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Commercial work boosts construction new orders

Construction Enquirer

Commercial building and civils work helped construction output rise in May despite a continuing drop in the house building sector. But w ork on residential building projects decreased for the sixth month running and at the steepest pace since May 2020. in May, up from 51.1 in April and above the neutral 50.0 ”

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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

BD+C

Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this 0 dbarista Tue, 07/11/2023 - 10:44 Multifamily Housing Is the office-to-residential conversion really what’s best for our downtowns from a cultural, urban, economic perspective? Or is this silver bullet really a poison pill?

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New BREEAM In Use Version in a Changing World

Green Building Law Update

Last week BRE Global announced that the “BREEAM USA In-Use Version 6 for Commercial and Residential” green building rating system has launched. But despite several attempts at a North American invasion, including a 2008 joint venture with ICSC, BREEAM has never been widely accepted nor utilized in the U.S.,

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Residential Green Building Increasingly Incentivized with Property Tax Credits

Green Building Law Update

Recognizing that while commercial construction is increasing building green, but that green residential construction lags in market share, local governments are increasingly looking to enact voluntary incentives to drive residential green building. Image © Pasadena EcoHouse 2008. LEED LEED Homes green building law'

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Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification.

Contractor Magazine

Plumbing Commercial Plumbing. Residential Plumbing. Home > Radiant > Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. SRP) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed and passed the auditing requirements for ISO 9001:2008.

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PACE in Maryland is Not Keeping Pace

Green Building Law Update

In 2008 I said Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans “ could be bigger than anything in U.S. million existing commercial buildings in the U.S. real estate since the invention of the glass window.”. But today, despite Maryland having enacted a PACE enabling law in 2014, only one PACE loan has closed in the State.

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The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation - Baltimore?

Green Building Law Update

In 2008, the City Department of Planning began the current process to rewrite the Zoning Code. · Bicycle parking is now required for apartment buildings, schools, and commercial establishments over 10,000 sf. · Green roofs are encouraged in Commercial and Industrial zoning districts.

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