Construction Enquirer

JUNE 9, 2023

Mechanical and electrical building services provider J S Wright has secured a deal worth more than £2.5m The Birmingham-based company is to design and build the mechanical services for all 97 apartments and communal spaces at Thames View House on Felix Road in Walton-on-Thames.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 10, 2024

The award was fittingly presented to the Adair County Commission in the historic 1917 Missouri State Capital along the banks of the Missouri River in Jefferson City, Missouri. However, these structures must also meet present-day needs, necessitating upgrades aligned with modern technology, building codes, and energy requirements.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Photo Credit: Megan Payne The Cairo Monorail project began in 2020, and is a two-line monorail rapid transit system owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT). The second line will be the 6th of October City Monorail Transportation System or the West of Nile Line (WoN). Largest span on the EoN line under construction.

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UK Construction Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

The post Navigating the UKs 2025 Building Regs: What Contractors Need to Know appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Key Points The 2025 UK Building Regulations, under the Future Homes Standard, aim to reduce carbon emissions from new homes by 75-80% compared to 2013 standards, focusing on energy efficiency and low-carbon heating.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Innovative building designed to collect, preserve and make all records available to the public Acclaimed national interdisciplinary design firm HGA is pleased to announce the completion of the Pennsylvania State Archives, located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Ash wood was used for all interior building woodwork.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 2, 2024

Rosedin, the electrical contractor on the project undertook the designing, constructing, integrating, and commissioning of several key technology systems to modernize the terminal. It is also the first airport to earn LEED Platinum Certification. The post San Francisco airport gets revamped $2.5B

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Civil + Structural Engineer

JANUARY 28, 2025

Innovative design-build project to convert raw biogas to renewable natural gas, advancing sustainability goals The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has awarded a US$121-million fixed price, design-build contract for the Southeast Treatment Plant Biogas Utilization Project to PCL Construction, Inc.,

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UK Construction Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

The building journey goes beyond just construction schedules. Experience and track record Professional tiny home builders know specialised construction methods that go beyond regular home building. Their expertise covers unique building techniques, system planning, and tiny house requirements. Maximum height: 4.3m

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 17, 2022

How to Increase Building Performance and Meet LEED Requirements. The main driving force behind a successful project is improved commissioning—and that’s what you’ll learn about below. . Why is Project Commissioning Important? In construction, commissioning is the process of evaluating a building to be ready for service.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 22, 2024

Founded in 2003 by current president Jeffrey Moore, PE, LEED AP, the firm provides specialized and generalized expertise in the areas of heating, ventilation, and air systems planning; electrical, lighting, photovoltaic (solar), and low voltage systems design; and fire protection and alarm system engineering.

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BDC Network

JUNE 5, 2023

rcassidy Mon, 06/05/2023 - 12:44 Andrew Lehrer and Tyler Jensen, Environmental Systems Design A significant climate impact can be achieved with hybrid electrification that balances capital expenditure and operating expenses. The green power market, a subset of the larger electricity market in the U.S.,

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Civil + Structural Engineer

JULY 18, 2024

The project team, led by STV as the overall task lead and subconsultant to Chen Ryan Associates (CRA), will design plans to replace the existing TPSS while minimizing impacts and delays to the system, maintaining the operational efficiency of MTS’s extensive 65-mile track network and keeping the system’s 300,000 weekday trips on schedule.

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The Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

But while the efficiency of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment has improved across the board, improper installation or commissioning can result in HVAC system faults that compromise HVAC performance and reduce energy efficiency. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building America program , points out.

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Roads Online

JUNE 20, 2024

Image/Coates From maintaining thermal comfort and personal safety, to enabling manufacturing, building and industrial processes, many businesses rely on temperature-controlled environments. This is where heating systems can be used as a safety line to meet production deadlines.”

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CCR Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Orders are now being accepted for the latest 2024 edition of the ANSI/NETA Standard for Electrical Commissioning Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems , a publication of NETA, the InterNational Electrical Testing Association.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 20, 2024

With patron experience in mind, Henderson gave special attention to ensuring public spaces are fully equipped with building systems to support varying crowd capacities without interfering with the aesthetic feel. The project is overall designed toward LEED Silver green building standards.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 13, 2024

A “Passive House” is a high-performance building standard developed by the Passive House Institute and is the only internationally recognized, performance-based energy standard in construction. LEED is the world’s most widely used green building rating system, and LEED Platinum is its highest certification.

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Hetfield commissioned the design as part of an equipment supply agreement with our CASE brand. All these elements were integrated atop a sandy camouflage pattern reminiscent of Hetfields signature Snakebyte electric guitar a direct request from the artist. He also drew from the pinstriping in Hetfields private hotrod collection.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 1, 2024

Marked by a strikingly new exterior image rising from a six-story podium base and capped by a top-floor sky lounge, 2221 Yonge is a long anticipated addition to a cityscape with hundreds of high-rise buildings. This partí allows us to shape the south side to give the building a truly sculptural quality.”

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CK Power

DECEMBER 15, 2020

No matter what happens, we make sure their backup power systems are ready to power life-safety critical equipment. It requires a team of experts to customize a long-lasting, dependable system within budget. We work closely with clients to create a system designed around their facility and operations.

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Stok

APRIL 25, 2023

M&V, MBCx, WTF: Building Performance Monitoring as a Means to Achieve Decarbonization Goals This blog post was co-authored by Stok’s Ally Duncan and Jessica Shaw , summarizing their presentation at AEE West 2023. MBCx provides detailed insight into what is using the energy and why, which enables actionable solutions.

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Building Performance Measurement HVAC System Installation Electrical Systems Energy Efficiency 98

Stok

APRIL 25, 2023

As building owners and occupiers adopt zero commitments and find their properties subject to energy performance and emissions regulations, the question becomes, ‘how can we achieve these ambitious reduction targets?’ This approach avoids unnecessarily analyzing all the detailed system data and only focuses on the data with anomalies.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 26, 2024

The schedule incorporated structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and commissioning with the operating plant’s requirements. Faced with collaboration bottlenecks, limited flexibility and inefficient input provided by legacy scheduling systems, Shimmick looked to Planera to add efficiency to its project scheduling process.

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Matern Professional Engineering is proud to welcome electrical engineer Olivia Byrd amid the companys ongoing expansion efforts. Byrd brings over five years of experience in power distribution, lighting design and protection, fire alarm systems, grounding design, and project coordination to the company. Byrd is fluent in Spanish.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 7, 2023

New England and Greek Revival influences One notable architectural feature in New England is the use of brick-ended structures, which serve as a prominent design element for both public and residential buildings. It pays homage to the historical tradition of New England’s small-town public buildings, characterized by Greek Revival influences.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 11, 2024

This ambitious project–owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT)–is intended to create a direct connection between Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and 6th of October City via a two-line rapid transit system. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Nominated by their peers for their exceptional achievements, these under-40 individuals aren't just building structures—they're constructing the future. Not only driving the BIM development from a technology point of view but also from the collaborative aspect, building specific project teams and virtual groups.

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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.

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CCR Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Traditionally, exit signs use electricity constantly, which drives up energy costs and requires ongoing maintenance. These signs can cost building owners hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars annually in energy and maintenance costs. But Tritium exit signs use zero electricity, making them much more efficient.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Henderson Engineers , a national building systems design firm, announces the promotion of Brian O’Neil to venue sector sports practice director. is the 100% employee-owned parent company of Henderson Engineers and Henderson Building Solutions. Our vision is to be the firm that builds a better world.

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Stok

AUGUST 19, 2021

An integrated design charrette allows stakeholders like the investment team, property management, and building occupants to share their perspectives and ideas about the project at a time when their feedback can still be easily and inexpensively incorporated into the design. A few of these key strategies are outlined below. #1:

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Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. Bill Lee has cited TN’s business-friendly environment in several recent project announcements.

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Contractors Liability Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Specialty Contractor Licenses: Cover specific trades like HVAC, plumbing, and electrical work. Electrician Licensing Electricians in South Dakota must obtain a state license through the South Dakota Electrical Commission. Steps for Electricians: Apply: Submit an application through the South Dakota Electrical Commission.

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CCR Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Designed with premium functionality, similar to the TECHNOFORCE™ e-MTX, Bell & Gossett’s newest TECHNOFORCE™ e-MTV Packaged System offers standout efficiency from installation to operation, all while delivering overall lower costs. Join us in the effort at www.xylem.com and Let’s Solve Water.

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Stok

JUNE 25, 2020

Building owners, operators, and tenants are all wondering what changes must be made to their buildings to reduce the risk of transmission of viruses like SARS-COV-2 as the U.S. and countries around the world prepare to reopen workplaces and reoccupy offices and other buildings. Energy recovery system. No UV treatment.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Set in an old quarry that was replanted 80 years ago with hardwoods and pines, Woodsmoke was commissioned in the early 1990s. Designed by architect Paul Leech, whose other design work spans decades of environmentally-sensitive projects, the steeply-pitched building has 2,300 sq ft within, with some dramatically shaped rooms.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Commercial real estate development involves the process of acquiring, designing, constructing, and leasing or selling commercial properties such as office buildings, retail centers, and industrial parks. The design should consider factors such as building codes and zoning regulations, the intended use of the property, and the target market.

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