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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

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As a National General Contractor working across multiple verticals in the commercial construction space, we understand the challenges (COVID and Supply Chain) facing our retail, restaurant, hospitality, and senior housing clients. Adaptive Reuse Construction: Reimagining Space Adaptive Reuse in commercial construction is nothing new.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Conversion of large office buildings to residential will require revamped regulations

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Transforming older commercial buildings for residential use can be a fairly straightforward endeavor.

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Use the Construction Industry Model to Regulate the Sharing Economy

Green Building Law Blog

To ease you back into the workday routine, I want to share a post I wrote for RegBlog , the blog of the University of Pennsylvania Program on Regulation, about regulating sharing economy companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. You can read the whole post here.

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Use the Construction Industry Model to Regulate the Sharing Economy

Green Building Law Blog

To ease you back into the workday routine, I want to share a post I wrote for RegBlog , the blog of the University of Pennsylvania Program on Regulation, about regulating sharing economy companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. You can read the whole post here.

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Regulations, demand will accelerate revenue from zero energy buildings, according to study

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-based Navigant Research projects that public- and private-sector efforts to lower the carbon footprint of new and renovated commercial and residential structures will boost the annual revenue generated by commercial and residential zero energy buildings (ZEBs) over the next 20 years by 122.5%, to $1.4

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New Lead (Pb) in Soil Standard Now Effective in Maryland

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland Department of the Environment will utilize a tiered approach for soil screening: Residential Soil Screening Concentration – 200 mg/kg. Commercial Soil Screening Concentration – 550 mg/kg. Effective July 1, 2020, Maryland has imposed new lead (Pb) soil screening standards. But these levels are very low.

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