Turner goes all in on EV tech for carbon reduction
Construction Dive
MAY 22, 2024
The New York City-based contractor has committed to making its vehicle fleet electric by 2028 while piloting low-emission equipment on various projects.
KPF designs NYC’s first all-electric academic research lab building at Columbia University
Construction Dive
APRIL 10, 2024
The building will exceed New York City’s Local Law 97 greenhouse gas emissions rules, despite increased ventilation requirements, the architecture firm says.
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Many New York City landlords have not addressed new flood codes
BD+C
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
After Superstorm Sandy, New York City revised its building codes in 2013 to make buildings more resilient to flooding. But landlords of most buildings in the flood plain have not been required to meet these flood-prevention standards, and many structures remain vulnerable to similar weather events.
Lendlease achieves net-zero carbon in Boston, Chicago multifamily portfolio
BD+C
APRIL 6, 2021
New projects in New York City and Los Angeles are on track to achieve the same goal as construction gets underway. The company achieved net zero through a combination of efficient design to reduce electric usage by making systems operate more efficiently and through the purchase of carbon offsets.
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Tech Sets Up Tower for Carbon-Friendly Future
ENR Construction
JANUARY 25, 2022
Geothermal heating and cooling aren’t new to New York City office buildings, nor are thermally activated floor slabs, dedicated air ventilation units or even all-electric HVAC systems.
Rivian Plans Showroom in NY
Construction Equipment
MARCH 16, 2021
Rivian has signed a lease in Brooklyn for its first New York City retail store. spans more than 12,000 square feet and will be a showroom for electric vehicles. The group will be opening a flagship in Williamsburg, according to a statement on Monday. The lease at 360 Wythe Ave. Williamsburg's…
Proposed Underwater Electricity Cable for NYC
Construction Equipment
MAY 4, 2016
Empire State Connector Corp has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") for authority to negotiate agreements with customers for transmission service on a 260-mile long high voltage direct current ("HVDC") electric transmission line that will deliver 1,000 MW of energy and capacity directly into New York City from (..)
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State of the Construction Industry: April Roundup
Viewpoint Construction Technology
APRIL 30, 2019
Green rooftops on skyscrapers, like this one in downtown Chicago, may soon be required in New York City. 14B ‘Green New Deal’ for NYC Has Opportunities, Drawbacks for Contractors. A $14 billion ‘Green New Deal’ proposed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio aims to reduce greenhouse emissions up to 30 percent by 2030.
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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
In fact, after helping American Girl relocate their flagship stores in Chicago and New York City, we just completed our third relocation project in Los Angeles. Similarly, it might involve using new technology to create an interactive display, exhibit, or customer experience.
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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Photo © Sarah Mechling, courtesy Perkins Eastman Yomo Toro Apartments in New York City, Cedar Crossing in Seattle, and Harrison Plaza Senior Tower in Philadelphia are among the examples conceived as more than just a roof overhead. Rather, they’re designed to cultivate a true sense of community.
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New York City will store bodies of coronavirus victims in freezer trucks instead of burying them on Hart Island to ease pressure on overflowing morgues and funeral directors struggling to keep up with demand
Construction Test
MAY 2, 2020
New York City will begin temporarily storing the bodies of coronavirus victims in freezer trucks to help ease the strain on the city’s overflowing hospital morgues and overwhelmed funeral homes, officials have revealed. . Hospitals are already using refrigerated trailers to store bodies (pictured).
Top 10 Environmentally Friendly U.S. Metros
Pro Builder
APRIL 23, 2021
Variables include the prevalence of electric cars, zero-waste buildings, farmers markets, and environmental protection laws. One notable takeaway from the findings is that many larger cities are often more eco-friendly than smaller urban areas. New York City, for example, ranks at 14, says Realtor.com.
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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust
HardHatChat
AUGUST 28, 2018
Bringing the general contractor on board early, as American Girl did with Englewood for the retailer’s new flagship store in New York City, is key in creating an accurate construction budget. It’s well-worth the investment when it boils down to giving us the information we need to create an accurate budget.
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Tidal Wave of the Future
Business Facilities
MARCH 27, 2014
powering growth by tapping vast deposits of energy deep underground and hooking up electricity from wind, solar, hydro and geothermal renewables to new transmission lines that carry it to energy-hungry markets. This power will be delivered to 9,500 New York homes. The project, led by Verdant Power, Inc.,
Fire door safety: How can specifiers help?
Construction Specifier
JULY 30, 2022
A fire at an apartment building in Bronx, New York, earlier this year drew attention to the impact of non-code-compliant fire door assemblies in multifamily residential properties. IT began in an apartment when an electric space heater ignited a mattress nearby. Also in 2017, the fire at Grenfell Tower in the U.K.
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97 First Minister Of Scotland Opens Smarter Grid Solutions’ New York Office
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 9, 2014
The company creates products that enable power companies and utilities to increase their existing grid capacity in order to connect more renewable energy and respond to the global rise in demand for electricity. In the UK, it works with five of the country’s six electricity distribution network operators.
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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change
Business Facilities
AUGUST 25, 2021
A ccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA), based on current policy settings and economic trends, electricity generation from renewables, including hydropower, wind and solar PV, is on track to grow by 8 percent in 2021 and by more than 6 percent in 2022. as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than 5.6
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How European Technology Can Benefit U.S. Builders
Pro Builder
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
At the International Advanced Building Skins (ABS) Conference & Expo in Bern, Switzerland, I spoke about quality assurance in home building and learned about a variety of new materials and applications that address production, quality, and sustainability. Aerogel Insulation. times greater than polyisocyanurate foam, 2.29
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State Focus: New York – Accelerating Biotech Innovation In The Empire State
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 12, 2016
This year, Innovate NY funding has been deployed to support four biotech companies expand operations in New York City. The Innovate NY program has partnered with leading life sciences investment fund, the Partnership Fund for New York City, to further advance an emerging biotechnology cluster. Celmatix Inc.,
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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development
BD+C
MAY 10, 2024
We’re also starting to see what it can look like to integrate greenspace with public utilities, as Seattle City Light does with the Denny Substation. The project brings together greenspace and a dog park on the same site as the city’s newest electrical substation.
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52 Fire Prevention- Extinguishers and Fire Types
Safety Services Company
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
One of the most notable was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City in 1911 in which nearly 150 women and young girls died because of locked fire exits and inadequate fire extinguishing systems. A class C fire is one that involves energized electrical equipment. Carbon Dioxide is an inert gas.
“Buy buttons”, online intermediaries and the marketplace tradeoffs
Construction Marketing Ideas
MAY 17, 2015
A perspective of New York City from Google’s NYC headquarters. It is one thing for an electrical contractor to require some sophisticated safety training, but should the company delivering temporary signage to the job site, where workers drop off and leave materials, require the same certifications?).
Marketing In The Construction Industry – Everything You Need To Know
Help Everybody Everyday
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
But they’ll also have contracts with trade or specialty contractors who are building specific pieces of the project (like the electrical work, for example). For example, if an owner needs to upgrade wiring in their facility, they’ll probably work directly with an electrical trade contractor. Residential. Commercial.
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Types of bridge and bridge components
Construction Cost Estimating
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Ex: - “Queensboro Bridge” in New York City. Moveable bridges: Powered by electricity and have moveable decks also. Temporary bridges: These bridges are made of modular basic objects which can be moved by medium or light machinery and used in military engineering or in circumstances as in time of fixing or repairing.
FEATURE STORY: The Cultural Roots Of High-Tech Growth
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Cheyenne boasts abundant and relatively cheap electricity, factors cited by Microsoft and NCAR as key to their location decisions (nationwide, data centers are one of the largest aggregate consumers of electricity). Wyoming’s cooler average temperatures reduce the cost of air conditioning, which is a huge expense for data centers.
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40 QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits | ENR.
ENR Construction
AUGUST 16, 2012
New York City building permits are sprouting up with QR codes that instantly unlock vast amounts of project information. Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri thought of it, and so far, New York City may be the only city doing it, experts say, although they believe the idea will spread to other cities soon.
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74 Jersey Strong
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
A phone call to FEMA brings a personal representative bearing vouchers for shelter, food and fuel; more than 11,000 electrical workers have been brought into the state to restore the transmission network. Even as the debris is still being cleaned up, relief fund-raising drives are generating a huge and heartwarming response.
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ConEd Offering Incentive For Peak Load Curtailment; Registration Ends May 1
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 22, 2014
ConEdison Solutions is alerting developers, building owners and institutions in New York City to take advantage of major increases in “peak demand,” or peak load, financial incentives offered to large energy users that agree to curtail energy use on the summer’s hottest days, when energy demand reaches its peak.
SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 22, 2012
The communities that are served by rural electric cooperatives in this region have the advantage of proximity to the vast majority of the United States population. Within a 900 mile drive of Hoosier Energy services are communities from Dallas to Jacksonville and New York City to Minneapolis.
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New York Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 11, 2014
Excelsior Jobs Program: Governor Cuomo’s 2011-2012 Executive Budget revised the Excelsior Jobs Program to produce better results for New York’s strategic industries through enhanced tax credits, an extended tax benefit period, discounted gas or electric rates from utilities, and increased responsiveness and transparency.
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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
AUGUST 5, 2013
This is where you see development of hybrid trucks, electric trucks and hybrid cranes. The communities that are served by rural electric cooperatives in this region have the advantage of proximity to the vast majority of the United States population. I-69: Logistics Cluster in the Heart of Michigan.
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John Young to Head Nuclear Lobby Group | ENR: Engineering.
ENR Construction
AUGUST 6, 2012
EFH owns Texas power generator Luminant Energy, retailer TXU Energy and 80% of transmission and distribution utility Oncor Electric Delivery. Hunter Roberts Construction Group LLC, New York City, has named Jenny Freeman as vice president and director of health care. Young was NEI vice chairman.
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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector
Constructlaw
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Zachary Torres-Fowler is an associate in the Construction Practice Group at Troutman Pepper in Philadelphia and New York City. He also regularly acts as an arbitrator in large US and international construction disputes. He can be reached at Albert.Bates@Troutman.com. He can be reached at Zach.Torres-Fowler@Troutman.com. [1]
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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 23, 2012
Google's reception area in Bakery Square in the Steel City. tech hubs, Silicon Valley, Boston, New York City and other areas certainly come to mind. However, technology companies are realizing that to be truly global, they need to tap innovation at more locations and in new high-growth markets.
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Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 6, 2014
The FTZ sits at the intersection of a crucial transportation hub that features railways, highways and a commercial airport and is no stranger to new development. a growing manufacturer and distributor of circuit boards and electrical components, decided to expand in the FTZ and construct its own 36,000-square-foot facility.
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67 Logistics: No Drivers Needed
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 30, 2017
which is now the city of Greenwood’s second largest employer. Contributing to the area’s outstanding infrastructure are Johnson County REMC, a member-owned electric distribution cooperative, and Hoosier Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative providing wholesale power and services to the distribution cooperative.
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When office-to-residential conversion works
BD+C
JUNE 28, 2023
A residential building also requires bathrooms, kitchens, and thermostats in each unit—all of which demand a massive overhaul to the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. New York City has favorable zoning laws that encourage conversions on buildings built in or before 1961 in certain areas of the city.
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Locations For The Food Processing Industry: The Food Puzzle
Business Facilities
AUGUST 14, 2017
Powering the melon producers is WIN Energy REMC, one of the 18 electric distribution cooperatives of the generation and transmission cooperative, Hoosier Energy. By working together we can make a difference and keep electricity affordable for our local farmers.”. City of Vineland). New York City and beyond.
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60 Advanced Manufacturing Industry: Dynamic Advancements
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 28, 2016
Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. When you think of community development, job creation, investment and business retention and expansion an electric generation and transmission company wouldn’t top the list.
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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Building with.
Natural Building
SEPTEMBER 23, 2007
According to David Cross of www.sgblocks.com , "a container has 8000 lbs of steel which takes 8000 kwh of energy to melt down and make new beams etc. Our process of modifying that entire 8000 lbs of steel into a "higher and better use" only takes 400 kwh of electrical energy (or 5%).
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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Brady McKinney , Huston Electric. With nearly a decade of experience in the AEC industry, Isabel began her career in Kansas City with Burns & McDonnell as an Environmental Engineer focusing on water and wastewater treatment and distribution design. . Director, Electrical Contracting. Huston Electric. Brady McKinney.
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Fall Conferences 2019: Top Takeaways
Stok
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Luckily for us, a session also shared that electric cooking is not only possible, some chefs prefer it as they have more control over temperatures. #10: 10: Mass timber, mass timber, mass freaking timber! VERGE 19 | Oakland, CA. #11: 11: Reducing emissions isn’t enough—we need to reverse them.
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Business Facilities
AUGUST 30, 2017
Franklin’s Tri-County Regional Technical High School offers programs in manufacturing, engineering, technology, electrical wiring technology, metal fabrication, computer information systems and more. In May, General Electric broke ground on its new corporate headquarters in Boston. economy and 2/3 of the Canadian economy.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Steadfast And Strong In The Wake Of Superstorm Sandy
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 8, 2013
In the wake of Sandy, electricity was cut off to 7 million of New Jersey’s 8.8 billion, 10-year proposed infrastructure plan at the end of February that will raise many electric switching stations and substations throughout New Jersey to protect them against any future natural disasters. billion allocated to New York.
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