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Green Buildings

'USGBC All In' Will Sponsor 100 Sustainability Credentials In Underserved Areas

December 3, 2020

Green Business Certification Inc., the administrator of LEED and other leading green business certifications, is providing funding for 100 people in underserved communities to achieve one of the updated Sustainability Excellence credentials.

Building Materials

Chicago’s Union Station Tower Uses First 80-ksi Steel Sections in the US

Jeff Yoders

December 3, 2020

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MKA specifies new ArcelorMittal steel products to create larger upper-level spaces in the 51-story tower and deal with site issues near Chicago Union Station.

Dealmaking

Jacobs, STO Building Group Add New Assets and Operations

Debra K. Rubin

November 30, 2020

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In Nov. 30 deals, designer to spend $2.4B on next-gen consultant stake, while builder puts a Seattle contractor in its construction network.

Rare Inclined Elevator Is Nearly Complete at Pilgrim Monument

Provincetown, Mass., project will ferry visitors up 85 ft to monument entrance

Scott Van Voorhis

November 25, 2020

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The Bradford Access Project, set to finish next spring in Provincetown, Mass., will create added entrance to historic site where access has been long restricted by geography.

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing's Grand Rapids, Mich., fill and finish facility.

COVID-19 and Construction

Vaccine Focus Brings Aseptic Manufacturing, EPC Firms into Limelight

With shell nearly complete, contractor worked past COVID-19 obstacles to finish Michigan vaccine plant

Jeff Yoders

November 24, 2020

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U.S. production facilities for COVID-19 vaccines nearing approval for Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are delivered by EPC contractors. But supply chain availability has been a tricky process.

San Francisco Likely To Require All-Electric Power in New Construction

November 18, 2020

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San Francisco is on the verge of amending its building code to require new construction to use only electric power.

Landscape Architects Put Climate Positive Design on Better Footing

Nadine M. Post

November 18, 2020

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A free digital design tool that can help reduce the carbon footprint of a site is putting climate-friendly landscape architecture on a better path.

Federal Construction

Capitol Hill Talks Could Set Fiscal 2021 Construction Funding

Tom Ichniowski

November 17, 2020

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House-Senate staff negotiations are continuing, with hopes of an agreement before Dec. 11 deadline

World-Record Wood Structures: Mass Timber on The Rise

Scott Lewis

November 17, 2020

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With mass-timber structures gaining momentum in the U.S., ENR takes a look at some of the largest wooden structures in the world and the future of lumber-based construction.