Building Radar

MAY 12, 2020

The construction industry , by its very nature, is one of the largest consumers of materials and produces more waste than any other sector. The need and importance of sustainability in construction has become a debated topic due to growing concerns over climate change and the finite nature of resources.

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Lets Build

JUNE 2, 2017

Global warming is one of the main reasons why sustainable housing is ideal for future construction. Sustainable homes do not only help the environment by reducing the overall environmental impact during and after construction, but it contributes towards many social and economic benefits. Construction Material.

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Sustainability Housing Green Materials 159

Construction Specifier

MARCH 12, 2021

Climate and weather very much influence the design and construction of building enclosure systems, especially roof systems and assemblies. Sustainability and resilience. Implementing sustainability, resilience, and adaptability characteristics into buildings and structures requires above-code design considerations.

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Design Sustainability Life Cycle Materials 52

SAB Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Local product sourcing receives a lot of attention in green building rating systems, but the geographic limit it imposes considers only the transportation impacts of material selection. It does not take into account all the other potential environmental impacts that form part of the overall ecological profile of a material.

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Life Cycle Materials Sustainability Transportation 56

BD+C

JANUARY 18, 2024

Walter P Moore promotes former 40 Under 40 winner Kelly Roberts 0 qpurcell Thu, 01/18/2024 - 09:30 Engineers In addition to her role as a Principal, Roberts is a distinguished leader in structural design with an extensive portfolio encompassing diverse projects such as educational and healthcare facilities to commercial and healthcare structures.

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Atlanta Structural Engineering Life Cycle Sustainability 52

Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When specifying flooring, one should consider both sustainability and performance. Both are affected by the material science that goes into the product: How are they constructed? Where do the materials come from that make these products? Even sustainably made floors must be installed correctly. It is such a waste.

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Sustainability Certification Green Products 52

Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Is this really progress?

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Sustainability Green Life Cycle Design 52

Building Information Management

MARCH 19, 2013

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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Life Cycle Management BIM Engineering 53

BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga.

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Procurement Life Cycle Construction Materials 52

Job Order Contracting

MAY 17, 2022

“ESG- Using Environmental, Social and Governance factors to evaluate companies and countries on how far advanced they are with sustainability. Companies would be required to disclose Scope 3 GHG emission “if material” or if the company has explicitly set climate goals. Design for long life and adaptability.

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Building Information Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Inspections 61

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us. INTRODUCTION. TOOLS AND SERVICES.

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The focus on energy efficiency, in particular, has led to widespread improvements, so much so many designers are now giving greater attention to the impacts of structural building materials. The ability to understand and measure a building’s environmental impact is pivotal as we work to make buildings more sustainable.

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Life Cycle Materials Products Accounting 52

Construction Cost Estimating

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Besides, concrete, other materials like steel, fibre, plastic, glass, wood and other superior materials can also be used together with concrete to build up homes. To satisfy these requirements efficiently, the engineers offer some unique design ideas. Advantages of Concrete Homes: 1.

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IDEA Concrete Design Life Cycle 40

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN JOC (Job Order Contracting) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. The approach invests more resources earlier in the Project life-cycle. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us.

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Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132

Pro Builder

JANUARY 7, 2021

SEEFAR's Jim Nostedt shares how an appraisal/analysis called Total Cost of Building Ownership reveals the true cost of building and operating a sustainable building. Jim Nostedt: SEEFAR Building Analytics performs whole-building life-cycle costing, or the Total Cost of Building Ownership analysis, of new or existing buildings.

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Life Cycle Banking Drafting Comparison 98

Stok

OCTOBER 21, 2020

With their strict technical requirements and rigorous performance standards, laboratories and other high-tech life science facilities present a unique opportunity for sustainable design and construction innovation. Time is money and that concept is never truer than on a life science project.

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Stok

OCTOBER 22, 2020

With their strict technical requirements and rigorous performance standards, laboratories and other high-tech life science facilities present a unique opportunity for sustainable design and construction innovation. Time is money and that concept is never truer than on a life science project.

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Design Commissioning Construction Modeling 52

Construction Specifier

MARCH 12, 2021

As buildings become more complex and connected, the demand for BUILDING materials supporting high-performance facilities has also increased. To date, these demands have sometimes overlooked materials in the categories referenced above, either due to their complexity or placement in the building. Photos © Legrand. by Patrick Ford.

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Certification Materials Green Products 57

Construction Specifier

AUGUST 31, 2021

Beyond the global pandemic and events in the news, both episodic weather events and new environmental regulations are placing extreme demand on building materials, including insulation. A reduction in GWP supports sustainability. Could events of the past year be considered anything other than extreme?

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Regulation United States Life Cycle Sustainability 52

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. Sustainment/Status Quo. UFC 3-310-04 Seismic Design for Buildings.

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Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating 45

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. Sustainment/Status Quo. UFC 3-310-04 Seismic Design for Buildings.

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Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating 40

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

In a widely accepted definition, Zero Waste is, The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”. So, reducing waste is a good thing.

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Claims Certification San Francisco Resource 156

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 4, 2024

Enhanced collaboration : 4D sequencing bridges the communication gap between design, engineering, and execution teams. It provides a robust maintenance and management tool and ensures that the asset's life cycle is streamlined and sustainable.

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Construction Resource BIM Modeling 116

BD+C

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Engineered Wood Sprouts Solutions for Supermarket Chain 1 kcichowicz Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:31 Switching from a steel roof system to an engineered wood one helped a Sprouts Farmers Market design team solve supply chain challenges and lower the location’s carbon footprint. But long lead times for steel necessitated a change in materials.

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Engineering Design Life Cycle Products 52

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

2014, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings , addresses site sustainability; water-use efficiency; energy ef­ficiency; indoor environmental quality; and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources. ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1-2014,

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Green Baltimore Life Cycle Sustainability 120

CivilJungle

JUNE 27, 2022

To make the system more sustainable, green concrete eco-friendly materials are used. The green concrete makes the structure very cheap by using waste materials as a component of green concrete. The green concrete provides an extra step in the mix design with a long life cycle in very low maintenance cost.

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Concrete Green Portland Materials 52

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

OpenJOC Job Order Contracting Framework provide the ability to deliver over 90% of renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. . This is accomplished through the integration of.

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Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Rosedale home was designed and built in 2009 for esteemed mathematician and calculus textbook author James Stewart. An air and moisture barrier for sustainability and comfort. The selection of construction materials was also based in part upon life-cycle cost calculations. Designing the blue glass stairway.

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Architecture Housing Life Cycle Materials 52

BD+C

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Airports Laboratories Office Buildings Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Architects Adaptive Reuse The Changing Built Environment Urban Planning As Sasaki looks back on 70 years of practice , we’re also looking to the future of building cities. This is our mission: Better Design, Together.

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IDEA New York City Architecture Plans 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

JOC Contract strategy, development, implementation, and management involves a thorough understanding of LEAN Construction and Life-cycle Asset Management. Proper JOC contract design and management are central to improved renovation and repair outcomes. Development of acquisition/procurement approach. Monitoring. contact-form].

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Building Information Management

MAY 10, 2012

Total Cost (inclusive of construction, design, project management, etc.)/square Repair costs (man hours and materials) as a percentage of Annual Operations Expenditures. ?? Annualized TCO per building/Non-assignable square feet = Cost rate per non-assignable square. feet per building. ?? building. ?? square foot vs. Regionalized.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Project Management 40

Natural Building

APRIL 7, 2012

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.

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Architecture Sustainability Green Life Cycle 63

Construction Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

One example of this is the Australian-designed robot by the name Hadrian. The data has the possibility of being sustainably used in the future to boost efficiency in both the construction and other sectors. This technology will be used in to monitor and measure the performance of assets over a given period of a life cycle.

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Construction Accidents Life Cycle Injury 158

Natural Building

DECEMBER 24, 2020

So they wrote down their values and priorities, and finally decided which method and materials fit best. Some of their priorities: natural and sustainable building materials, as much as possible. passive solar design. nurturing, aesthetically and otherwise. hand built with friends and family as much as possible.

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Housing Life Cycle New Mexico Materials 52

Natural Building

JUNE 16, 2021

Witchcliffe Ecovillage in Western Australia will serve as home to around 700 people and be a model of sustainability for communities worldwide. Project co-founders and partners, Mike Hulme and Michelle Sheridan began the project with a plan to create “the most sustainable residential community possible”.

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Life Cycle Sustainability Residential Electrical 52

Building Information Management

MAY 23, 2012

BIM, facilities life-cycle management supported by digital technology will create a high demand cost estimators with a thorough understanding of building systems and associated repair, renovation, sustainability and construction techniques, materials, equipment, and labor.

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Estimating BIM Life Cycle Renovating 45