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World Cup, Olympics, Climate Change Drive California Infrastructure Efforts

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Agencies including Los Angeles World Airports and the Port of San Francisco detailed major infrastructure projects in the works to prep for the World Cup and Olympics, and address sea level rise.

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. More than 40,000 airports worldwide facilitate the annual global travel of billions of passengers.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

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Airports K-12 Schools Hospital Design Trends Office Buildings Designers Architects Biophilic Design Biophilic design supports the health and wellbeing of individuals by connecting people to nature. In Los Angeles, our 13,482-sf office is LEED and Fitwel certified. Skanska office, Los Angeles, Calif.

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City of Los Angeles Buzzes With Work

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Selected as 2017 Owner of the Year, the city has its hand in $150 billion of upcoming airport, water and transit infrastructure work

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State of the Construction Industry: June Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Gets Go Ahead to Build a High-Speed Train to Chicago’s Airport. CNBC reports that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has approved a new kind of infrastructure project: a high-speed loop from Chicago’s airport to the city’s downtown.

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1,500th Envision Sustainability Professional Credentialed

Green Building Law Update

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure announced that earlier this week it reached the milestone of 1,500 Envision Sustainability Professionals who have been credentialed in the use of the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system. Bertera, Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.

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California Construction in the Time of Covid-19

Construction and Infrastructure Law

California’s list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” [1] exempts all construction work from the purview of California’s statewide “Stay at Home” Order. [2] As another example, the City of Los Angeles expressly allows “construction of commercial, office and institutional buildings.” [4]