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

Building Information Management

Green, yellow or red values were assigned for seven (7) metrics, with no overall score.Oddly the Department of Energy scored to “reds” for poor reductions in fleet petroleum use and poor progress in developing sustainable buildings. Department of Defense. Tennessee Valley Authority. Department of Defense.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. The reputation of Tennessee’s business climate and skilled workforce has attracted countless world-class businesses to our state. Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages.

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Subcontractor’s Failure to Strictly Comply With Notice Provision Costs $200,000

Best Practices Construction Law

.” The appellate court held that the letters and emails relied upon by the trial court “did not strictly comply with the contractual notice requirement, since they did not contain verified statements of the amount of delay damages allegedly sustained by the plaintiff and were unsupported by documentary evidence.”

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Rad Projects of 2018

Stok

Client: Natural Resources Defense Council. Highlights: This wellness-focused non-profit aligned its space with its values through a new LEED v4 Silver certified office in a collective effort orchestrated by stok’s Project Management, Sustainable Design, and Engineering Teams. Sustainable Design & Engineering: Certified.

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Green construction tips to make your facility environmentally friendly

The Korte Company

While juggling sustainability and profitability at the same time is a challenge, construction companies can help owners achieve both by implementing green construction principles. What characteristics of the property and its environment can be leveraged to make the building more sustainable? Sustainable return on investment.

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Rising Tide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

senator from Tennessee with presidential aspirations. percent and that climate-change has become a self-sustaining phenomenon. If you don’t think climate change is on the verge of becoming self-sustaining, consider this: The U.S. In 1988, Al Gore was a U.S.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

We’ll continue to be quick on our feet to provide you with this reliable constant no matter the ups-and-downs of economic fortunes: that our annual Rankings Report will be the fairest and most accurate assessment of progress being made by the locations that are leaders in charting a path to sustainable growth in these troubled times.

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