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DfMA Approach to Mass Timber Design: Engineering a Greener Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

By: Ricardo Brites , Director of Engineering & VDC at Mercer Mass Timber Imagine your projects being more precise, efficient, and sustainable? The construction industry is grappling with growing demands for environmental responsibility and project efficiency. Its the engineers toolkit for smarter, more sustainable structures.

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

Civil + Structural Engineer

On one hand, the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has catalyzed unprecedented infrastructure investment, while on the other, rising costs for materials, labor and energy are squeezing project budgets and complicating project planning and execution. And thats all against a backdrop of political transition.

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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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Improving Sustainability in the Construction Industry: A Complete Guide for 2025

UK Construction Blog

Four core strategies drive sustainability improvements: selecting renewable and recycled materials, implementing energy-efficient systems and renewable energy, adopting circular construction practices to reduce waste by up to 30%, and implementing water conservation methods.

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PC Construction, Stantec, and Hazen and Sawyer Complete WSSC Water’s $271M Piscataway Bioenergy Facility

PC Construction

This is the largest and most technically advanced project WSSC Water has constructed in its 106-year history and is one of only seven in the country to incorporate an advanced Thermal Hydrolysis Process (THP) to efficiently transform biosolids. million per year in operating costs, and further reduce WSSC Water’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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SANY eMixer: Leading the charge

Roads Online

The use of electric-powered machinery has become a crucial part of the construction industrys green transformation as it struggles with the requirement to lower its carbon footprint and increase energy efficiency. This momentum shift can already be seen on some of Australias largest infrastructureprojects.

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New heights in sustainability: World’s largest Passive House office building

Construction Specifier

Tran/courtesy Holcim Designed by Handel Architects in collaboration with Steven Winters & Associates, SOCOTEC, and WSP to incorporate Passive House design in its office portion, Winthrop Center in Boston is the worlds largest Passive House-certified office building. I think that we are more efficient labor-wise utilizing the product.