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Extreme Heat Could Kickstart Large Scale Climate Migration in the Coming Decades

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Over 100 million Americans could be displaced due to extreme temperatures in the next thirty years, according to recent land surface measurements from the First Street Foundation. Higher humidity there also makes the heat less bearable than in drier areas like Phoenix. “We Tue, 08/16/2022 - 10:45. Environmental. Environmental.

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Photo courtesy Skanska Along with improvements like reconfiguring Customs screening and inspection areas and upgrading escalators, baggage was a priority for our work at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Over the past few years, this 1.3

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SMPS selects Craig Galati as president-elect

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Newly elected foundation trustees. The Nominations and Elections Committee also recommended and the Society Board approved the election of three new member trustees to serve on the SMPS Foundation Board in 2015–16: Amy J. Hope Wilson, PMP, CPSM, consultant, Phoenix, AZ (Term: Sept. 1, 2015, to Aug. 1, 2015, to Aug. Isaacs, P.E.,

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The next destination: Passive design airports

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One example is Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona, where our team led the Terminal 2 demolition project. Super-insulated envelopes High quality, efficient, and continuous insulation all around the building—from the roofs, walls, and foundations—is critical to minimize heat loss.

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Two-Day US Workshop Series for Efficient design of post-tensioned buildings

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There will be wide-ranging workflows and intermutual step-by-step guidance which will be undertaken for common structure types like parking garages with post-tensioned girders and one-way slabs, mat/raft soil-supported foundations, two-way elevated slabs and transfer/podium slabs.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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When Branka Minic became CEO of the Building Talent Foundation (BTF), an Orlando, Fla.-based Houston, and Phoenix by 2024. . Home builders, trade associations, NGOs, and other groups are aggressively ramping up skilled construction labor training programs to bring more workers into the industry.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX and Phoenix, AZ are the top-ranked large metros in this flagship category, respectively. National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR), managed by UCAR, is a National Science Foundation R&D Center (Boulder, CO). PHOENIX IS FASTEST-GROWING CITY. It’s not a coincidence that Phoenix—no.

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