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On Poor Quality: Corruption and Construction in China
As someone who works in the building industry in China, I am often asked why the quality of construction of most new buildings is so poor. The people who usually ask are expatriates from places like Europe or America; rarely does someone native to China who hasn’t spent time overseas pose the same question.[read more]
Green Construction a Silver Lining in Industry
Over 320 industry professionals from the construction industry flocked to the McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook Conference on October 19, 2011 to hear the state of the industry. Product managers, construction managers, marketers, and analysts received grim news from Bob Murray, the Vice President of Economic Affairs at McGraw-Hill...[read more]
Greenbuild 2011: Building Metrics Take Center Stage
One of themes of Greenbuild this year was data and metrics. This is not a surprise. As the green building industry continues to mature, owners are demanding better performance. The theme of data and metrics appeared in many forms throughout the Greenbuild sessions.[read more]
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“Brilliant!Long-term committed asset holders like schools, municipalities, hospitals, ... tend to be the greatest beneficiaries from energy retrofits, so it's great to see Impington showing leadership. And the Skanska financing program is a lifesaver: similar programs are emerging all over. We've found that one of the important "little details" that make all of this possible is that of having a ...”
“I love the term "food rescuer". This is something I'd love to do and wish I'd done in college. My friend started bike co-ops and it would've been easy to add food onto the mission. We had weekly Sunday dinners and even rescuing food and serving it on Sunday would work. Thanks for sharing.Blog OnJanet”