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Rad Projects of 2018

Stok

Services provided: LEED CS Consulting & Project Management, Energy Modeling, Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Client: Natural Resources Defense Council. based renewables firm navigate the consolidation of 2 spaces into a 50,000 SF office targeting LEED certification for their new 4-floor San Francisco headquarters.

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LEED, Sustainability, and the Federal Government – Report Card – 2012

Building Information Management

The Department of Homeland Security and Office of Personnel Management scored poorly, while the Army Corps of Engineers curiously scored the worst, with red marks in all categories. Department of Defense. Office of Personnel Management. Department of Defense. Office of Personnel Management. Department of Commerce.

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Building smarter healthcare through better healthcare interior design

The Korte Company

Somewhat related to evidence-based design is cleanability, arguably the most important defense against spreading diseases in spaces inherently full of them. It’ll work for low-traffic areas like administrative offices, but not so much for patient rooms. Cleanability. Wood, for example, typically is not ideal in high-risk spaces.

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School construction: Enhancing security through design

The Korte Company

Our success as a security-focused school construction company is underscored by our experience delivering 500 projects for our country’s Department of Defense. Of course, there’s a life cycle cost case to be made for using windows as walls in school construction, too.

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Public Sector Real Property Management – Quality Construction Cost Estimating – Earned Value Management

Building Information Management

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste. and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.

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Cloud Computing 101 – The Internet – The Web

Building Information Management

The Internet is the substrate underlying the web and emerged from Darpa-funded (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) work in the 1970s. Computers now existing in our homes, offices, cars, and pockets, and virtual computers exist in the cloud. Now for BIM.

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Cloud Computing 101 – The Internet – The Web

Building Information Management

The Internet is the substrate underlying the web and emerged from Darpa-funded (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) work in the 1970s. Computers now existing in our homes, offices, cars, and pockets, and virtual computers exist in the cloud. Now for BIM.

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