2021 Building Resilience Energy Conservation 
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 26, 2025
Photo courtesy Intertek As building codes and standards evolve, the demand for airtight, environmentally friendly building enclosures increases among building owners, insurers, and design professionals. Air barriers are essential for maintaining the integrity and performance of building enclosures.
Civil + Structural Engineer
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The high-speed rail system will cover a distance of 500 miles between Los Angeles/Anaheim and San Francisco, operating on 100 percent renewable energy from solar power and battery storage systems. For additional resilience of the high-speed rail system, Arup’s team is updating the Authority’s 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan.
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Construction Specifier
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
A high-performance building envelope minimizes thermal bridging, enhancing interior thermal comfort with substantial R values at the roof and walls. The building’s energy use intensity (EUI) is reduced to 23, a 71 percent decrease from the baseline, thanks to efficient building systems and envelope design.
Procore
APRIL 20, 2023
Procore.org , Procore’s social impact arm, provides full platform access to nonprofit builders who are focused on building a sustainable world for future generations to assist worthy causes with technology that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive. In 2021, it was a finalist in Fast Company’s World-Changing Ideas Awards.
Civil + Structural Engineer
DECEMBER 1, 2023
This project would go on to be one of the largest renewable energy projects in the state to date, encompassing an area of 241.5 +/- acres and presenting a variety of environmental and civil challenges.
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 31, 2022
As the continued effects of climate change place greater demands on the built environment, adequate insulation has increasingly become a central element in evaluating a building’s resiliency and thermal efficiency. It is estimated that Americans currently spend more than $200 billion annually on energy bills.
Civil + Structural Engineer
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The project leveraged four alternative delivery methods including: landside and airside construction management at-risk, a design-build-operate-maintain baggage team, design-bid-build award contracts and multiple design-build concession/tenant packages.
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