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Denver Voters Petition Green Roof Mandate to the Ballot

Green Building Law Update

The Denver Elections Commission has announced that the Denver Green Roof Initiative, a mandatory green roof ballot initiative will appear on the November 7 ballot. The officially certified content of the ballot was announced in a Tweet from ‎@DenverElections and included Initiated Ordinance 300 – Denver Green Roof Initiative.

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Show Village 2021: 3 Idea Homes for the Way We Live Now

Pro Builder

David just likes the way his home feels: always the right temperature, the air always clean; he rarely finds himself congested or with sore eyes, thanks to an automated, whole-house humidifier that regulates healthy indoor moisture during dry Denver winters. Designer/Builde r: Thrive Home Builders , Denver. Bedrooms : 3.

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Race to a Smart Future

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The finalists, announced at the South by Southwest (SXSW) tech and music fest, are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. Kansas City’s plans include connecting public transit to Wi-Fi, expanding a bike-sharing program and crafting autonomous vehicle regulations.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

Pro Builder

“The first thing you need is patience,” says Scott Thorson, COO of Oakwood Homes , which operates panel, truss, and module factories in Salt Lake City and near its headquarters in Denver. That’s totally untrue,” says Josh Schaffer, co-founder of Rog & Wilco Construction , a small-volume Denver builder. Photo: courtesy Entekra.

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Exclusive Interview With Engineering News Record’s Jan Tuchman

Help Everybody Everyday

The other thing we’ve learned is they’re very interested in construction methods, engineering technology, legislation, regulation, and safety topics that go across the industry as a whole. But because this method was used in Chicago doesn’t matter because we already wrote about it when it was used in Denver.

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

Pro Builder

“The goal is to keep safety in front of people all of the time, and someone in the company has to ‘own’ that responsibility,” says Ron Stafford, senior quality assurance manager for Thrive Home Builders, in Denver. And some of Thrive’s trade partners commission similar safety inspections, reporting, and training from SFI.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Rick Scott has eliminated hundreds of regulations he says are impeding business expansions and new facilities in the Sunshine State; and Louisiana, which has married an unrivaled workforce training program with a bevy of new incentives that are spurring hot new growth sectors, including digital media.

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