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Integrated project delivery method

Job Order Contracting

These benefits are largely derived through the use of a common data environment, CDE, which dramatically improves communication and collaboration throughout the project life-cycle. Within a Job Order Contract integrated project delivery method, the Common Data Environment is provided by the Unit Price Book, UPB.

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Build Beyond Zero

Natural Building

They conclude the introduction by writing, “In this book, we invite you to imagine the very real potential for our built environment to be a site of net carbon storage–a massive drawdown pool that–along with intentional climate-positive efforts in every other sector of human endeavor–could heal our climate.”

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BIM Strategy and Change Management II

Building Information Management

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies. As such it is a process of collaboration, continuous improvement, transparency, and integration. As such it is a process of collaboration, continuous improvement, transparency, and integration.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) may adopt regulations to implement the bills. Senate Bill 546 (passed) makes changes to nutrient management plan compliance, enforcement, and reporting; concentrated animal feeding operation permitting and fees; and water quality monitoring in tributaries located on the lower Eastern Shore.

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Pros and Cons of Straw Bale Building

Natural Building

Straw is cheap (sometimes free) and the entire process reduces construction waste that can have a negative impact on the environment; any excess straw or natural plaster can be used on site in compost or as ground cover to protect the soil. Whether or not your state has a building code for straw bale construction depends on the region.

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Gaining Better Insights and Creating Greater Predictability on Projects Across Europe With Mercury Engineering

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Mercury is a European contractor that builds and manages complex engineering projects that reimagine how people work and live in the built environment. The team made use of more of the functionality available – such as workflows for daily reporting, commissioning, permits, check sheets as well as tracking labour and site numbers too.

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Green construction tips to make your facility environmentally friendly

The Korte Company

As climate science matures, the impact of built spaces on the environment has come under closer scrutiny. What characteristics of the property and its environment can be leveraged to make the building more sustainable? What effect will the building have on its environment once built? Where will it be located?

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