2017

While our industry’s focus on wellness may seem like just the latest trend, occupant health has been an important goal of the built environment for centuries. Additionally, in the 1900s, doctors consulted on the design of school gymnasiums, advising on how the environment could help support human health.

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Environment Consulting Infrastructure Design 99

The Korte Company

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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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Design Guidelines St. Louis Illinois 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Almost every building is designed without knowledge of what is manufacturable, is custom engineered, and uses manual and disconnected processes. We’ll explore all corners of the built environment, from commercial to healthcare and industrial to infrastructure, to see each industry’s approach to IC. and Hilton use ?modular

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2021

Collaborative design for constructibility. A common data environment supports collaboration. Best value management of the total cost of ownership for facilities and other physical infrastructure is best accomplished with implementation of robust programmatic methods.

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Renovating Life Cycle Visualization Environment 181

BD+C

MAY 25, 2023

Polly Osborne Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Architects Regulations Biophilic Design Sustainable Development Sustainable Design and Construction Urban Planning When we spend time in nature, we instinctively feel its value.

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Construction Regulation Site Sustainability 116

The Korte Company

JULY 2, 2018

And while we don’t pretend to be experts in public policy, gun control or mental health, we do know how to design and construct buildings that are safer for those who occupy them. The way a school is designed and built can result in better protection of our most precious assets—our children. It takes balance. This isn’t a new idea.

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