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Retail Construction: Successful Steps in Grocery Store Redevelopment

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Parking is important with almost any retail construction project, but with grocery, it is even more important. The area demographics were amazing, but Trader Joe’s needed an innovative parking construction solution to fit the lot’s footprint. It’s best to start on infrastructure for the refrigeration section early.

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Autodesk is Seeking Construction Innovators for Their Annual AEC Excellence Awards

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Autodesk is providing a platform for your company’s projects or individual innovators in construction to receive that recognition with their 9th annual AEC Excellence Awards competition. The projects will be judged based upon their use of technology. The projects will be judged based upon their use of technology.

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State of the Construction Industry: August Roundup

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Lawmakers Push for Innovative Materials in National Infrastructure. A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill called the Innovative Materials for America’s Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act, which could increase investment in new materials for infrastructure projects like roads and water systems.

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel 0 qpurcell Thu, 08/17/2023 - 09:52 Adaptive Reuse Gresham Smith demonstrates the opportunities of adaptive reuse, specifically reusing empty big-box retail and malls, many of which sit unused or underutilized across the country. Utilize existing infrastructure.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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P83 Innovation Center campus conceptual renderings. Feeding this worker pipeline is Arizona’s university system that produces in-demand graduates specializing in technology and innovation that can quickly make an impact on these growing businesses. Available infrastructure and utilities. City of Peoria). In 2016, U.S.

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Rockefeller remake: Iconic New York tower is modernized for its next life

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Structural engineering innovations were at the heart of a repositioning of the landmark 75 Rockefeller Plaza, former home of the Standard Oil Company. The project involved revitalizing the building’s façade and base metalwork, enhancing its lobby and retail spaces, and overhauling its mechanical systems and infrastructure.

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Advancing Healthcare: Medical Office Buildings at the Forefront of Access and Safety

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Learn how MOBs are not only adapting to modern healthcare demands but are also leveraging modern access control and safety innovations. The healthcare facilities landscape is shifting to resemble mixed-use and retail environments more than the traditional hospital model.

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