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Veterans Off Grid in New Mexico

Natural Building

On 50 scenic acres in Carson, New Mexico, sits the Veterans Off-Grid (VOG) property — a nonprofit organization founded by Ryan Timmermans, whose mission is to restore a sense of purpose, community, sustainability, and peace to veterans in need. Goldman will be teaching Design for Green Building, based solely at VOG.

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LEAN JOB ORDER CONTRACTING comes to NEW MEXICO

Job Order Contracting

Comes to New Mexico! Isn’t it time you stopped the waste, the worrying, and the hassles commonly associated with facilities repair, renovation, and minor new construction??? New to JOC? The post LEAN JOB ORDER CONTRACTING comes to NEW MEXICO appeared first on 4BT. Just ask us.

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The First Permitted Tire Bale Home in New Mexico

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I recently received the following email from Kimi Ishikawa: We are in the process of building the first-ever fully permitted tire bale home in New Mexico! The post The First Permitted Tire Bale Home in New Mexico appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Touring a Sufi Community in New Mexico

Natural Building

You can find out more about this Sufi Community at southwestsuficommunity.org It was founded in1995 and is located on 1,500 wild acres one hour North of Silver City, New Mexico by way of a rugged, winding mountain road that borders the Gila National Forest.

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An Update on the New Mexico Tire Bale House

Natural Building

A month ago I posted some information about the First Permitted Tire Bale House in New Mexico , and Kimi Ishikawa just added this comment to that post: Thank you for this post, Kelly! The post An Update on the New Mexico Tire Bale House appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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A Green Co-Housing Community in New Mexico

Natural Building

Valverde Commons is a co-housing community designed to foster connection. Green building principles – intended to minimize environmental impact – are evident throughout the community: solar panels, passive solar design, trombe walls, water catchment and solar pre-heating tanks. Each residence must be able to collect water.

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3D scanning data provides solutions for challenging tilt-up panel casino project

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a premier general contracting firm with locations in New Mexico and Colorado, eschewed traditional methods and instead used state-of-the-art 3D scanning technology to document the location of rebar in tilt-up panels at the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sandia Casino and Resort. Jaynes Corp.,