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Smart savings: Commissioning for the hybrid workplace

BD+C

Smart savings: Commissioning for the hybrid workplace 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/24/2023 - 09:27 Office Buildings Joe Crowe, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Gresham Smith, shares smart savings tips for facility managers and building owners of hybrid workplaces. Joe Crowe, P.E.,

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FTC Settles Charges Over Deceptive Zero VOC Claims

Green Building Law Update

Four paint companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively promoted products as containing zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or as emission free, including during and immediately after application. The Commission vote to accept the consent agreements was 2-0. and ICP Construction Inc.

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Improving Construction Outcomes is an Owner’s Responsibility

Job Order Contracting

The Value of Process, Shared Purpose, and a Common Information Environment. Common data environment and early/ongoing information sharing among all participants/stakeholders. ” Sustainable Built Environment, 1, 1–11. ” World Commission on Environment and Development, (ed.), Get a Price. . Kibert, C.

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Maximizing Productivity & Minimizing Costs: Building a Master Plan for Construction Project Data

Construction Business Owner

After departing FCA, Offredi joined Amazon as a senior regional manager, where he oversaw milestones, critical timing, cost, commissioning and startup of equipment and facilities for new and legacy last mile delivery stations.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

Upon review, the 34 LEED v4 ID+C: CI projects already certified, inspire optimism not only for the green building industrial complex, but also the larger built environment. Be aware that building envelope commissioning is now included in this credit. The projects are as varied as nearly 3 dozen buildings can be.

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Testing, Testing: Commissioning During COVID-19

Stok

Building commissioning has remained a priority throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but with tiny mechanical rooms that make social distancing a challenge on site, building operators and engineers must get creative to safely stick to their projects’ commissioning schedules. Option #1: virtual BMS testing. The process.

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Building Commissioning: A ?Return to Work? Necessity

Stok

Here, stok’s commissioning team lays out how to safely bring your building back online and efficiently adjust operations during COVID-19 based on what we know now about the pandemic. If your building has never been commissioned before, consider engaging a commissioning agent to retrocommission your building. The solution?