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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Environmental/Sustainability

Civil + Structural Engineer

Retrofitting the Ballston Wetland Park was a high-priority project in Arlington County’s Stormwater Management Program, and they were able to seek community input through a stakeholder advisory committee as well as with several community meetings to provide input to the design process.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Top trends in the construction industry 2020 How will the construction industry develop in 2020? We have studied and evaluated numerous sources – discover with us the most important trends and developments in the construction industry in 2020. ERP and CRM systems: How to make better use of data resources 3.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

This issue of C+S Magazine contains the third iteration of the Yearbook of Engineering Achievement, and, as has been the case in the last two contests, these projects represent the best of the best in the AEC industry. The project features a new 1.8

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Top 5 Mistakes Contractors Make during the Prequalification Process and How to Fix Them

Safety Services Company

A LinkedIn Article noted that 35% of project defaults are due to issues identified in the prequalification process but ignored! Prioritizing safety and compliance is a critical step that helps contractors land more jobs. Failure to invest in training puts your teams and organization at risk of injury and loss.

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Learn About the Latest News on How New Construction is a Dangerous Formula, Smith Currie and Oles Morrison to combine, US Mountain Valley Natgas Pipe Building

Construction Daily News

In 2021, Congress authorized billions for infrastructure projects under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. But there’s a problem: New infrastructure planning often uses historical flood patterns rather than climate change risk estimates. Many still use decades-old data and ignore climate change dangers.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Rating tools were, in part, adopted to head off the growing imposition of onerous environmental impact assessment in the building sector via “industry self-regulation”. However, that is what green building and rating tools do, by using selective accounting. These were based on typical construction, not sustainability outcomes.

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Why Design-Builders are essential to Planned Unit Development projects

The Korte Company

While these instruments mean well, they also inject new challenges to construction projects that owners, builders and local authorities must work together to address. PUDs are a legal framework communities use to shape the nature of new development. That latter point is often the rationale local authorities use when they create a PUD.