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DfMA Approach to Mass Timber Design: Engineering a Greener Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) is leading the way in modern building design, reshaping how we build, especially when it comes to mass timber. By focusing on standardization, modularization, and prefabrication, DfMA allows engineers to design components that are easier to manufacture and simpler to assemble onsite.

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C.W. Driver Cos. Breaks Ground on College of the Desert’s Palm Springs Campus

Civil + Structural Engineer

The $268 million, 175,000-square-foot project will provide cutting-edge facilities for learning, collaboration, and innovation, while setting new standards for sustainability and community development in the Coachella Valley. This project is a collaboration between C.W. Driver Companies and architect WRNS Studio.

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Infrastructure costs keep rising. Consider these approaches to mitigate them.

Civil + Structural Engineer

While there is no easy answer, some architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms are working more closely with surety companies to understand their expectations and tailor packages and practices to better meet surety standards, which can potentially help manage the cost of bonds. This is no longer just a theory.

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Normalize disruption 

Civil + Structural Engineer

If we want to build the next class of critical thinkers in the AEC industry, we must not only encourage, but coach, disruptive thinking. The challenge we face in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry isnt a lack of hard work or technical expertise. Innovation thrives in collaboration, not in silos.

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Graham to lead UPP push for next generation green campuses

Construction Enquirer

Student campus developer and operator UPP has teamed up with sustainable architecture specialist Architype to develop greener student accommodation for universities. Architype will act as lead architect on the EnerPHit standard retrofit element as well as Passivhaus designer across the whole project.

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Managing Change Orders

Job Order Contracting

Managing change orders for any size of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project, whether IPD, alliance job order contracting, DB, DBB, ‘et al’, simply requires a robust preconstruction process in most instances. ensuring project continuity and success.

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Stantec selected to lead design services for Durham Region Transit’s new zero-emissions facility

Civil + Structural Engineer

The new Thornton Facility will support high energy standards and contribute to reducing carbon impacts OSHAWA, ON – TSX, NYSE: STN Durham Region Transit (DRT) is planning a new bus storage, operation, maintenance, and service facility to support their growing transit operations and transition the fleet to zero emission buses (ZEBs).