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Unlocking the potential of pickleball and padel courts

CCR Magazine

Adaptive reuse is a growing trend in construction and urban planning, offering creative ways to breathe new life into underutilized or vacant spaces. Adaptive reuse refers to repurposing existing structures or land for a use different from its original intent. Pickleball’s Popularity in the U.S. Cities across the U.S.

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Article 4 Direction: What Property Owners Need to Know Before Converting

UK Construction Blog

Key Takeaways An Article 4 Direction is a legal measure that restricts permitted development rights, requiring property owners to obtain planning permission for changes that would normally be allowed without application. Ever wondered why your neighbour needed planning permission for a simple extension while you didn’t?

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4 considerations for increasing biodiversity in construction projects

BDC Network

4 considerations for increasing biodiversity in construction projects 0 qpurcell Thu, 05/25/2023 - 09:39 Urban Planning As climate change is linked with biodiversity depletion, fostering biodiverse landscapes during construction can create benefits beyond the immediate surroundings of the project.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. The following are her thoughts about green buildings and the rating systems that score them. It is no longer enough to “do no harm”. .

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2023 BALA Winners: The Best of the Best

The Pro Builder

A low-slung front façade includes a “concealed” garage and uses a combination of handmade bricks and traditional Japanese shou sugi ban siding, both of which also appear on select interior walls. PHOTOS: Nick Neuberger Mid-century modern homes dominate the South Ogden, Utah, neighborhood where The Burch Creek Home is located.

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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Environmental/Sustainability

Civil + Structural Engineer

The park expands Arlington County’s ability to meet Chesapeake Bay Watershed regulations while cultivating native plants and providing new boardwalk areas and fresh interpretive designs. Planned by SWA Group architects and designed and managed by the engineering firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc.,

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

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.