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

BD+C

Best Practices: Work with What You Have Any architect can look at a dilapidated site and suggest tearing it down and starting from scratch. The inventory requirements of big-box retail and malls make these facilities ideal structures for adaptive reuse. Don’t overlook what you have. Updating lighting supports both brand and security.

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

Job Order Contracting

Additionally, GHGRP (codified at 40 CFR Part 98) requires reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) data and other relevant information from large GHG emission sources, fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and CO2 injection sites in the United States. Buffer zones. How to reduce the carbon footprint of a building? Reduction possibilities.

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Sustainable Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

Surprisingly, we discovered that by making some adjustments to not only the materials used, but how we purchase and inventory them, our bottom line was positively impacted, too. What will it cost to inventory and store bulk buys? . Much of what we learned had to do with simple arithmetic. . Options or Part of the Value Package?

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National Safety Month 2024: Top Tips for Risk Management

Safety Services Company

For contractors, maintaining a safe work environment isn’t just a moral obligation; it’s a fundamental business necessity. Building Robust Risk Management Processes Before implementing specific technologies and techniques for a safer work zone, we must first set up a blueprint for a more compliant culture.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

Business Facilities

I n order to attract new development, locations have to be prepared for it and have sites that are ready to hit the ground running. are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. States across the U.S.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The Cape Coral Westin will soon bring a new conference center on this site, attracting visitors from around the world. Retailers have benefited as well, and continue to find ways to compete and succeed in a very cost-conscious environment.”. Investment Zones & Distinct Communities. Credit: City of Cape Coral).

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5 questions all Project Managers should ask themselves before they start a project

Lets Build

materials getting damaged in the inventory because they were ordered too early or stored poorly. downtime between tasks on site. unnecessary motion (that could even be spending too much time walking up and down from the site to other facilities like the cantine for instance). Have I integrated zoning into my planning?