Development: Page 6

  • A modern apartment building situated next to a Colonial-style structure.
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    Washington, DC, aims to attract sustainable office-to-multifamily conversions

    While the pace of adaptive reuse projects has slowed, the city is offering incentives to bring more housing to the urban core.

    By Mary Salmonsen • Oct. 17, 2023
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    GSA issues RFI for Green Proving Ground program

    A $30 million funding bump will help the agency evaluate new technologies meant to improve the sustainability and efficiency of its buildings.

    By • Oct. 17, 2023
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    Bedrock Energy raises $8.5M for autonomous geothermal HVAC technology

    The company says it uses autonomous drilling and advanced subsurface modeling to help property owners recoup their decarbonization investments in under five years.

    By • Oct. 16, 2023
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    High office vacancies contrast with data center growth: CBRE market reports

    Artificial intelligence has driven strong data center leasing growth in Dallas/Fort Worth, while San Francisco continues to struggle with converting unused office space. 

    By • Oct. 11, 2023
  • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced the start of operations at a new construction support facility at John F. Kennedy International Airport
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    $19B JFK project opens construction support facility

    The hub will produce concrete on site and employ barges to reduce emissions and congestion on the airport rehab project.

    By Sebastian Obando • Oct. 11, 2023
  • A person looks at commercial real estate visualizations in Matterport.
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    Matterport adds AI-enabled automated room measurements to its digital twin platform

    The technology reduces the time required to capture property data and helps operators optimize the functionality of spaces, the company says.

    By • Oct. 10, 2023
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    ‘Empty’ federal buildings under scrutiny

    Unused office space poses financial and environmental issues federal agencies must address, lawmakers from both parties said at a Senate committee hearing.

    By • Oct. 9, 2023
  • Lendlease and Ivanhoe Cambridge top out on a $545 million life sciences development project
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    Megaproject boom squeezes supplies for life sciences construction

    Labor and material shortages are causing cost increases and continued delays as lead times for generators, electrical switchgears and elevators stretch to two years, said Cushman & Wakefield exec Jason D’Orlando.

    By Sebastian Obando • Oct. 6, 2023
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    Office utilization rates on climb to pre-pandemic levels

    Culture, collaboration and communication are bringing employees back into the office on their own terms, said participants in a recent webinar by FM:Systems.

    By • Oct. 4, 2023
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    NREL adds geothermal hybrid system to energy project cost analysis tool

    The tool can help facilities owners and operators identify the optimal mix of geothermal heat pump technologies, renewable energy, conventional generation and energy storage, the lab says.

    By • Sept. 28, 2023
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    Return-to-office mandates can have DEI implications. One nontraditional office aims to be more inclusive.

    The Coven's emphasis on designing an office with a sense of community in mind echoes the sentiment of other workplace experts.

    By Caroline Colvin • Sept. 27, 2023
  • The logo for Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) on a skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. JLL is a commercial real estate services and property investment firm based in Chicago.
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    Q&A

    JLL’s division president discusses top healthcare facility concerns

    Facility managers deserve a place at the table in the earlier stages of planning renovations, construction, design, sustainability initiatives and more, says Alison Flynn Gaffney.

    By • Sept. 25, 2023
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    Turner, Pike break ground on $650M New York hospital

    The Strong Memorial Hospital renovations represent the University of Rochester’s largest capital project to date.

    By Joe Bousquin • Sept. 21, 2023
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    Jacobs scores $25M Connecticut water project

    The work includes engineering services and support for improvements to the overall facility, sludge system, water quality lab and treatment process.

    By Sebastian Obando • Sept. 20, 2023
  • An investigator views building data in NREL's visualization lab.
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    Schroeder, Dennis. (2023). [Photograph]. Retrieved from U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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    NREL provides baseline data on building energy use, efficiency upgrade benefits

    The federal research center’s new End-Use Load Profiles dataset outlines possible shifts in buildings’ energy consumption under various “what-if” energy efficiency and electrification upgrade scenarios.

    By • Sept. 18, 2023
  • Picture of LBJ Early College High School's building in Austin, Texas
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    Jacobs wins $517M award to modernize Texas schools

    The $2.4 billion capital improvement program, which is the largest-ever investment in the Austin Independent School District, involves renovations, security improvements, technology upgrades and maintenance across 25 schools. 

    By Sebastian Obando • Sept. 13, 2023
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    CBRE’s Smart FM Solutions implemented across more than 20K client sites

    The AI-powered software can reduce client maintenance costs and energy consumption by as much as 20%, the company says. 

    By • Updated Sept. 11, 2023
  • Aerial view of blue photovoltaic solar panels mounted on industrial building roof for producing clean ecological electricity.
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    Lumen Energy, with $11M in Series A funding, launches automated power purchase agreement software

    With its Auto PPA tool, building owners and operators can calculate costs and benefits of on-site solar and other clean energy systems to increase net operating income with zero upfront capital, the company says.

    By • Sept. 8, 2023
  • A rendering of an expansion of the West Gate expansion project, with planes and a lit-up building at night.
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    Courtesy of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
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    Hensel Phelps starts $164M Austin airport gate expansion

    The 84,500-square-foot upgrade is one of 61 planned projects worth a total of $6.5 billion at the Texas travel hub.

    By Matthew Thibault • Sept. 8, 2023
  • Solar panels on the University of Wisconsin-Stout's General Services Building.
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    Retrieved from University of Wisconsin on September 06, 2023
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    University of Wisconsin expands solar across Stout campus facilities

    A recent 560-panel installation highlights ongoing efficiency upgrades taking place across the public university system.

    By • Sept. 6, 2023
  • A teacher instructs in a room, in the foreground a carbon dioxide meter is used to measure air quality and ventilation.
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    Deep Dive

    Value of indoor air quality improvements can help offset upgrade costs, keep buildings efficient

    As school starts and return-to-office mandates bring people indoors, lingering COVID-19 concerns and new ventilation requirements raise indoor air quality questions.

    By • Aug. 31, 2023
  • Close up image of a man studying a see-through computer monitor that’s displaying text provided by an chatbot.
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    Dottid rolls out AI assistant for Asset OS platform to integrate data insights into workflows

    The chat interface has a help desk to streamline data integration and ensure accuracy by providing user-specific portfolio information, the proptech firm says. 

    By • Aug. 30, 2023
  • A rendering depicts improvements at Albany International Airport.
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    Courtesy of Office of New York Governor Kathy Hochul
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    US airports undertake modernization efforts to improve safety and efficiency

    Recent renovation projects span runway rehabilitations, HVAC upgrades, LED lighting fixtures and additional amenities across a trio of East Coast airports.

    By • Aug. 29, 2023
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    Temporary Wall Systems adds two New Jersey locations

    The franchise service firm says its reusable walls provide facilities managers and contractors with a sustainable solution to partition areas during renovations and construction.

    By • Aug. 29, 2023
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    NEST, skilled trades industry leaders launch council to address labor shortage

    The Skilled Trades Advisory Council is intended to drive awareness and promotion of the trades and help the facilities management industry meet workforce needs.

    By • Aug. 24, 2023