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New Gateway 2 guide in bid to ease bottleneck

Construction Enquirer

The latest CLC guidance has been produced in collaboration with industry stakeholders and the Building Safety Regulator and includes practical recommendations to improve submissions. “The guidance will help applicants demonstrate to themselves and BSR that their designs and plans will result in the safe, quality homes we all want.

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Building world-class hotels: The power of preconstruction and self-perform services

Construction Dive

Through an ingrained collaborative culture, PCL adds value to these projects right from the start by leveraging extensive data from past successes to advise on cost, schedule and constructability. Early involvement of the general contractor enables an informed design, facilitating a more strategic planning and procurement process.

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Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering Celebrates Grand Opening of City of San Diego Fire Station 52 at Torrey Pines

Civil + Structural Engineer

San Diego, CA – On October 17, 2024, Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering joined officials from The City of San Diego, UC San Diego, The Muller Hull Partnership, Level 10 Construction, and other stakeholders at a Grand Opening ceremony for San Diego Fire Station 52 (also known as the Torrey Pines Fire Station).

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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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HCSS Announces Partnership with Propeller

Civil + Structural Engineer

This partnership will integrate Propeller’s powerful mapping and data visualization capabilities with HCSSs suite, including HeavyBid, HeavyJob, HCSS Plans, and HCSS Cloud, creating a seamless experience for joint users.

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C.W. Driver Companies Completes $59.8M Visual Arts Campus for CSU Fullerton

Civil + Structural Engineer

After considering a site geotechnical analysis and initial cost studies, the project team advised CSUF to pivot from the original construction plan, recommending minimizing renovation work and maximizing new construction, building two new structures instead of the original plan for one. “We

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DfMA Approach to Mass Timber Design: Engineering a Greener Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

This project’s use of glulam beams, designed with DfMA principles, highlights how precise engineering can effectively integrate mass timber into the site’s fabric. Through collaboration early on from the pre-construction phase with the client and design teams, there were zero RFIs at the time of construction.