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Design and specification considerations: Stand-alone canopy structure systems

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Freestanding canopy systems can be specified for numerous project applications, fabricated with a choice of materials, and engineered to meet a range of performance requirements. This material can be manufactured from recycled sources, can be fabricated into any size or geometric shape, or can be formed into curves and barrel-vaulted designs.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

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In fact, officials of New York City are beginning to re-examine its zoning to ensure green spaces and parks are accessible and equitably distributed throughout the urban landscape. It also creates a new building zone called the ‘mid-doors,’ a term coined recently by Transsolar’s Erik Olsen, in his series “What is Indoors?”

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

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Marc Asnis, AICP MFPRO+ Blog University Buildings Healthcare Facilities Mixed-Use Apartments Retail Centers Shopping Centers Designers Architects Adaptive Reuse Exterior Restoration Interior Architecture Sustainability Sustainable Development The death of the 20th century shopping mall is evident all across the country.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: TRAKware provides end to end.

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TRAKware can resolve particular issues and generate an incorporated, powerful, consistent and time-tested solution scalable to any size custom metal fabricator. TRAKware plays a proactive role for midstream corrections when necessary for fabricators. TRAKware is mostly applied by metal fabircators. Posted by.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Life Sciences Grow High-Wage Jobs in the Beehive State

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Composites, IT, Digital Media, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, Retail, Sports & Outdoor Products. Key Incentives: Enterprise Zones, Rural Fast Track Program, ED Tax Increment Financing, Motion Picture Incentives, Private Activity Bond. For more information, contact Michael O’Malley at momalley@utah.gov or 801-538-8879.

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The next phase of sustainability in luxury hotels

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In addition, many of our clients who are more reliant on the corporate sector are seeing RFPs that request more detailed information about sustainability initiatives. And consumers are happy to spend more money on those brands. Many recent projects crossing Camp’s desk aim to minimize the amount of waste created over a building’s lifespan.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Ontario is Green, Growing, and Diversifying

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But as the continued strength of the Canadian dollar has created a trade deficit, Ontario is aggressively moving to diversify its economic base with new high-growth sectors like information communications technology (ICT) alternative energy and digital media. Ontario has become a North American hot spot for ICT.

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