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4 ways to transform old buildings into modern assets

BD+C

4 ways to transform old buildings into modern assets 0 qpurcell Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:33 Adaptive Reuse As cities grow, their office inventories remain largely stagnant. Cut the Cubicles: Reprogram office floors. Office spaces could become workspaces for fashion designers, filmmakers, or even robotics research and development.

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

BD+C

After the 2008 financial crisis when malls began shuttering and sitting vacant at a rapid rate, Gresham Smith became a pioneer in this approach, most notably through our work to re-envision One Hundred Oaks Mall in Nashville, which is now a successful, mixed-use medical office destination. Utilize existing infrastructure.

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Living in a Materials World

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Having the right software in place, such as Viewpoint’s cloud-based, integrated suite of solutions , helps those in the field and the office better track materials costs. For instance, many projects require the use of selected materials only and limit certain types of materials or additives.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

BD+C

Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change.

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Tennessee Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Economic Development Fund: The new FastTrack Economic Development Fund expands Tennessee’s current FastTrack infrastructure and job training program by providing additional grant support for companies expanding or locating in Tennessee with reimbursable grants made to local industrial development boards. TAX INCENTIVES.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

They protect inventory and, when built right, improve on the efficiency with which that inventory is received, sorted, retrieved and shipped. Can these connections be customized, or must the site work with existing infrastructure that cannot be altered? Infrastructure needs inform warehouse layout. Louis, Missouri.

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Icy Hot

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. “This refers, in particular, to the development of oil and gas fields, the use of the Northern Sea Route as the shortest cargo transit route between Europe and Asia, and the development of industrial, transport and tourist infrastructure.”