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Philadelphia High School Students Learn Carpentry Skills by Building Boats

Pro Builder

Two groups of high school juniors and seniors from the Maritime Charter Academy High School in Philadelphia; and one group from the Sequoia Alternative Program, Lenape Regional School District, in New Jersey, have participated in Workshop on the Water once a week for 2 to 3 hours at a time.

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S.M.A.R.T. campus combines 3 schools on one site

BD+C

K-12 Schools School Construction Designers Architects Adaptive Reuse Fire and Life Safety Sustainability From the start of the design process for Santa Clara Unified School District’s new preK-12 campus , discussions moved beyond brick-and-mortar to focus on envisioning the future of education in Silicon Valley.

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8 Best Ear Protection for High-Frequency Noise

Work Gearz

BLOCK ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: Ideal for activities like working out at the gym, DIY-ing in the workshop. Professionals that will sustain exposure to loud noise without protection can end up with either temporary or permanent hearing loss. The amount of protection required must match the amount of hazardous noise sustained.

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Guide to Top 2022-23 Construction Conferences & Events

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It takes place at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square this year. In addition, there are plenty of educational opportunities with dealer technician training, hardscape workshops, and remote pilot certification programs. Get more details. Greenbuild (San Francisco, CA). November 1 – 3, 2022. Presented by The U.S.

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Wisconsin: Where Collaboration Drives Industry Advancement

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In a recent European Union workshop on clusters, experts from Harvard Business School, MIT and the U.S. This industry cluster collaboration among city and statewide stakeholders has led to expansive growth in this area of Milwaukee, which is also known as the Water Technology District.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

Is there no better way for GSA to meet sustainability requirement than via LEED? The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. Ackerstein Sustainability LLC.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

This workshop, jointly sponsored by the buildingSMART alliance and the BIM Forum,consists of a day-long series of presentations by leading BIM educators on topics related to implementing academic curricula at their educational institutions. The week will close with the BIM Academic Education Symposium. During his career at the U.S.

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