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Testing, Testing: Commissioning During COVID-19

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Building commissioning has remained a priority throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but with tiny mechanical rooms that make social distancing a challenge on site, building operators and engineers must get creative to safely stick to their projects’ commissioning schedules. Option #1: virtual BMS testing. The process.

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.

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Pre-Qualification of Construction Managers – An Essential Ingredient for a Successful Project

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With ever-increasing costs of construction and the need to complete quality construction projects in a timely and safe manner it is critical that owners utilize professional and ethical designers and constructors on their project teams. Currently owners require that the project design teams are comprised of licensed architects and engineers.

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Building a competitive advantage: New study finds construction technology is why companies are performing better

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However, of all industries, construction still is ripe for the highest likelihood for automation – from the design to offsite fabrication facility and into the field. We can now, in near real time, link our design choices to potential trade-offs in schedule, capital costs, ongoing costs, carbon, or functionality,” he said.

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Manhattan’s Union Square gets its very own farmhouse

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GrowNYC, a sustainability-focused nonprofit, commissioned ORE Design to create the community events center and learning space, located near Union Square in Manhattan. Dubbed Farmhouse, the center includes a classroom forum, educational kitchen, and conference center.

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Study analyzes effectiveness of reflective ceilings

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To quantify the illuminance and energy consumption levels achieved by increasing the ceiling’s light reflectance (LR), ceiling system manufacturer Armstrong World Industries commissioned Brinjac Engineering to conduct two controlled studies. Illuminance is a measure of the intensity of light on a unit area of a surface.). read more.

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Studio Gang tapped for American Museum of Natural History expansion

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Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects has been commissioned to design the new Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The $325 million project will include 218,000 sf of new and existing space, ArchDaily reports. Architects Museums'