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New York City Studies Feasibility of $1B Passenger Rail Line

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Design firms AECOM and WSP awarded $1.3 million contract to study 16-mile Brooklyn to Queens line.

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Tidal Wave of the Future

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In future years, New York could see a significant increase in hydrokinetic power from coastline installations if wave conversion or tidal in-stream power technologies prove technically and economically feasible. There’s also a pilot tidal power project off the coast of Maine. The project, led by Verdant Power, Inc.,

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

The City of Vancouver Zero Emissions Building Plan calls for a 90% reduction in emissions from new buildings by 2025 and while it does not explicitly require Passive House design or certification, it will move that market.

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What’s Driving the Demand for Single-Family Rental Homes?

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While builders struggle with rising land and construction costs , the financial feasibility of delivering new supply in the starter-home category has become a legitimate challenge to profitability, compounding the issue. . Many of those migrating are looking to plant themselves within single-family rental communities.

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5 ways mass timber will reshape the design of life sciences facilities

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In the past, mass timber construction has proved difficult for life sciences development due to technical constraints; however, as illustrated in a new study SGA developed alongside Thornton Tomasetti, Consigli Construction Co.,

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Germ of an Idea

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It’s been estimated that a couple of grams of refined anthrax tossed onto the rails can contaminate the entire New York City subway system, potentially killing thousands of people who come into contact with it. In 1957, the Defense Department gave W.R.

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Rising Tide

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The debate about whether to build sea barriers around New York City — and where to put them — has begun. A much more modest barrier, a 17-foot-tall “flap gate” protecting Stamford, CT, recently was deployed to protect 600 acres of the city’s downtown at a cost of $14.5