Remove Defense Remove Education Remove Innovation Remove Pennsylvania
article thumbnail

RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

article thumbnail

RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

The states that have put the assets in place today to support a thriving cybersecurity industry—including STEM-oriented higher education programs with cyber-specific degrees and R&D facilities working in tandem with national security agencies, the U.S. military and business—will rule the cyber sector tomorrow.

article thumbnail

Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Tuesday and Wednesday: Conference Educational Sessions. Friday: BIM Academic Education Symposium. The buildingSMART alliance Conference Educational Sessions are broken into two days. The week will close with the BIM Academic Education Symposium. Day(s)/Date(s): January 7-11, 2013. Thursday: Information Exchanges.

BIM 45
article thumbnail

2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

For example, this year we supplemented our traditional Best Education Climate ranking with a scorecard of the states that emerged out front in the fierce competition for federal Race to the Top education funding. For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders.

Iowa 69
article thumbnail

Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Tuesday and Wednesday: Conference Educational Sessions. Friday: BIM Academic Education Symposium. The buildingSMART alliance Conference Educational Sessions are broken into two days. The week will close with the BIM Academic Education Symposium. Day(s)/Date(s): January 7-11, 2013. Thursday: Information Exchanges.

BIM 40
article thumbnail

COVER STORY: Advanced Manufacturing — Creating Jobs In 3Dimensions

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

is experiencing a reshoring of manufacturing, while innovation and technology are helping to bridge the gap between leading-edge research and product development. Another vital component to this revival is technological innovation. The Obama Administration has made advancing an innovative manufacturing agenda a major priority.