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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors. Skanska’s office, Portland, Ore.

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5 Ways BIM Can Help You Reach LEED Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

We understand the importance of designing and building with the environment in mind. Our Portland, Oregon, headquarters is a LEED Gold certified building , and we’re committed to helping our customers reach LEED certification on projects as well. headquarters in Portland, OR. LEED certification submission.

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Advancing sustainable construction: Specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

At the same time, the built environment must adapt to the impacts of an already-changing climate by optimizing the resiliency of structural systems. While concrete plays an important role in creating stronger and safer buildings, this essential construction material has a large carbon footprint due to ordinary Portland cement (OPC).

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Conferences Micro-Lessons: 6 Ideas Worth Sharing

Stok

2: Insulator seeks LPC certification. Best of all, this bio-PCM is completely natural and is pursuing ILFI’s Living Product Certification! Living Future unConference | Portland, OR. #3: Rocky Mountain Green | Denver, CO. #2: DLR Group shared some of their exciting work at RMG.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In March 2016, McAuliffe signed into law measures that establish a workforce training program targeted to increase specific industry certifications and occupational licenses that meet the needs of businesses in each region of the state. million for a veterans’ portal to strengthen outreach to this key population.

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Ready mix concrete resource

GCP Applied Technologies

Replacing a certain percentage of Portland cement with fly ash imparts workability, allowing the concrete to be placed and finished more easily. The VERIFI® system can help ready-mix plants earn sustainability certification. When we think about sustainable concrete, the environment is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

He’s helped create new jobs and enabled the firm to retain top talent by creating an environment where employees can thrive. . This year, he introduced and established a company-wide common data environment (CDE) that would enable teams and partners to have better access to information so they can stay in sync. Senior BIM Manager.