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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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Why Demo When You Can Deconstruct?

Pro Builder

While the obstacles are considerable, the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, offers an example of what’s possible. So he asked the Lifecycle Building Center, an Atlanta store that sells donated materials for reuse, to source as many used two-by-fours as it could get.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

John Riddle, Turning Leaf’s VP and business development manager, says his company upped the ante after attending job fairs for trade students and being told they could make more working at McDonald’s. Since sweetening its compensation, Turning Leaf advertised for a senior project manager and got eight qualified candidates. .

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A/E/C Marketing Best Practices Webcast

Construction Marketing

Deborah Hodges is Executive Director of the Construction Writers Association (CWA), and President of Golden Square LLC, an association management firm. Wendy McBay is Director of Marketing at Reed Construction Data in Atlanta, GA, with 15 years experience in construction industry marketing. Contact Neil Brown at 630-579-8383.

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Vikki Hackett, the organizer

The Korte Company

In her eight years with the Corps, she worked her way up to become one of two office managers and eventually a civil engineering technician. Along the way, she learned valuable skills like making spec books, processing modifications and payroll certifications. Fortunately, Vikki thrives on structure and discipline.

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September 2015 newsletter

FDR Safety

Copies of all required permits and certifications. How involved is management when an injury occurs? Effective management involvement and light duty programs can assist in injury recovery process. Require a face-to-face meeting with the contractor’s management team to review the documentation and your safety requirements.

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Acoustic ceilings to support occupants’ health

Construction Specifier

With a greater understanding of indoor environmental quality, acoustic ceiling material choices, and relevant product certifications, specifiers can have a positive impact on buildings’ indoor air quality (IAQ), lighting, safety, acoustic comfort, and, ultimately, on people’s health and well-being. IEQ and influential standards.