Sun.Sep 17, 2017

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

By Katie Stanford and Stuart Kaplow. LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. The proof is in the numbers. There are more than 5.6 million existing commercial buildings in the United States today. And despite the wildly successful U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (the ubiquitous acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the most widely used green building rating system in the world, less than 1% of commercial buildings in

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Effect of Environmental Factors on Foundations for Bridges

The Constructor

Effect of environmental conditions on selection of foundation types for bridges over water such as ship collision, floating ice, earthquakes are.

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How you should deal with negative social media comments

Construction Marketing Ideas

Jennifer Goff in Social Media Today provides five suggestions for handling negative social media comments. The challenge here is you need to combine discretion, speed, sensitivity and personalization in your answers — meaning the front-line staffers who read and respond to social media postings need to be empowered to combine some really challenging human interaction […].

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$60 Million Reconstruction Project to Start on SH 130

ENR Construction

General contractor Jordan Foster Construction will break ground on a $60 million reconstruction project next month on SH 130 to fix pavement problems and improve ride quality along the 41-mile roadway.

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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ENR's 2017 Year in Construction Photo Contest Opens for Submissions

ENR Construction

The submissions keep getting better from year to year