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New York: State Of The Future

Business Facilities

The Empire State is preparing for a future of sustainable growth by investing $150 billion in the nation’s largest infrastructure program and creating innovative workforce development programs to prepare skilled workers for high-tech jobs. Read: New York: State Of The Future at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Advancing sustainable construction: Specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

trillion sf) of building floorspace by 2060—equivalent space of New York City added every month for 40 years—the time for the industry to act is now. Model building codes (I-codes) developed by the International Code Council ( ICC ) play a crucial role in constructing safe, sustainable, and resilient structures.

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Work Underway for The Metro

PC Construction

The midtown Kingston, New York, community is seeing some very visible changes! The 75,000-square-foot renovated facility will provide hands-on education, training and career opportunities with an emphasis on the trades and local production.

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Virtual reality as a tool for sustainable design

Construction Specifier

The capabilities of these TEchnologies offer opportunities for communicating and analyzing the quantitative and material aspects of the design decisions related to sustainability and the built environment in an immersive and understandable way, both for the discipline and the larger public.

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As project delivery models evolve, designers rethink their role

BD+C

Since opening in September 2017, Cornell Tech’s New York campus has gained attention for its inventive, ambitious design.

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Relationship-based FM

Job Order Contracting

Real proper owners and FMers bear the responsibility for professionally managing processes and creating sustainable value via relationship management. Eds), Managing Organizational Ecologies: Space, Management and Organizations, Routledge, New York, NY. Traditional methods are antagonistic in this regard. and Price, I.

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New Straw Bale Home Helps Educate People About Climate Issues

Natural Building

Kathleen Draper, a climate change activist has constructed a 1,500-square-foot, three-bedroom straw bale home that she said will help reduce global warming and keep her comfortable in the harshest New York winter. “I Last year, New York state passed some of the strongest climate change legislation in the country, Draper said.