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6 showcase hotel construction projects

The Korte Company

13, 2004, when Hurricane Charley made landfall just 40 miles away, lashing the coast with 145 mile-per-hour winds. As with almost every Department of Defense project we complete, green construction methods were applied. The design was put to the test on Aug. At the time, the hotel was three-quarters complete.

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Homeland Insecurity

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

But there’s another type of infrastructure that’s in dire need of an overhaul: the national security edifice that’s supposed to prevent terrorists from murdering us on the streets of the America. Thus the Department of Homeland Security was born. intelligence agencies. from overseas threats. Last year, after the U.S.

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Public Sector Real Property Management – Quality Construction Cost Estimating – Earned Value Management

Building Information Management

and security needs and risk items; ■ System quantities for development, test, and production; ■ Deployment and maintenance plans. In its table 21 under “Utilities and Infrastructure” is included breakdowns for roadways, railways, airports, space travel, utilities, and water-related construction. 31–32, 1972.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

He retired December 2006 after 30 years as a Designer and Director with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Deputy CIO at the Army Research Laboratory, and Chief Architect for the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment in supporting DoD’s 540,000 facilities. from Stanford University.

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Flying Without Altitude

Business Facilities

The Landside/Airside design by Tasso Katselas Associates eliminated the need for connecting passengers to go through security again and simplified the movement of jets on the airfield. This bright outlook turned gloomy in 2004, when US Airways began phasing out the PIT hub. Numerous gates at PIT have been eliminated or stand empty.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

He retired December 2006 after 30 years as a Designer and Director with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Deputy CIO at the Army Research Laboratory, and Chief Architect for the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment in supporting DoD’s 540,000 facilities. from Stanford University.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Little Rock is where ‘America Comes Together’—located at the crossroad of Interstate 30 and the most heavily traveled Interstate in the nation, Interstate 40. Clinton Presidential Center opened its doors in November 2004, and since opening, the Center has hosted over 300,000 visitors. defense contracts.

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