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The Link Between Land-Use Reforms and Housing Development

The Pro Builder

The Link Between Land-Use Reforms and Housing Development ibush Mon, 01/08/2024 - 15:31 Minneapolis has managed to increase housing supply while keeping rents in check. New land-use regulations and policies to encourage housing construction In 2019, the city of Minneapolis took the bold step of eliminating single-family zoning.

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Under Water?

Civil + Structural Engineer

The Baltimore city employee drowned inside a wastewater treatment plant in June 2019 when she fell through a grate walkway. “My Fall protection grates are frequently used at wastewater treatment plants to protect workers. Roofers die at close to twice the average rate of all US construction workers, with 29.9

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5 things developers should know about mass timber

BDC Network

Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s climate summit in 2019, Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins introduced the Gensler Cities Climate Challenge (GC3), our firmwide commitment to carbon neutrality in our work and operations by 2030. The IPCC report notes that an additional 2.5

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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Environmental/Sustainability

Civil + Structural Engineer

The park expands Arlington County’s ability to meet Chesapeake Bay Watershed regulations while cultivating native plants and providing new boardwalk areas and fresh interpretive designs.

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Passive Solar Greenhouses in Ladakh

Natural Building

We studied the positives and drawbacks of traditional greenhouses, which are used extensively in Ladakh. Easily hand operated ventilators in these newly designed and developed greenhouses make it easy to regulate the temperature during summer months. There is not even a single electronic gadget that farmers have to use here.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

The building’s strategic design includes a 35 percent targeted reduction in potable water use through efficient fixtures and equipment, a 25 percent targeted reduction in energy costs with a focus on thermal performance and optimal heating, and a 360-panel floating solar array to name a few.

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Making headway: what to do about tower crane safety?

Practical Law Construction

With the scarcity of land and new residential or office developments literally growing upwards, cranes are an everyday sight in urban areas. For example: In the Battersea crane collapse in 2006 (in which two men were tragically killed), the crane operators used the manual for a different model of crane to the crane in operation.