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Virtual reality as a tool for sustainable design

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Recent developments in virtual reality (VR) technology allow for the visualization of unbuilt information as full-scale occupiable environments, providing previously unavailable insight to designers, clients, and other stakeholders. The design team used dedicated software to translate the BIM model into a VR-friendly environment.

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Relationship-based FM

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Real proper owners and FMers bear the responsibility for professionally managing processes and creating sustainable value via relationship management. Most senior leadership members view FM as being a mainly technical/engineering and cost-driven discipline that deals with the built environment. A fundamental challenge remains.

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Michael Sorkin, Architectural Critic and Educator, Dies of COVID-19 Complications

ENR Construction

New York City-based practitioner, 71, was a distinctive voice for social justice and sustainability in design of the urban environment.

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Handcrafted Sandstone Girls School in India

Natural Building

In the heart of the Thar Desert in the Indian state of Rajasthan, this girls school was a pro-bono project by New York–based architect Diana Kellogg commissioned by a non-profit group. I was also committed to sustainability and using the stone in a modernized way to bring attention to the craftsman in the area.”.

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City Momentum Index Identifies The World’s 20 Most Dynamic Cities

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The true foundation of highly dynamic cities emerges from such factors as speed of innovation and creation of cutting-edge businesses along with new building construction, property price movement and investment in real estate from cross-border investors and corporations. GLOBAL TOP 20. San Francisco. Hong Kong. Los Angeles. Far West U.S. -

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Tappan Zee Bridge Bidder's Cold Feet Costs Team $2.5 Million.

ENR Construction

Environment. Sustainability. Earn Continuing Education Credits. ENR New York. Description: One of the four teams contending for the estimated $5-billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project in New York State chose not to submit a bid at the last moment. Search our site: Infrastructure. Book Reviews.

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DOT Lets States Shift $473M Unspent on Earmarks to Other Projects.

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Environment. Sustainability. Earn Continuing Education Credits. ENR New York. million, followed by California, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Power & Industrial.

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