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5 criteria to optimize medical office design

BD+C

5 criteria to optimize medical office design 0 rcassidy Sun, 03/17/2024 - 09:30 Healthcare Facilities Healthcare designers need to consider privacy, separate areas for practitioners, natural light, outdoor spaces, and thoughtful selection of materials for medical office buildings.

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Building Perimeters are Only One Layer in Safe School Design

BD+C

Government Accountability Office, current or former students account for half of school shootings. For example, the effectiveness of parking lot video surveillance can be increased with clear sightlines from the front office. This lawmaker brings up a valid concern. According to the U.S.

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Design-Build gets sweeter: Expanding a Hershey plant with a high-tech approach

The Korte Company

Over the next few months, Korte’s civil consultant TWM and Hershey’s in-house Building Information Modeling (BIM) team surveyed their existing structure, then shared these 3D point clouds with our team. This was far more accurate than just referencing the facility’s original hand-drawn blueprints as a point of reference.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

Client names and other specific references are omitted to protect the not so innocent.). Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Responding to consultant with comments on selection of a DOE approved energy model for 179D tax deduction. 05:00 a.m. [Off

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Email Management and E-Forms in the Contracting Office?

Carol Hagen

If any CFMA member wants to get this addressed ASAP, have your IT people contact me and we can arrange for a consultative meeting. . This is a blatant plug…if you do decide to join the CFMA, please put Carol Hagen in as the member who referred you on the application form.

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Procurement opportunity must be grasped

Construction Law

The Guidance is designed to complement the December 2020 Construction Playbook and the recommendations in Professor Mosey’s recent review report Constructing the Gold Standard, published by the Cabinet Office in December last year. Teams should be integrated through collaborative contracts that take account of consultations with residents.

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DD# 82: Cost Coding to Project Bid Items

Cassell Construction Estimating

Keep in mind I’m referring to contractors who self-perform a substantial amount of their own work, not construction managers who sub everything out. I remember going into a construction office in Montana, and asking how they tracked their labor. One-stop shopping with just one set of data to keep track of is better, right?

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