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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

Moreover, in a published report, the Urban Green Council, the New York City chapter of the USGBC indicates “today, almost all large, complex buildings make the same trade off: they add more glass (leading to an energy penalty), and make up for it with superior mechanical systems.”

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Top Railway Projects in the US

Autodesk Construction Cloud

New York East Side Access. East Side Access (ESA) is a New York City public works project designed to connect the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to Grand Central Terminal on Manhattan’s East Side. Leverage innovative tools for your infrastructure and railway projects.

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Putting 9 senior living market trends into perspective

BD+C

Based on its success with its business traveler model, this well-known hotelier, one of the most sophisticated and best-managed hospitality companies, tried to apply the same standardized design model to senior living. with little consideration of whether the property was in New Jersey or Florida.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

While cities occupy just three percent of global land area, by 2050 they will be home to two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants according to Gensler’s, 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to Gensler’s Aleksander Sasha Zeljic in a June 2018 interview with Architectural Products magazine.

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Optimism and healthy habits — do they work for businesses as well as individuals?

Construction Marketing Ideas

The prize: Annual expense-paid visits to Mountain View or Google New York City (generating enough travel benefits to exceed by several orders of magnitude the earnings through the company’s ad serving AdSense program.).

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Selecting Success

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Secretary of State John Kerry has interrupted his tireless international travel to global crisis hot spots to come back to Washington and deliver the closing speech at every SelectUSA Investment Summit. President Obama opened his remarks by saying he’s glad SelectUSA is helping to create so many new jobs in the U.S.—because

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Report Ranks U.S. Cities’ Efforts To Save Energy

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The report includes recommendations and strategies for all cities to lower energy use. Other top scoring cities include Portland, OR, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Austin. “We couldn’t be more proud of our progress in creating a greener, healthier city,” said Mayor Thomas M. .”

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