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First look: Austin to get first high-rise since 2003

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The 29-story building, designed by Duda/Paine Architects, will be the first high-rise tower built in Austin since Cousins developed Frost Bank Tower in 2003. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Office Building High-rise Construction' Cousins Properties Inc. Body Image: read more.

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Skanska designs personal protective equipment tailor-made for the female workforce

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in 2003 to 7.7% According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, between 2017 and 2018 alone the number of women working in construction trades increased by 17.6%. The percentage of women classified as construction managers has also risen, from 5.9% As a whole, the percentage of women in the construction industry sits at 9.9%.

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Buyers Increasingly Interested in Accessibility Features

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Constructing homes with universal design principles can give builders a leg up on the competition. Universal design expands a home’s livability to all people, limits the need for renovations in the future, and the concept can support aging in place. Their desire for these features has been increasing since surveys began in 2003.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

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Furthermore, of this 5%, most of the applications have not leveraged, or even been designed to leverage the full valued of Lean. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. Design and Construction: Building in Value. Predicting performance of design-build and design-bid-build projects. Bramble, B.

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Results Are In: Homebuyers See Exercise Rooms as Highly Desirable

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The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 likely accelerated the long-term, rising popularity of exercise rooms: 27% of buyers wanted this room in 2003, a full 20 percentage points lower than the 47% in 2020. Results show that 47% of buyers rate an exercise room essential or desirable. at least a 10Ă—10 room). Read More. .

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

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Communication and knowledge exchanges and growth are enabled by an underlying common programmatic process for every project and activity that eases knowledge transfers and is dependent upon strength of relationships between individuals and the type of knowledge exchanged (Reagans & McEvily, 2003; Hansen, 1999). Mutual trust and respect.

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LEAN Construction Framework – A Robust Solution fully supported by tools and services

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designing to target cost”. “A template for implementing target costing”. Cost Management, ABI/INFORM Global, New York, 20 (5) 20-27. Ballard, G.; Olaf College fieldhouse project: a case study in. Proceedings… of the 12th Annual Conference on Lean. Construction, Denmark. Ballard, G. Slagmulder, R. Productivity Press, Portland, 510 p.

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