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State of the Construction Industry: April Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

New construction technologies to attract younger workers, a push toward green building and the good and bad news in safety — these highlight some of the top stories in April. Green rooftops on skyscrapers, like this one in downtown Chicago, may soon be required in New York City.

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Natural Gas: To Ban or Not To Ban?

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Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kansas, and Louisiana have all enacted or proposed legislation to block such bans after San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and New York have all taken action toward phasing out natural gas. Green Design. Housing Markets. billion and $5.9 Read More. . Sustainability. Energy Efficiency.

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Building Trends: An Old Material Becomes New Again

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Technology companies are creating tools like bricklaying robots and printing houses with 3D printers. The Bullitt Center in Seattle , for example, is made largely from timber on a concrete base. As Green Construction Grows, So Could Cross-Laminated Timber. Interested in green construction?

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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Cracking the code of affordable housing 0 qpurcell Fri, 10/20/2023 - 09:03 Affordable Housing Perkins Eastman's affordable housing projects show how designers can help to advance the conversation of affordable housing. His team is writing guidelines for transit-oriented developments that incorporate affordable housing. “As

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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faces a housing deficit of 3.8 Issue 2: Adding natural light Housing facilities require exterior views in living units and it’s important to consider how this can be accomplished in an office conversion. Seattle, Wash., million units. But making an adaptive reuse project pencil out in a tight financing market isn’t so simple.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Green Building. Obviously, one of the key components of a cloud solution is the data center or cloud host where the data and even the programs that use that data are housed. So, if the data center in Seattle goes down for some reason, the redundant site in Atlanta picks up and your data is available. Green Building.

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PNC Tops Off Its New Global Headquarters In Pittsburgh

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The 33-story tower is located on the Southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street and will house approximately 2,200 employees upon its opening in the fall of 2015. based engineering firm; and Paladino & Company, a Seattle-based green building consultant, among others. The project team includes PJ Dick, Inc.,