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Living the Dream: PAE Engineers’ HQ Embodies an Aspirational Vision

Civil + Structural Engineer

PAE Engineers enjoys a unique symbol of its brand identity – the company’s Portland headquarters office, which is the world’s first developer-driven Living Building. PAE’s Living Building Challenge The PAE Living Building is a five-story, 58,000-square-foot mixed-use building located in a historic neighborhood in Portland.

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

Stok

Due to their embodied carbon and operational carbon footprints, buildings play a significant role in these efforts, so understanding the impact of legislation on buildings is critical. This directly translates to building energy codes. And, the result of this baseline? How to approach compliance.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

The way to deliver 96%+ of renovation, repair, and maintenance projects on-time, on-budget, and at the appropriate level of quality is to enable collaboration with contractors and other expert service providers. – 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015. .

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A Comparison of Construction Cost Estimating Software Tools 2015

Building Information Management

Furthermore, the collaborative aspects of these sophisticated software systems are aligned with integrated project delivery methods and construction sector movement toward Building Information Modeling (BIM). Create measurements by tracing upon electronic drawings. Total measurements from multiple plan sheets. Conclusion.

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Why Efficient Facility Management Is So Difficult

Building Information Management

While both IPD and JOC provide established and clear benefits versus design-bid-build – DBB, design-build – DB, and other construction delivery methods, their consistent usage and application has been relatively limited. Risk/reward is shared an additional work and resources are allocated based upon performance.

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Durable and Stylish uPVC Cladding for Any Home

UK Construction Blog

Finally, to complete the installation, follow these steps: Measure and cut the second parts of the two-part trims. To provide peace of mind, these products comply with various industry standards, including BS EN 12608, which sets the benchmark for quality and performance in uPVC extruded profiles.

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From net zero to net positive in K-12 schools

BDC Network

This is not just a laboratory but a vehicle for high performance that provides a wealth of opportunities for students. We’ve trademarked a name for the dual pursuit of dramatic energy reduction and high-performance learning environments: Net Positive Education. But other schools are already offering evidence of Net Positive Education.