BDC Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

5 things developers should know about mass timber 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:36 Mass Timber Gensler's Erik Barth, architect and regional design resilience leader, shares considerations for developers when looking at mass timber solutions. Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s

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UK Construction Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

This means building projects, like new homes or schools, are taking a lot longer to finish. When it costs more to build things, those costs can trickle down to you and me. When it costs more to build things, those costs can trickle down to you and me. And when things take longer, they usually cost more money, too.

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Construction Specifier

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Heightened focus on indoor environmental quality (IEQ): Factors such as room temperature, acoustics, cleanliness, and air quality are now central to occupant health, happiness, and productivity. By passively moderating indoor temperature fluctuations, thermal mass helps make building structures more resilient to heat waves and power outages.

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Construction Specifier

APRIL 16, 2025

As the global focus on sustainability and climate change intensifies, the United States is seeing a new trend in building restoration-deep energy retrofits. buildings account for nearly 50 percent of energy consumption and 35 percent of total energy-related emissions.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 11, 2024

Wastewater systems are not designed for this changing climate,’’ said Sri Vedachalam, Director for water equity and climate resilience at Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC. The Baltimore city employee drowned inside a wastewater treatment plant in June 2019 when she fell through a grate walkway. “My

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UK Construction Blog

AUGUST 18, 2023

The post Find About the Latest News on Construction Worker’s Death at New Stadium Site, Skanska UK Building Earnings Rose £55m, the EU Supplies Most UK Building Imports, and Afghan Refugees Talking About Homelessness in Britain appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Until further notice, site work has stopped.

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Construction Daily News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In the meantime, the United States Department of Labor has implemented the final rule necessary to modernize the Davis-Bacon Act regulations in order to better meet the needs of construction workers. The National Institutes of Health’s drug abuse unit awarded San Diego digital health startup CARI Health $2.8

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