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Bowman Acquires MEP and Fire Protection Engineering Firm Moore Consulting Engineers

Civil + Structural Engineer

Reston, VA – Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. With multiple LEED-accredited professionals on staff, Moore designs projects that meet the highest standards of environmental focus, energy efficiency, and long-term sustainability. For more information on Moore Consulting Engineers, their projects, and their services, visit www.jamoore.net.

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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

Construction Specifier

Curtain wall systems are ever present in today’s commercial construction marketplace. In this case, a basis-of-design, commodity, stick-built curtain wall system can be shown on the architectural drawings and included in the performance specifications and can be competitively bid by the CM/GC after final construction documents are produced.

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A Community-Forward Approach 

Civil + Structural Engineer

Although he had a background in environmental engineering, Kramer joined the firm as a part of their municipal engineering practice, which he describes as a “collection of road, water, and sewer” work. By Luke Carothers Jon Kramer joined OHM advisors 30 years ago in 1993. One example of such a community can be found in Newark, Ohio.

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$80.5M Queens Borough Hall Garage: NYC’s First Design-Build

CCR Magazine

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.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

This standard is not intended to address all fall protection related equipment. All fall protection equipment is required by OSHA to be checked prior to each use. Consult the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for hazardous ingredients and proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Special Instructions: 1. Lubricants.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

General Services Administration (GSA) is to be commended for its leadership in improving energy and environmental performance across its federal building portfolio. GSA reduced emissions from federal buildings more than 20 percent compared with 2008. performance building rating system in the United States.

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Understanding NFPA 110 Chapter 7: Tips for installing a compliant emergency power system

CK Power

National Fire Protection Association standard 110 —the standard for emergency and standby power systems— outlines requirements for the installation and performance of backup power systems in emergency and legally required applications, where an outage would pose a life safety risk.