California Education Sustainability 
BD+C
JUNE 20, 2024
2024 Timber-Strong Design Build Competition: Small Buildings, Big Educational Opportunities 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/20/2024 - 12:14 Student-led teams have 90 minutes to erect attractive, durable, engineered wood structures. This year’s winners included teams from Michigan, Indiana, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Texas, California and Puerto Rico.
Pro Builder
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable. The design leverages the real earth below the courtyard for planting large shade trees, creating a serene, shaded community space for residents while also bringing some native California landscape to the street. . . All photos: Sustainable Comfort). . .
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Natural Building
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Rebecca Tasker, with a crew of apprentices, is building two straw bale houses near Escondido, California. People like sustainability,” Tasker said. Another sustainable feature of the houses will be a rainwater capture system that will collect 600 gallons for every inch of rain. So the building project is also a teaching site.
Pro Builder
MARCH 2, 2021
How This California Nonprofit Developer Does Affordable Communities. Visionary Home Builders of California Inc developed its first affordable housing community in 1983. A key aspect for Visionary’s developments are its educational offerings and robust amenities. cbroderick. Tue, 03/02/2021 - 09:21.
Construction Specifier
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
By Tracy Cook Photos courtesy Tarkett There are many expectations from indoor spaces today: they must look aesthetically pleasing but be strong enough to withstand heavy use, be easy to clean but not feel sterile and unwelcoming, and they should feature healthy, sustainable materials that support human and environmental health.
BD+C
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
acre site on the University of California, San Diego campus. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in La Jolla, Calif., located on a 1.75-acre Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects (ZGF), the three-story, 45,000-sf building is an apt tribute to its prominent, coastal location, with its long, slender shape. Body Image: read more.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 10, 2021
These factors include… poor formal and professional education in the domain, low investment in research and development, deep rooted project culture, perceived long life-cycle of associated return on investment, resistance from construction projects’ participants and stakeholders, and lack of real property owner leadership and competency.
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