Construction Specifier

JUNE 17, 2024

2 Buildings are responsible for approximately 42 percent of CO2 emissions, 15 percent of which is attributed to the embodied carbon of materials. trillion sf) of building floorspace by 2060—equivalent space of New York City added every month for 40 years—the time for the industry to act is now.

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Roads Online

AUGUST 13, 2024

Australia has a long way to go if it’s to achieve its goal of cutting emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 and reaching net-zero by 2050, with Climate Action Tracker currently assessing Australia’s progress as “insufficient”. Now imagine this impact across all states and territories. So why isn’t the industry making the most of this opportunity?

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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. To mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we must make buildings less carbon intensive.

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UK Construction Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Building costs are forecast to increase 17% over the next five years, with tender prices rising 15% over the same period. Material costs show moderation from 2022 peaks, yet labour cost inflation persists at 4.7% in Q1 2025 with an expected 18% increase through 2030. in Q1 2025 with an expected 18% increase through 2030.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Customers now can fully support their building project sustainability goals by bringing their end-of-life stone wool acoustic ceiling tiles and panels to ROCKWOOL manufacturing facilities in Mississippi and West Virginia. The material can then be fed back into the production cycle, conserving resources and minimizing waste. and Canada.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

In construction, it means leveraging tools such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), artificial intelligence, drones, and IoT-enabled devices to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. Rising prices for materials, shortages of workers, and unpredictable market conditions make this even harder.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 5, 2024

PAE Engineers enjoys a unique symbol of its brand identity – the company’s Portland headquarters office, which is the world’s first developer-driven Living Building. PAE’s Living Building Challenge The PAE Living Building is a five-story, 58,000-square-foot mixed-use building located in a historic neighborhood in Portland.

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Stok

AUGUST 28, 2019

Interface’s Mikhail Davis, Gensler’s Kristen Ritchie, and Skanska’s Stacy Smedley discussed the intersection of materials specifications with recognizing and acting on the time value of carbon. This comes on the heels of Berkeley’s historic move to ban natural gas hook-ups in new buildings starting January 1, 2020.

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iField Smart

APRIL 23, 2024

Building Better: Maximizing Efficiency with Construction Management Software Solutions Efficiency within the construction landscape points to accomplishing tasks, processes, and projects with minimum effort, resources, and time. billion by 2030. Dive in, explore your options, and start building better today! So, why wait?

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CCR Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The project site is north of a rotary that previously marked the edge of the academic buildings in this section of campus. The new building will connect with the 1958 Totman Gymnasium, currently home to the SPHHS Department of Kinesiology. A large plaza between the new and existing buildings will open to the main campus to the south.

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BDC Network

APRIL 18, 2024

The next destination: Passive design airports 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:59 Airports Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards. New airports often mandate the use of local materials to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Stok

AUGUST 31, 2022

on the path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030. per square foot, as well as new eligibility for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to access deductions $1B for grants helping state and local governments adopt and implement building energy codes, split into $330M for meeting 2021 IECC or ANSI/ASHRAE/IED 90.1-2019

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Construction Daily News

JUNE 20, 2023

Meanwhile, Construction loans cover land, blueprints, permits, labor, and materials. “The AGC Task Force unites some of the biggest construction companies to support the industry’s decarbonization efforts,” said Skanska USA Building’s national vice president of sustainability, Myrrh Caplan.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

From small adjustments in processes to the use of renewable materials, to coatings that help to reduce waste, manufacturers can make changes that are of critical importance across the value chain.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 19, 2023

Companies are certainly struggling with higher interest rates, increased material costs and uncertainties. It pointed to the increase in the construction of green buildings, along with high demand for commercial and tourist industry construction as the key drivers of growth. for the construction market in EMEA.

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Stok

MARCH 23, 2023

degree C aligned emissions reduction targets for buildings. The Framework’s objective is to halt and reverse human-induced biodiversity loss by 2030 through the global pursuit of four ambitious goals and 23 action-oriented targets.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

These organizations work towards achieving equity by addressing issues such as climate resilience, hazardous waste, and air pollution burden. One of the key focuses of environmental justice organizations is climate resilience.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 3, 2022

Organisations have worked hard to become more resilient, and improved their safety, quality and productivity in the process. The year ahead will bring the chance to build on this progress, and put businesses in the best possible position in this difficult environment. It’s the same outcome.”.

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iField Smart

MARCH 8, 2023

By the year 2030, construction throughput on a worldwide scale would reach $17 trillion or more. As projects continue to display extreme complexities for Architects, General Contractors , Specialty Contractors, Building Engineers, and other stakeholders, traditional processes fail to achieve the required outcomes. Predictive intuition.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 15, 2023

For one, it’s an opportunity to build a physical legacy. From design and VDC professionals to business and project managers, these construction leaders aren't just building structures and facilities—they're shaping our world. Many things make construction an exceptional field to work in.

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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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Construction Dive

JUNE 17, 2025

The project’s completion will include an initial smaller phase of construction and a later, larger phase, with both expected to be completed and operational by 2030, the companies said. On its own, this XGS project is expected to increase the total geothermal production in New Mexico by “a factor of 10,” according to the release.

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Roads Online

MARCH 13, 2025

With the 2030 National Road Safety targets now looming, the National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO) has identified that conventional thinking and approaches arent enough to reverse this trend. McTiernan believes framing the challenge of road safety as a shared community issue will help to build a sense of collective responsibility.

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The Korte Company

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As new CMS rules allow more procedures to be done in an outpatient setting, it is possible that by 2030, 90% of all surgeries completed in the United States will be done on an outpatient basis. Consider the life span of the building. With many ASCs focused on orthopedic services, the rulemaking could significantly increase ASC volumes.

Building Optimization 98

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Roads Online

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Central to the project is the removal of 110 dangerous and congested level crossings across Melbourne by 2030. The LXRP is part of the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority, which delivers major rail and road projects across the state, forming Victoria’s Big Build.

Green Building 105

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Bylt News

JUNE 19, 2023

The increased demand for electric vehicles and stationary energy storage is anticipated to increase the lithium battery market 10 times as many by 2030. to invest in sustainable, reduced-cost recycling of consumer batteries to stabilize and secure a resilient and circular domestic supply chain for such materials.

Building Materials Manufacturing 52

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Roads Online

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Fulton Hogan builds essential infrastructure connecting communities across Australia and New Zealand. Building and maintaining bridges, airports and ports, and the nation’s communication networks generates carbon. Asphalt is clearly an essential material for the infrastructure sector. It’s available 24/7, whenever you need it.

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Construction Daily News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

central bank delivered third consecutive rate cut on Wednesday, but forecasted only two borrowing cost reductions next year compared to four in September, citing economic resiliency. Treasury yields, which have climbed on the economy’s resiliency and concerns about the new administration’s inflationary policies. to 144,000.

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