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WSP Grows Florida Water Practice with Three Industry Experts

Civil + Structural Engineer

Strategic additions to the water team further strengthen the firm’s expertise to provide effective and resilient solutions to support water infrastructure needs statewide. Luis Soto, PE Soto’s career spans more than four decades of civil engineering expertise in Florida. About WSP in the U.S. WSP USA is the U.S.

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AI fuels data center demand: Can precast concrete keep up?

Construction Specifier

Precast concrete is a desirable material for these buildings for a variety of reasons, whether used for walls, floors, and roof panels in a total precast structure or as an enclosure system. While data centers are currently being constructed at a fast pace, they are not a new building type.

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Portland Sustainable Engineering Firm Plans 2024 Expansion

CCR Magazine

PAEs New York City office is located in a historic building on 150 West 30th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood. By expanding to New York City, PAE will advance net-zero building projects and renovations across the five boroughs and beyond on the East Coast. Agulles, President and CEO of PAE. New York City is always changing.

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5 Themes for the Future of High Performance Buildings

Stok

So, if we’re going to tackle carbon NOW, we need to start to seriously address embodied carbon, which accounts for emissions associated with the production, transportation, and installation of building materials. 2: Go all-in on all-electric. As the saying goes, “as goes Berkeley, so goes California, and so goes the country.”

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ASHRAE Guide: Grid Interactivity in Decarbonization

CCR Magazine

The Grid-Interactive Buildings for Decarbonization: Design and Operation Resource Guide is the second in a series of guides developed by the ASHRAE Task Force For Building Decarbonization (TFBD) and provides information on maximizing carbon reduction through buildings’ interaction with the electric power grid.

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Leers Weinzapfel Associates: UMass Amherst HUB Underway

CCR Magazine

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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The Inflation Reduction Act and the future of power systems

CK Power

It also outlines new tax credits, guidelines and requirements about cutting carbon emissions through the use of clean energy — this includes the use of electric vehicles (EVs) and equipment, as well as alt-fuel vehicles and equipment. Not only does this act impact electric vehicle and equipment charging, but it also impacts the U.S.