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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. More than 40,000 airports worldwide facilitate the annual global travel of billions of passengers.

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Make It Resilient 2024 Student Contest Encourages New Ways to Build for Extreme Environments

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In traveling to Phoenix-based construction technology firm Nox Innovations, he explores firsthand how builders are constructing for extreme environments here and gleaning lessons about resilience that could be extended beyond planet Earth.

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The next destination: Passive design airports

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Julio He Airports Designers Standards Energy-Efficient Design Insulation Sustainable Design and Construction Airports around the globe contribute to the local economy, tourism, and trade. On the path to passive The airport itself is becoming more sustainable.

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Guide to Top 2023-24 Construction Conferences & Events

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There are over 200 educational sessions combined with another 400 industry speakers and keynotes discussing sustainability, networking and more. If your employer needs a little convincing to support your travel and time away, here’s how to approach your boss with a request to attend these construction events.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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They have to pitch in and get involved because they all realize that we won’t have sustainable economic growth if housing is too expensive here.”. Each year, a team of eight college interns is commissioned by Ivory Innovations to conduct research, including traveling and interviews, with prospective candidates.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

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In other words, for FRTW to burn, it must be exposed to a persistently applied, external fuel source, without which FRTW cannot ignite and sustain combustion. million-sf) panelized roof system using interior FRT lumber and plywood in Phoenix, Arizona. Writing a strong, generic specification for FRTW is daunting. Type I: 111,484-m2 (1.2

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The Desert Comfort Idea Home: a True Desert Oasis

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But the Desert Comfort Idea Home , a high-performance, net-zero–energy custom home built in the Sonoran Desert north of Phoenix, the latest in a series of Idea Homes produced by Pro Builder , is very real … and it delivers all of the comforts a desert oasis promises.

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