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Digital Builder Ep 38: Strategies for Reusing Construction Waste

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction waste is a major problem that has gone unchecked for years. In this special Autodesk University episode, hear Shannon Goodman , Executive Director of the Lifecycle Building Center , share her expertise on utilizing construction waste for more sustainable and reusable buildings. Until now.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development. Home builders, trade associations, NGOs, and other groups are aggressively ramping up skilled construction labor training programs to bring more workers into the industry. How to Scale Hiring and Create a More Diverse Workforce in Construction.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

The project is targeting LEED® Platinum certification and Fitwel certification, which prioritizes occupant health by focusing on increasing physical activity, promoting occupant safety and creating a sense of well-being. The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Atlanta, Ga.

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

Green Building Law Update

Even before the conference started, on the preceding Thursday came the biggest announcement of Greenbuild, the new 2018 International Green Construction Code was finally being unveiled by the coterie of trade group authors and available from the ICC to the public. In 2019, from November 20 thru 22, Greenbuild will be in Atlanta.

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Vikki Hackett, the organizer

The Korte Company

Her personality is ideal for construction, where organizing a ton of people and resources around one goal creates such amazing things. From teaching to construction Vikki was raised in Choctaw, Oklahoma on a 70-acre plot that her family shared with a couple horses. I’m just a double Type A personality,” she said. “I’m

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Here’s the good news: most of the states (and the federal government) got the memo (Workforce Training is Job One) and they are moving aggressively to put in place innovative and highly effective workforce training programs that put forward-thinking businesses and higher education resources on the same team. VIRGINIA’S TRADITION OF TRAINING.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The Apple manufacturing facility will create 700 jobs with average salaries of $45,000 as well as 1,300 construction jobs, creating an overall economic impact for the region of $1.33 In February 2013, Clarksville-Montgomery County officials were invited to go to Atlanta to meet with the company’s site-selection team.

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