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Stanley Black & Decker Creating 500 Jobs In Texas

Business Facilities

The 425,000-square-foot plant in Fort Worth, TX will be completed in late 2020 and will manufacture a range of CRAFTSMAN mechanics tools using the latest manufacturing technologies to optimize productivity and sustainability. Read: Stanley Black & Decker Creating 500 Jobs In Texas at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Watch: DBA Architects' Bryan Moore talks micro communities and the benefits of walkable neighborhoods

BD+C

Mixed-Use Multifamily Housing Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Architects Urban Planning Joining us is Bryan Moore , President and CEO of DBA Architects, a leading mixed-use master planner in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. What are some of the sustainable impacts attributable to walkable communities?

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Women Making Their Marks in Construction

Pro Builder

Fourth-generation builder Heather Laminack of Ferrier Builders in Fort Worth, TX focuses on building sustainable, affordable homes. She grew up learning about sustainability and energy efficiency, and as general manager for Ferrier, Laminack is able to inform customers about self-sufficient homes.

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Niagara Conservation donates sustainable stealth system to Arizona non-profit

Contractor Magazine

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Every year, Phoenix-based Rooter 2000 Plumbing & Drain makes an effort to assist a local organization with an immediate plumbing need or challenge. read more.

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Data Cowboys

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

But a rapidly rising contender for the data center crown is a place made famous by oil wells and cattle ranches: That’s right, the Dallas-Fort Worth metro and its surrounding counties in Texas have become a magnet for new data centers. Fort Worth secured the Facebook deal after a yearlong, 220-city competition.

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XPS + building science = Three high-performing roofs

Construction Specifier

Whether topping federal buildings, high-end hotels, or event centers, VRAs support sustainability efforts, add beauty, and serve as multipurpose gathering spaces. Some PMRAs measure more than 46,452 m 2 (500,000 sf) and a network of vegetative roof assemblies (VRAs) in Washington, D.C., spans nearly a mile of waterfront.

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U.S. CRE Turning Around In 2014, According To New PwC/ULI Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

“Access to greater amounts of both debt and equity financing, combined with a sustained improvement in the underlying economic fundamentals, means that the opportunities and returns offered in smaller markets are potentially very appealing.”

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