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Residential Siding: 5 Tips for Choosing the Right Material and Color

Construction Marketing

However, picking the right color and material can be challenging with the various residential siding options in the market. Before contacting your contractor from Landmark Roofing for siding installation, take a walk around your neighborhood to get inspiration from other residential properties. Check your neighborhood. Vinyl siding.

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions FitzGerald completed renovations on Millennium on LaSalle, a 14-story building in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Originally built in 1902, the former office building now comprises 211 apartment units and marks LaSalle Street’s first complete office-to-residential conversion.

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Understanding the Construction Connection

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Sustainable Construction Practices Over the years, sustainable construction practices became more popular, driven by environmental concerns and the desire for cost savings. Green buildings, for example, use energy-efficient systems and sustainable materials, resulting in lower operating costs and increased tenant demand.

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Advancing sustainable construction: Specifying low-carbon concrete

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Model building codes (I-codes) developed by the International Code Council ( ICC ) play a crucial role in constructing safe, sustainable, and resilient structures. 5 Stronger and safer buildings Concrete is the world’s most widely used construction material due to its significant performance, sustainability, and cost advantages.

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DOE launches database on energy performance of 60,000 buildings

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The Energy Department today launched a new Buildings Performance Database , the largest free, publicly available database of residential and commercial building energy performance information. Currently, commercial and residential buildings account for approximately 70% of the electricity consumption in the nation.

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Bisnow Panel Shows Confidence in Industrial Development

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I would usually concentrate on apartments, hotels, office, retail, mixed-use, etc., There is an across the board need for industrial space and almost every retailer is involved. There is plenty of opportunity for sustainable design when it comes to a distribution center.