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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

BDC Network

Any conversion project requires critical consideration of the existing building conditions: the size of the floorplate, the placement of the building on the block, the viability of the MEP systems, even the condition of the window. The marble-clad lobby at Millennium on LaSalle was preserved and reconditioned.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

He has been integral to projects that vary in scope and complexity—from small, historic structures to massive healthcare campuses.”. In addition to monitoring and simulation, the system enables decentralized communication and data management that allows facility lifecycle change management. Manager, Global Design Tech, Amazon.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

BDC Network

A residential building also requires bathrooms, kitchens, and thermostats in each unit—all of which demand a massive overhaul to the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. There were few interventions to the exterior of One City in the historic Philadelphia building’s conversion to residential.

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Public Law 111-308 – Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act – FBPTA – CORE COMPETENCIES

Building Information Management

Reviewers admired the system’s three levels of increasing knowledge, skills and abilities as a “concept”, but did not believe it was implementable government-­?wide. Sys tem Des ign: We developed a system that focused on the highest impact core competencies common to every agency -­? Oppor tunity: The web-­?tool

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Check Out the Latest News on Decrease of New House Construction, Maine Has Major Construction Projects, and Liftbuild’s Innovative Floor-Lifting Technology

Construction Daily News

Home prices are down, but we’re just reversing 2020 gains. Berwick’s Preservation Timber Framing did the post-and-beam. The 16-story building, one of the highest in Greektown, a thriving historic area near downtown Detroit, will have 165 apartments on a two-floor podium with retail and office space.