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John Keung Steers Singapore to Lead Role in Sustainability

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Andrew G. Wright
January 27, 2014
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When Singapore's Building and Construction Authority issued its Green Mark guidelines in 2006, the South Asian island city-state moved to the forefront of sustainable design and construction for the 21st century.


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Laser Scanning For The Masses by Handheld Devices

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Tom Sawyer
January 27, 2014
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One of the pioneers of software development for laser-scan data processing, Mark Klusza, won an ENR Newsmaker award for that work in 2003 (ENR 1/12/04 p. 26).
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Plug-n-Play Lab to Test Green-Building Systems is a Model

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Nadine M. Post
January 27, 2014
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"FLEXLAB came out of 25 years of trying to figure out how things work in the real world," says Selkowitz, leader of the windows and envelope materials group and senior adviser for building science with the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
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Standing Up for Workers Who Have Been Exploited

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January 27, 2014
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Cristina Tzintzún, executive director of the 12-year-old Workers Defense Project (WDP), is making progress in her uphill battle to improve working conditions and pay for very low-income workers in Texas, most of them involved in construction and many of them undocumented immigrants.
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A Transit Leader Transforms L.A. Metro

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Aileen Cho
January 27, 2014
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When K.N. Murthy took the helm at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), his task was twofold: transform the workings of an auto-centric city and of an agency that serves a population of 9.6 million.
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ABC Tool Kit Crafter Spreads The Word

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Aileen Cho
January 27, 2014
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Ask Bala Sivakumar about his nearly 30 years in bridge engineering, and he dutifully recites biographical information. But ask him about the need for accelerated bridge construction (ABC), and, suddenly, there's excitement and passion in his voice.


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Georgia Tech Official Preaches Sustainable Leadership

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January 27, 2014
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Higher-education institutions across the U.S. are some of the biggest drivers of sustainable building practices.
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Building a Solid Case for Green Timber Towers

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Nadine M. Post
January 23, 2014
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Benton Johnson does much more than walk the green talk—he bikes it.
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The Biggest Change in Elevators Since 1853

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Nadine M. Post
January 23, 2014
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Johannes de Jong just about went berserk when he heard his company, elevator-maker KONE Corp., had pulled the plug on research into ultra-lightweight carbon-fiber hoisting rope, which de Jong thought could be the biggest advance in elevators since Elisha Otis introduced the safety brake in 1853.
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LAX Leader Guides Airport's Massive Expansion

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Aileen Cho
January 22, 2014
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"Boredom is an aspirational goal of mine," says Roger A. Johnson, deputy executive director of Los Angeles World Airports.
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