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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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The Sustainability Group will strengthen Suffolk’s in-house expertise and ability to design and execute a wider range of green building solutions. Steven Burke, Senior Director of Sustainability, and Michael Swenson, Director of Sustainability for Suffolk Design, will head the new operation.

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How Has Covid Affected the Construction Industry?

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While there’s still a high desire for well-built homes, we anticipate declining demand for retail space as consumer budgets shrink. Some sectors were completely prohibited (air travel, personal services), with others still to recover (retail, hospitality). Impact on construction budgets.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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A ground floor restaurant or retail space can further complicate a conversion, as new shafts and penetrations will need to be run through the building. Determining whether the floor plate is made of concrete, steel, or wood has a significant impact in the feasibility of a project. RELATED ARTICLE: About 11% of U.S.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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That meant proximity to transit, jobs, schools, retail, public access to parks and recreation, and other social infrastructure. The community will be home to offices, schools, services such as daycare, and retail/dining. He found the most successful ones had a sense of community that went beyond the buildings.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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The City intends to create a financially feasible, operationally self–sustainable signature facility that will promote economic development, create jobs and enhance educational offerings. New restaurants included Ruggles Green, Guru Burgers & Crepes and BLU. million square feet of retail space and 8.2

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services. The state also has no renewable portfolio standard.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The sites include the Greene and Sumter Renewal Community, made up of both counties, the Mobile Renewal Community, which includes Prichard and a section of east Mobile, and the Southern Alabama Renewal Community, which includes Wilcox County and parts of Butler, Conecuh, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe and Perry Counties. 50,000 (max.)

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