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Repurposing: The Intersection of Affordability and Sustainability

ENR Construction

In 2012, ENR ran an article about a naively ambitious Denver-based start-up that was diverting construction materials from the landfills by “repurposing” them. The company was then just a year old and was still learning the basics of repurposing.

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Construction Marketer of the Year 2012

Construction Marketing

As we continue to highlight winners of the 2012 Construction Marketing STAR Awards, one of the most prestigious categories of the program is the 2012 CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR, awarded to the top entries in each region. To view a full list of winners view: CMA STAR Awards – 2012 Winners announced.

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Sustainably built environments: specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

Over the last 10 years (2012-2021), there has been at least $1 trillion in disaster damage costs resulting from 142 weather and climate disaster events. Sustainability attributes of concrete. As the most widely used building material, concrete offers many advantages for meeting the challenges of sustainable development.

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This is the world’s first Sustainable SITES Initiative v2 Platinum project

BD+C

The Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., has recently become the first certified Sustainable SITES Initiative v2 Platinum project in the world.

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Could This Be the Sustainable Neighborhood of the Future?

Pro Builder

Could This Be the Sustainable Neighborhood of the Future? A new five-million person city, powered by clean energy and featuring an abundance of green spaces, may become the model for sustainable living. cbroderick. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 09:51.

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Relationship-based FM

Job Order Contracting

Real proper owners and FMers bear the responsibility for professionally managing processes and creating sustainable value via relationship management. 2012), “Co-creation of value in FM”, in Alexander, K. 2012), “Beyond financial performance: capturing relationship value in FM”, in Jensen, P., Four BT, LLC. and Price, I.

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Significantly improve the likelihood of success of construction project outcomes

Job Order Contracting

It simply requires owner leadership, commitment, and support to implement and maintain a robust programmatic approach for all facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build projects. 2012, Dehdasht/Zin – BARRIERS OF SUSTAINABLE LEAN CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION: HIERARCHICAL MODEL.