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2023 Ivory Prize Winners Announced

Pro Builder

These four organizations have emerged as champions of innovation, demonstrating outstanding ambition, feasibility, and scalability in their efforts to tackle the urgent issue of housing affordability. Diamond Age Construction & Design Winner Diamond Age uses cutting-edge industrial-scale robotics to build homes at scale.

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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

Pro Builder

The prize awards organizations that demonstrate ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to the housing affordability crisis. Plantd Durham, North Carolina | Construction and Design Category Plantd makes durable carbon-negative building materials for homebuilders using fast-growing perennial grass instead of trees.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

New York City Zone Green thick wall exclusion allows for up to 8 inches of wall thickness to be exempted from the calculation of floor area to encourage high performance buildings without decreasing the amount of usable space in the building, including Passive construction. Information is available from events@psssivehousecal.org.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

Pro Builder

National Zoning Atlas | Ithaca, New York The National Zoning Atlas is a collaborative of researchers digitizing, demystifying, & democratizing about 30,000 U.S. zoning codes through a first-of-its-kind user-friendly online resource. Category Innovators

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What Is Rainwater Harvesting | Rainwater Harvesting Methodology | Types of Rainwater Harvesting Method |Rainwater Harvesting Project

CivilJungle

Zones are separated by different rainfall types. Rainwater Harvesting Project: Design and Feasibility of Rainwater Harvesting System for Raj Nagar, Kavi Nagar, Kamla Nehru, or Panch Lok. Aim of Rainwater Harvesting Project: Design and feasibility of rainwater harvesting system for Raj Nagar, Kavi Nagar, Kamla Nagar, or Panch Lok.

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5 Ways To Give High Fives To Remote Employees

Construction Marketing

A mere one out of three US workers feel that they receive sufficient recognition for their work, according to another recent Gallup analysis. And if online conversations aren’t feasible, snail mail with a leadership signature is still a meaningful instrument for staff appreciation. Personalize rewards and recognition.

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September 2014 newsletter

FDR Safety

There was a feasible and useful method to correct the hazard. One error frequently made by OSHA is to cite an employer for failure to use a particular method to abate a hazard. FDRsafety is well-connected in the industry, which enables us to keep a full database of qualified candidates. The hazard was recognized.

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