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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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He has guided the sustainability process on over 30 million square feet of projects across many different building types and sizes, including K-12 schools, higher education facilities, mid-rise and high-rise residential, commercial interiors, retail interiors, and commercial office buildings.

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Deep green retrofits: Updating old buildings to new sustainability standards

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Office Buildings Architects Adaptive Reuse Green Reconstruction & Renovation Sustainability Constructed in the early 1960s, the building at 10 New Bridge Street in central London could have been demolished to make way for a more modern and efficient replacement. Image: Google Streetview, courtesy HOK 3.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

While most Passive buildings are residential (well over 3500 buildings worldwide and 300 in North America), there are a growing number of commercial and institutional projects (over 500) including office buildings, hotels, schools, and even a prison. Which raises an interesting conflict that the two standards are not the same.

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Different types of quantity surveyor in surveying field

Construction Cost Estimating

These comprise of a private practice QS who performs with an organisation in an office and instructs clients as well as develop a bill of quantities for various contractors on various projects. An ideal QS should possess an accredited degree and the necessary professional certifications.

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Everyday Employee Safety

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Employee Safety Inside the Office. Most office safety issues involve ergonomic and environmental situations such as ventilation, temperature and humidity, lighting, workstation design/fatigue control, noise, housekeeping and sanitation. To reduce MSD hazards, feasible engineering, work practice or administrative controls must be used.

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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Perry ambled out of his office to accept our 2012 State of the Year Award last spring and then spent nearly an hour explaining his economic development strategy to us, face-to-face. Perry has supported pilot projects to assess the feasibility of large-scale seawater desalination plants on the Texas Gulf Coast.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

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Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Aquatech has offices throughout North America and has a significant presence worldwide through subsidiaries in Europe, the Middle East, India and China. Paramount also provides consultancy services in Air Quality Monitoring, Environmental Impact Assessments and Treatability & Feasibility Studies.