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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2014 issue . When jobs stopped getting created (and in many areas employment was still hemorrhaging), we introduced the concept of growth potential as a key measure in our flagship rankings categories. By Business Facilities Staff. When the pendulum began to swing in the direction of Recovery, we adjusted with it.

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New LEED Dynamic Plaque system will measure building performance

BD+C

Green Building Council recently unveiled the LEED Dynamic Plaque, which is a new system designed for benchmarking and comparing post-occupancy building performance on a global scale. by the first quarter of 2014 and many more by year’s end. ( [link] ). USGBC is planning to award 25 LEED Dynamic Plaques in the U.S.

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Profile – Project Director Joanne Kulbacki

Granger Construction

Her impressive performance in seamlessly implementing detailed work management practices, orchestrating nearly 1,000 individuals and adhering to strict quality control measures resulted in high praises from clients and partners alike. The post Profile – Project Director Joanne Kulbacki appeared first on Granger.

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ASHRAE standard aims for consistency in measuring building energy use

BD+C

The newly revised ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 105-2014, Standard Methods of Determining, Expressing, and Comparing Building Energy Performance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions , is intended to provide consistency in reporting the energy performance of existing or proposed buildings.

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What’s Really Needed to Make BIM Work.

Building Information Management

Building Information Management (that’s right forget the “modeling” distraction), BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. in order to define the scope, schedule, cost/budget (initial and life-cycle) budget, performance, value of a project or potential project.

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3D Printing in Construction: Growth, Benefits, and Challenges

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With 3D printers now capable of printing building walls and processing cement, the technology could help reshape construction as we know it. Prior to the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) , 3D printing was even used by architectural firms to build scale models. In 2016 , a 3D-printed mansion was completed in China.

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What Will Construction Look Like In The Future?

Construction Marketing

Building Information Modeling. The adoption of Building Information Modeling (BMI) is on the rise. It also enables the building owners to make sound decisions before, during and after construction. In construction, specifically, the data is built on already existing plans and records of any building that was ever built.