The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $699 million low-interest loan to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to help finance its innovative Southeast Treatment Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project.
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The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Declaration has been signed by the leaders of nineteen global cities as a pledge to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by ensuring that new buildings operate at net zero carbon by 2030.
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According to a new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), keeping structures operational following natural disasters would be more likely with improved standards and codes for the construction of residential and commercial buildings.
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Michigan Central Station becomes the centerpiece of Ford Motor Company's new campus in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood and will serve as an innovation hub for the motor company’s vision for the future of transportation.
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At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $817.4 billion, new construction starts in July fell 9 percent from the elevated pace reported in June, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
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The seven questions to ask when specifying fire-rated glazing in fire doors are covered in the Fire Safety Strategies e-book, the latest in The Construction Specifier’s series of sponsored e-books.
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Pelli Clarke Pelli’s architectural design of the Salesforce Transit Center illustrates how a dense, urban, transit-based development can provide a sustainable and livable city.
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The 25th anniversary of the Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, sponsored by Confindustria Ceramica and the Italian Trade Agency, attracted innovative projects from designers and architects throughout North America. Four winners and three honorable mentions were selected across four categories: residential, commercial, institutional, and student.
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A project developed through a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) class has come up with an energy efficient design for a large wood building. For this structure, called “the Longhouse,” massive timbers made of conventional lumber would be laminated together like a kind of supersized plywood.
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The Ohio Building Code (OBC) now references the American Concrete Institute (ACI) 562, Code Requirements for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures.
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