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Virginia office complex achieves urban integration with inventive design

Construction Specifier

The building’s stepped facade helps it conform to contextual scale and attain energy and water conservation, as well as occupant health and wellness. As one approaches the site, CODE is only visible as a three-story structure of a similar width to the neighboring historic, party wall buildings.

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Virginia office complex achieves multiple goals with inventive design

Construction Specifier

The building’s stepped facade helps it conform to contextual scale and attain energy and water conservation, as well as occupant health and wellness. As one approaches the site, CODE is only visible as a three-story structure of a similar width to the neighboring historic, party wall buildings.

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Environmental Regulations in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

Governments balance the needs of both by requiring contractors, property owners, and others involved in construction to mitigate the effect of building activity on the environment, including air, water, and animal and plant life. In general, these laws apply to both contractors on the jobsite and the owner of the completed building.

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#68:? Energy Code Compliance

NH Construction Law

On June 12, 2018, Governor Sununu signed into law House Bill 1472 , repealing the state code for energy conservation in new construction ( RSA 155-D ) effective August 7, 2018. As with RSA 155-D, the 2009 IECC -- the version currently in effect in New Hampshire -- has different rules for residential and commercial buildings.

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

Stok

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? And, the result of this baseline?

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DCA3: Designing fire-rated I-joist assemblies

Construction Specifier

The document provides designers with a catalogue of non-proprietary, fire-resistance rated I-joist assemblies typically well-known and readily accepted by local building officials. It is relatively common for building owners to ask for their floor assemblies to be designed to exceed these code minimums.

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All About Rainwater Harvesting | Purpose of Rainwater Harvesting | Methods of Rainwater Harvesting | Types of Rainwater Harvesting Tanks

CivilJungle

In places where rainfall is uncertain and happens infrequently, building a dry system is perfect. Also Read, What Is Building | Types of Building. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said that no permission is needed for harvesting rainwater. Harvesting rainwater helps us to conserve water for the future.