Business Facilities

AUGUST 17, 2020

Louisiana has created a Resilient Louisiana Commission (with 15 associated task forces) to chart a path toward safely reopening the economy and making the Pelican State more resilient for the long-term. Read: Louisiana: Building A More Resilient State at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 12, 2024

The goal is to bolster the country’s transportation systems against the extreme weather impacts of climate change.

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DOT Transportation 145

Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2019

The day before, the City of New York released the Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study , identifying more than $10 Billion of capital projects for the resilience of Lower Manhattan, including floodproofing by extending the shoreline into the East River. So what is resilience? This is the drama of being alive.

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Certification Guidelines New York Defense 136

Business Facilities

JUNE 23, 2021

Read: Post-Pandemic Industrial Parks: Risk-Resilient, Resource Efficient at BusinessFacilities.com. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that social, health and environmental risks are economic risks. Industrial parks can mitigate risks by embracing a resource-efficient eco-industrial concept.

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Resource Risk Industrial Rhode Island 118

ENR Construction

JULY 12, 2023

Quantifying efforts to build more sustainably and with resilience was explored at the Environment Analyst Global Business Summit in Chicago.

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Sustainability Conference Chicago Environment 68

Construction Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

Construction price inflation and planning bureaucracy are blamed in a Public Accounts Committee report for failure to improve the UK’s flood resilience. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 24, 2024

Embracing market demands for greater accountability, v5 will champion solutions to aligning the built environment with critical imperatives including decarbonization, ecosystem conservation and restoration, equity, health, and resilience. LEED v5 will drive real-world impact and positive change worldwide.” appeared first on 4BT.

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Construction Specifier

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The principles for building for optimal fire resilience are the same in both scenarios. exemplifies good design inclusive of consideration to fire resilience. The post Building for better fire resilience in WUI zones appeared first on Construction Specifier.

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Construction Today

AUGUST 2, 2023

Building codes and standards that support resilient infrastructure are more important than ever due to the increasing frequency and severity of disasters and other environmental hazards. Creating a resilient world will require diligent planning and innovative thinking. Striking this balance is a challenge, but it is possible.

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Foundation Infrastructure Innovation Plans 52

Learn Civil Engineering

APRIL 4, 2021

Modulus of Resilience Definition of Modulus of Resilience: The modulus of elasticity is the maximum energy per unit volume that a material can absorb and return to its original position. If you want to be an excellent structural engineer, then the idea of ??elastic

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Structural Engineering IDEA Engineering Materials 52

BD+C

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Real estate investors are increasingly interested in resiliency plans and management best practices regarding the ability of buildings and developments to withstand severe storms and other natural events.

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Construction Specifier

MARCH 12, 2021

While codes provide the minimum requirements for construction, few provisions focus on resilience. More extreme and destructive weather events are demonstrating that many of today’s building solutions might not be sufficiently resilient. Sustainability and resilience. Resilience. of utilities; and. of utilities; and.

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The materiality of different resilient flooring products may alter some perceptions regarding sustainability. In fact, how many know it is used in many resilient flooring types? So much of resilient flooring in commercial applications is installed over concrete slabs. Do most people think all rubber comes from a rubber tree?

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Sustainability Certification Green Products 52

Business Facilities

JULY 15, 2020

Read: One Atlanta: Economic Mobility, Recovery And Resiliency Plan Launched at BusinessFacilities.com. The mayor, in partnership with Invest Atlanta and WorkSource Atlanta, created the initiative to help Atlanta families and hometown businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Atlanta Mobility Plans Georgia 90

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Japan House exhibit in Los Angeles showcases high-concept ideas for resilient cities.

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Los Angeles IDEA Housing 73

BD+C

JUNE 24, 2021

New on HorizonTV , oceanographer John Englander discusses his latest book, which warns that, regardless of resilience efforts, sea levels will rise by meters in the coming decades. Adaptation, he says, is the key to future building design and construction.

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Design Construction 96

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After recent extreme weather events such as wildfires, floods, and the freeze in Texas last winter that knocked out power for large swaths of the state, demand for new forms of power resilience in commercial buildings is on the rise.

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Texas Commercial 98

Pro Builder

OCTOBER 12, 2021

4 Principles for Building Resilient Homes. To ensure lasting sustainability and resilience in the face of inevitable climate crises, builders are meeting the comfort and safety concerns of homeowners acclimating to a changing environment. . Resilient Construction. Resilient Construction. Tue, 10/12/2021 - 10:02.

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Electrical Sustainability Housing Foundation 59

Pro Builder

MAY 21, 2021

Natural Disasters Push Builders to Consider Resiliently Designed, Off-the-Grid Homes. That is about 20% higher than the cost of a comparably sized luxury home with none of the resilient efficiencies and technologies. . Resilient Construction. Resilient Construction. cbroderick. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 09:37. Read More. .

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Construction Dive

APRIL 15, 2024

King County, Washington, is planning a slew of resilience and clean water upgrades over the next decade, bolstered by new EPA loan financing.

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Seattle Infrastructure Washington Finance 144

Pro Builder

APRIL 1, 2022

Ken Calligar Is Shaping a New Era of Resilient Construction. Resilience. Disaster resilience comes about because of a building’s skin. And your consumers want resilience. Disaster resilience comes about because of a building’s skin. Fri, 04/01/2022 - 10:39. Sustainability. Affordability. You don't have a choice.

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Concrete Construction California NAHB 98

Business Facilities

APRIL 30, 2021

Read: Canada: Your Investment Destination For Supply Chain Resiliency at BusinessFacilities.com. Brand, market access, and talent are among the numerous advantages Canada enjoys amid the reshaping of global supply chains.

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Transportation Employment Infrastructure Site 74

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The mega-contractor, along with Moffatt & Nichol and Volkert, will provide program and project management services to protect the city from storm risk and sea-level rise due to climate change.

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Virginia Project Management Risk Contractors 141

Construction Dive

JULY 16, 2018

No jobsite can be considered "smart" if it's not diligently and intelligently preparing for safety and resilience in the event of a major storm or natural disaster. Tim Ham of Hoar Construction’s Florida division has a few tips on how to prepare jobsites for a big storm.

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Florida Safety Construction 122

ENR Construction

JANUARY 27, 2021

Bechtel has joined the Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance as the sole engineering and construction sector partner following an invitation from the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center to help cities prepare for rising temperatures.

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Foundation Engineering Construction 59

Pro Builder

JUNE 21, 2022

Demo and Deconstruction for a Resilient Remodel—When Is It Necessary? Deconstruction is the first step to remodeling, especially for resilient homes in extreme weather hotspots. Last time on Building Resilience, we were comparing vulnerabilities in unexpected climate events. Tue, 06/21/2022 - 10:35.

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Remodeling Renovating Housing Risk 52

BD+C

MAY 12, 2021

Designing for resilience is equally important now that the earth’s temperature has started to rise, and abnormal climate events are becoming the norm. We often talk about sustainability strategies that help to minimize environmental impact and slow the effects of climate change.

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Modeling Sustainability Design 75

BD+C

MARCH 7, 2019

These radical temperatures capture headlines, and they are capturing the attention of real estate developers who have a role to play in community resilience to climate extremes. January temperatures topped out at 35 degrees Celsius in Australia and bottomed out at -51 degrees Celsius in North Dakota.

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North Dakota Documentation Sustainability 105

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The undertaking is the firm’s second major flood mitigation job — it also worked on the $631 million North and West Battery Park City project.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology effort is developing resources to help communities make decisions about broader resilience outcomes they want, looking at entire systems rather than individual structures.

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Resource 45

Construction Dive

MARCH 22, 2024

The requested sum is more than quadruple the amount offered, continuing what the agency said is an ongoing trend of applications exceeding available funds.

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BD+C

JANUARY 17, 2019

First-of-their-kind resilience benchmarks for U.S. communities that can be used to evaluate the current state of resilience and guidance for areas of improvement has been released.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The money includes more than $300 million for projects to make the state’s roads more climate adaptable.

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California Infrastructure Roads 135

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Financial District and Seaport section plan of the city’s coastal resiliency strategy, estimated to cost $5 billion or more, calls for construction of a flood wall, drainage improvements and the extension of Manhattan land as far as 200 ft into the East River.

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Plans Estimating Construction 88

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Climate-resilient development is critical before changes cause irreversible impacts, United Nations panel warns

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Infrastructure 74

BD+C

JANUARY 17, 2019

First-of-their-kind resilience benchmarks for U.S. communities that can be used to evaluate the current state of resilience and guidance for areas of improvement has been released.

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Port Arthur, Texas, infrastructure upgrades will help protect against flooding and storm surges.

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Virginia Texas Infrastructure 76