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Desert Comfort: Next-Gen HVAC and Indoor Air Quality

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A more efficient conditioned air distribution system optimizes zoned heating, cooling, and fresh-air ventilation equipment for ideal indoor comfort. When the Desert Comfort Experience Home ’s design/build team set a net-zero energy use goal for the 3,000-square-foot custom home located near Scottsdale, Ariz., Wed, 09/28/2022 - 12:05.

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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox

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The construction project should be completed on time, if not earlier, due to the subs’ familiarity with the area, zoning, traffic, etc. For more details on this benefit, make sure you read about the newest American Girl store in Denver. You’re pumping money back into the community. Where is your local general contractor following you?

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Webinars and Construction Events in March 2022

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With no shortage of networking and learning opportunities this month, you’ll find construction events happening from California to New York, and every time zone in between. About: New York Build, the largest construction & design show for New York and the Tri-state area, is back and bigger than ever. REGISTER NOW. Get more details.

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Architectural ‘Frankenstein’ features breakthrough sustainable design

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Architectural ‘Frankenstein’ features breakthrough sustainable design 0 qpurcell Mon, 10/23/2023 - 10:53 Government Buildings The General Services Administration (GSA) has embraced adaptive reuse with Building 48, an exciting workplace project that sets new precedents for how the federal government will approach sustainable design.

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Former munitions plant reimagined as net-zero federal workplace

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Former munitions plant reimagined as net-zero federal workplace 0 qpurcell Mon, 10/23/2023 - 10:53 Government Buildings The General Services Administration (GSA) has embraced adaptive reuse with Building 48, an exciting workplace project that sets new precedents for how the federal government will approach sustainable design.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The Alliance supports the GrowFlorida program designed to provide both technical assistance and access to capital to second-tier, high-growth companies in the area; it also provided assistance to Broward College to establish a new business incubator to promote small business.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

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“The first thing you need is patience,” says Scott Thorson, COO of Oakwood Homes , which operates panel, truss, and module factories in Salt Lake City and near its headquarters in Denver. It all begins with design,” says Charlie Chupp, CEO of Fading West Development , in Buena Vista, Colo., Respect the limits of technology.

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