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Designing for recovery: The role of flooring in healthcare facilities

Construction Specifier

When specifying interior finishes such as flooring, building professionals should take the utmost care to ensure all materials help advance these overarching quality measurement components. 4 Flooring should help prevent slip, trip, and fall risks, and aid in wayfinding to ensure safe navigation through a space.

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Construction Markets Stabilize at Low Levels During 2012 | ENR.

ENR Construction

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Construction Markets Stabilize at Low Levels During 2012. Publication Date: 7/30/2012. Description: McGraw-Hill Construction Releases Mid-Year Update of 2012 Construction Market Forecast. Risk management. Asset management. Transportation.

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

and Steven Gaynor, MBA Photo courtesy Tenmat New York City recently became the first jurisdiction in the country to reject and rewrite major sections of the International Building Code’s ( IBC ’s) language around fire protection in exterior facades. For decades, buildings have relied on intumescent materials for fire control.

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The Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2012: Analysis | ENR.

ENR Construction

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Issue: 08/13/2012. The Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2012: Analysis. 08/08/2012. The Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2012: Analysis. 08/08/2012. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Associations.

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Pulse: 08/13/2012

ENR Construction

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. 08/13/2012. California BioMed Realty Trust is planning to build a regenerative medicine campus in San Diego. California BioMed Realty Trust is planning to build a regenerative medicine campus in San Diego. will serve as the construction manager.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

Integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology with LEAN best management practices (BMPs). Focus upon building Owner/Contractor capability. Supporting cloud technology – Program, Project, Estimate, & Document Management with export to PDF and spreadsheet formats. US Army Sustainment Command.

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Trending Construction Disputes: Best Practices for Mitigation

CCR Magazine

How to manage capital projects more efficiently | McKinsey. LINK] The construction industry experienced significant turmoil in the last major economic downturn of The Great Recession (2007-2009), with many aspects of construction demand not returning until 2012 or 2013. design/build) and pricing methodology (lump sum v.