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Rethinking rebar: Reinforcement goes green

Construction Specifier

However, stainless steel reinforcement is traditionally very expensive and typically only found in projects which require long-term defense against corrosion, such as bridges or in geographies with higher seismic activity. It is also more embodied-carbon-intensive than standard rebar, by a margin of more than 10 percent.

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Resilience is the Future of Real Estate and USGBC Spells it RELi

Green Building Law Update

It’s a shift from wish-based optimism to reality-based hope.

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Secret Formula—Office Vacancy Rates—Prompts Roger Staubach To Bet On The Broncos

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and its Americas Executive Chairman, Roger Staubach, are once again making a bold prognostication for the Big Game, picking the Denver Broncos to outshine the Seattle Seahawks in New Jersey this Sunday evening. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. percent compared with 12.5

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

T he rankings ecosystem is getting crowded and, like everything else in 21st Century America, it appears to be dancing to the tune of reality TV. The Utility Account helps rural communities finance necessary infrastructure upgrades to attract future business. By Business Facilities Staff. From the July/August 2019 Issue.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

K nown as the Sunflower State, Kansas boasts a highly skilled workforce, outstanding infrastructure, low operating costs and a location in the heart of America. The Kansas City Animal Health Corridor is home to more than 300 animal health companies that account for 56 percent of worldwide animal health, diagnostics and pet food sales.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

When you factor in the demand from emerging overseas markets in Asia and South America, the U.S. For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. More than 162,000 workers are directly employed in the aerospace/defense industries in the Golden State.

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

Building Information Management

The most common, in existence since the 1960s, are the CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) format in North America and the SMM7 (Standard Method of Measurement) format in Great Britain.11 20R‐98, Project Code of Accounts, AACE International, 126 Morgantown, WV. ” – GAO Report, 2009. 31–32, 1972.