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Acoustic ceilings to support occupants’ health

Construction Specifier

While specification and design professionals have long considered the effects of material and product choices on the people within the spaces and buildings they create, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of designing healthy spaces. Photo by Robert Pepple, Pepple Photography/courtesy of Rockfon. fire protection.

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Kaiser Permanente Bringing 800 Call Center Jobs To Georgia

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The move will bring more than 800 new jobs to metro Atlanta by 2020—most of them by 2017. ” Metro Atlanta’s market for call center workers—the seventh largest in the country—was a key reason Kaiser Permanente chose to locate a national contact center in Georgia. .

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

Pro Builder

Scott Smith, corporate director of safety management services for Selective Insurance Group , a holding company for 10 property and casualty insurers, sees it more simply. Scott Smith, Selective Insurance Group. Patricia Urtecho, a senior risk management consultant with Builders Mutual Insurance Co. Foulke Jr.,

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Savannah Notches Record Cargo Volume

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Designed by Konecranes of Finland and assembled in Nantong, China, these machines can reach across vessels 22 containers wide and lift cargo weighing up to 72 tons to a height of 152 feet above the dock. Nathan Deal has announced that Kaiser Permanente, an integrated provider of health care and coverage, will create 800 jobs in metro Atlanta.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The buildingSMART alliance TM Conference will help you understand how BIM can better integrate the design, construction, fabrication and operation processes, and provide you with the latest metrics available to assess industry progress. After several years in Atlanta, he currently resides in Tampa, Florida, with his wife and two sons.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The buildingSMART alliance TM Conference will help you understand how BIM can better integrate the design, construction, fabrication and operation processes, and provide you with the latest metrics available to assess industry progress. After several years in Atlanta, he currently resides in Tampa, Florida, with his wife and two sons.

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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. Issues uncovered as a result of this review must be mitigated within a designated timeline.

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