Commercial Building: Page 326
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Guide from ASHRAE explains measuring building efficiency in the long term
The book is a how-to for continuous monitoring and, if desired, steps to track energy and water use and environmental conditions over a building's life.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 12, 2013 -
Colleges and universities show the way for sustainable buildings.
Not surprisingly, it's institutions of higher education that are in the forefront of creating sustainable buildings and communities.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 12, 2013 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineData center construction
New projects from customers like Meta, Google and Amazon make this a burgeoning sector for contractors.
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GSA has a finger in the wind to gauge public's view on green-building standards
The federal government's construction company and landlord – the General Services Administration – is looking for public input on what system or systems it should recommend at the government's go-to system.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 12, 2013 -
Builders seeking financing need to see themselves through lenders' eyes
A consultant who has worked for builders says getting financing is about how lenders see builders, not how builders see themselves.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 11, 2013 -
Joint venture LLC template now offered by ConsensusDocs
The industry-backed project to ease the legal aspects of construction and decrease litigation has a product for firms putting together LLCs for joint ventures.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 11, 2013 -
Norwegian designers floating ideas for crossing over and under fjords
With its jagged coastline,Norway has an overabundance of opportunities for engineers to design water crossings in an effort to speed traffic on the E39 coastal highway.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 11, 2013 -
Integrating information about a project is a multi-tiered effort
Companies need all the help they can get when they are trying to integrate their own technology and their partners' and trying to gather and process as much information as they can.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2013 -
Downside of an improving economy is workers looking elsewhere
Workers lose their patience with belt-tightening when they perceive that they have options in a very, so employers have to act.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2013 -
Concrete contractors prove they are flat-out expert at floors
Golden Trowels were bestowed for 2012 projects during this month's World of Concrete in Florida.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2013 -
Manitowoc moving into joint venture with Chinese equipment-maker
The powerhouse of the U.S. crane business is hooking up with Shantui to enhance sales of its truck cranes in China and as exports.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2013 -
U.S. transportation infrastructure accounts are in shallow water, report says
The highway and transportation funds will hold up through 2014, but then obligations begin to outdistance resources, the Congressional Budget Office says.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2013 -
How flat a concrete floor can score depends on where it is
A number of factors can affect how high a flatness score a give concrete floor can achieve, including obstructions and the way it is finished.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2013 -
National firm Henderson Engineers names Rich Smith as president
Rich Smith will move into the role of being the company's public face while CEO while Duane Henderson, son of the founder, will remain CEO.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2013 -
Barometer of planned nonresidential work hits best mark since 2010
The Dodge Momentum Index compiled by McGraw-Hill Construction looks at the first reports of projects and was at 97.6 in January – with the year 2000 as the 100 marker.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2013 -
Who will pay for paving the way for fuel-efficient cars?
Higher and higher mileage standards are good for consumers and the environment, but they bring wear and tear on highway budgets as fuel-based revenues sag.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2013 -
Sandy showed the need for businesses and their buildings to resist storms
Home damage was widely publicized after Sandy hit the Northeast coast, but businesses need to be ready to carry on, including having quality structures.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2013 -
Design value changes for Southern pine win approval
New design values will take effect June 1 following approval by the American Lumber Standard Committee Board of Review.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2013 -
Building owners, managers OK with energy monitoring – if it's uniform
Benchmarking energy usage benefits the people who pay the bills, but owners and operators are not happy about governments efforts to collect and release the data.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2013 -
First La. design-build results in record-length river span
Louisiana's John James Audubon Bridge crosses the Mississippi River between New Roads and St. Francisville and boasts a cable-stayed length of 3,186 feet.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2013 -
Sandy relief law boosted transportation over original proposal
The final form of relief for areas damaged by superstorm Sandy allocates $1 billion for road transportation work that was not in the original.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 5, 2013 -
Upgraded demolition robot takes a wider stance in the market
An upgraded Husqvarna demolition robot is making its debut at World of Concrete,sliding through 30-inch doorways, but standing more than 5 feet wider than its predecessor.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 5, 2013 -
Researchers see shipping containers as bullets fired at buildings in storms
Engineers are looking at sideways impacts on buildings when floods turn containers into floating projectiles.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 5, 2013 -
January crane collapse in New York brings fines for two firms, two individuals
New York City ruled that a Jan. 9 collapse of a crane at an apartment project on the East River shore in Queens happened because the weight was too much.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 5, 2013 -
Immigration reform is a construction story, too
If millions are granted legal status and more are allowed to immigrate, the construction industry will have more workers available and an increasing demand for homes and schools.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 5, 2013 -
An argument against 'low-income' housing subsidies
An Urban Institute researcher says the government spends more to subsidize housing, including tax credits, than anyone ever gets in benefits.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 4, 2013
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