Construction Daily News

APRIL 21, 2024

The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that single-family housing construction permits fell to a five-month low. March single-family home building rose 21.2% to 290,000, the lowest level since April 2020. to 1.321 million units in March, the highest dip since April 2020. The overall building permit rate fell 4.3%

Real Estate Development 52

Real Estate Development Building Permits Permits Building Materials Manufacturing 52

CCR Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Queens Borough Hall Municipal Garage and Community Space won the Design-Build Institute of America’s 2024 National Award of Merit. The garage is New York City’s first ever municipal project contracted as a design-build construction undertaking, under the recently authorized NYC design-build legislation.

Building Design 52

Building Design Fire Protection System Installation Roofing Systems Structural Systems 52

BDC Network

JUNE 28, 2023

When office-to-residential conversion works 0 qpurcell Wed, 06/28/2023 - 13:29 Office Buildings The cost and design challenges involved with office-to-residential conversions can be daunting; designers need to devise creative uses to fully utilize the space. The revamped Sinclaire on Seminary claims the space of a 1980s office building.

Flooring Systems 52

Flooring Systems Zoning Building Design Ceiling Systems 52

Stok

AUGUST 28, 2019

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.

Building Code Compliance 70

Building Code Compliance Building Codes Renewable Energy Systems Energy Efficiency 70

Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 30, 2021

Mercury is a European contractor that builds and manages complex engineering projects that reimagine how people work and live in the built environment. With an overall turnover of £1 billion in 2020, Mercury invests heavily in learning and development for all employees.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 52

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Engineering Project Management Quality Control 52

Practical Law Construction

JANUARY 25, 2021

In May 2020, the Australian Government amended section 127(1) of the country’s Corporations Act 2001 through a Ministerial Determination to make it easier for businesses to sign documents electronically, including through split execution. In 2019, the Law Commission published a report on the electronic execution of documents.

Contracts 52

Contracts Government Works Building Commissioning Building Permits 52

Business Facilities

JULY 11, 2014

The report finds that expanding the program to 600 megawatts will help Los Angeles achieve a state mandate to generate a third of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. “As California confronts a severe drought and a rapidly changing climate, this program gives homeowners another opportunity to do their part.”

Renewable Energy Systems 46

Renewable Energy Systems Environmental Impact Assessment Energy Conservation Green Building 46