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Resilient Flooring: The sustainable specification

Construction Specifier

So much of resilient flooring in commercial applications is installed over concrete slabs. At the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) the author created an American Institute of Architects (AIA) approved continuing education unit (CEU) “Resilient Flooring & Materiality—Transparency, Product Service Life & Performance.”

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Additional construction will continue into 2016 and the plant is anticipated to begin commercial production in 2018. In order to attract new development, a community has to be prepared for it.

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Green Globes 01-201X about to be Green Lighted

Green Building Law Update

The real news behind that headline causing great enthusiasm is that after a 3 year process, the Green Building Initiative is nearing the end and a completely revised “Green Globes Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings” will be available in 2018. This is not year 2000, when LEED was the first and only green building game in U.S.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

Business Facilities

are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. To achieve certification, sites go through a rigorous review process. States across the U.S. The outcome?

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Get the Full, Behind the Scenes Interview with 2018 Viewpoint Technology Award Winner Hatzel & Buehler

Viewpoint Construction Technology

We work on everything from high rise buildings in the cities to enormous commercial plants out in the Midwest. Viewpoint: How is Spectrum helping you streamline HR operations in terms of timekeeping and payroll to employee education, training and retention practices? We have images of their training and certification.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Take-off: during planning, controlling and commercialization – with drones 10. Now the data already recorded for the EnEV certificate can be used as the basis for a building eco-balance. But the construction industry still records the highest accident figures in commercial statistics.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

billion in workforce education. More than half of that spending (56%) went toward safety education, a sign that construction remains a potentially dangerous job. Last year, members of Associated Builders and Contractors , a national trade association representing the nonunion construction industry, invested $1.6

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