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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.

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Milwaukee, WI Selected As Global Hub For New Energy Innovation Center

Business Facilities

In 2013, the City of Milwaukee also provided a $122,000 grant for energy-saving upgrades at the building as part of its Me2 Program. “This organization was founded to support and build on our region’s energy, power and control industry cluster, and the center will focus on supporting and growing companies to fill industry gaps.”

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Michael G. Smith Writes about the Value of Cob

Natural Building

They look like a pretty diverse bunch, but they all have at least two things in common: They are here to learn to build their own environmentally friendly homes, and all of them are splattered with mud from head to toe. I attended my first natural building workshop in Oregon in 1993.

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Learn About the Latest News on Schoenecker Center, DHL Express Begins Construction, and Construction Employment

Construction Daily News

Thomas’s recently built Schoenecker Center having received LEED Gold certification, one of the highest grades granted by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED Gold for Schoenecker Center Green Construction Original Source: Schoenecker Center Earns LEED Gold for Green Construction The University of St.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

The state also fully implemented its Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) educator evaluation system. Moving into Year 4 of its grant, Tennessee plans to build on its progress and continuously improve implementation of its key initiatives. In January 2010, Tennessee passed the First to the Top Act (FTTT).

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Location Focus: The Carolinas – Growth Climate Warms In The Carolinas

Business Facilities

Through the Office of Innovation, we want to create a business environment in South Carolina that is ideal to start and build a high-growth company.”. The new, 430,000-square-foot facility will be located on Trelleborg’s existing premises in Spartanburg, which includes Trelleborg Coated Systems US, Inc. Nikki Haley. McCrory said.

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Energy-saving strategies: Ceiling panels with phase change material (PCM)

Construction Specifier

By passively moderating indoor temperature fluctuations, thermal mass helps make building structures more resilient to heat waves and power outages. These thermally massive materials function as buffers, smoothing out the daily temperature cycles inside buildings by absorbing heat during the day and releasing it in the evening.