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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan for implementing a new label program to boost American production of more climate-friendly construction materials and products. The label program will prioritize steel, glass, asphalt and concrete.
The standards for energy-efficient construction and design have been raised. Due to the development of advanced low-e coatings for the interior surface and vacuum insulating technologies, architects now have more choices to improve U-values wherever enhanced thermal performance is needed to create eco-friendly spaces. These options can double or even triple thermal performance, resulting in annual energy savings and a positive return on carbon.
The Contra Costa County Administration Building in Martinez, Calif., is the world’s first public project to achieve the zero-waste-focused TRUE Gold certification for construction. The TRUE Certification for Construction program, administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), recognizes projects that achieve exceptional levels of waste reduction, reuse, and recycling.
BD+C Editors break down July's top 15 building products, from Façades by Design to Schweiss Doors's Strap Latch bifold door.
Components of the $9-million structural concrete construction phase included a 700-foot-long, below-grade baggage-handling tunnel; metal decks covered in poured-in-place concrete; slab-on-grade for the new terminal; and 10 exterior architectural columns––each 56-feet tall and erected at a 14-degree angle.
Eun Grace Ko, a student at the Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, named winner of annual contest.
The three-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $3.3 million.
McCarthy workers joined the patients, donning construction gear and hard hats, to help with their building efforts.
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West Hartford headquarters announced as Better Buildings, Better Plants “Showcase” site.
Project receives LEED Gold certification.
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Anticipating increasing escalation in owner costs through 2014.
The nation’s nonresidential construction activity will remain soft during the summer months, with flat to declining nonresidential construction spending.
