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Single-Family Zoning Creates Hurdles for Quick, Cost-Effective Construction

Pro Builder

Single-Family Zoning Creates Hurdles for Quick, Cost-Effective Construction. Now, the housing shortage has become a much more severe issue and Forbes says the top hurdle to creating cost-effective, rapid housing is single-family zoning. cbroderick. Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:47. Read More. . Construction. Single-Family Homes.

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel 0 qpurcell Thu, 08/17/2023 - 09:52 Adaptive Reuse Gresham Smith demonstrates the opportunities of adaptive reuse, specifically reusing empty big-box retail and malls, many of which sit unused or underutilized across the country. Don’t overlook what you have.

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Storage Units: Are They Worth Buying Or Building?

Construction Marketing

To store their goods, supplies, materials, and inventory relevant to their businesses, many business owners look for storage units. All types of business owners, including entrepreneurs of all stripes, frequently require additional room for their inventory. For Commercial Use. Drawbacks Of Building Storage Units.

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Prefab Company Secures $30 Million, Announces Expansions

Pro Builder

“It’s a step change in custom homebuilding, making it significantly faster, easier and more sustainable to build beautifully designed, healthy homes.”. Customers of the builder can choose their own architect or select one of the company’s designs created by several renowned architects like Ray Kappe and Brooks + Scarpa. Read More. .

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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

Job Order Contracting

Base year GHG inventory is step one and determines your facilities carbon footprint, Step 2 is Reducing Carbon Footprint, Step 3 = Offset. Design for long life and adaptability. Buffer zones. How to reduce the carbon footprint of a building? Reduction possibilities. Energy savings. Auto switch off. Waste and packaging.

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Sustainable Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

Sustainable building is using energy-efficient and healthier materials and the intelligent integration of design, construction, and operation of each home so it delivers benefits like healthier living, less maintenance, and durability not just for the next 15 years, but for decades to come. . How many trades are needed for each job?

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Defense Production Zones: Virginia authorizes its communities to establish local defense production zones to benefit businesses engaged in the design, development or production of materials, components or equipment required to meet the needs of national defense. Each locality designs and administers its own program.