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ENR Construction Week: Construction Unemployment Stuck at 17.7% | ENR: Engineering News Record |
enr.construction.com | 1 hour 8 minutes ago
Late-breaking and brief items for the week ending Feb. 13, 2012.

Improved defense pleases coach
www.post-gazette.com | Feb 11, 2012
Coverage of Robert Morris University sports from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SJP Properties Inks Publisher, Will Complete LEED Silver Waterfront Center in Hoboken | gbNYC Real
www.greenbuildingsnyc.com | Feb 10, 2012
SJP Properties has signed the textbook publisher Pearson to a 200,000-square-foot lease for five four floors at the Waterfront Corporate Center III building, plans for which were announced nearly four years ago and tabled until SJP secured an anchor tenant.

MBMA Provides Unique Training to Improve Energy Code Knowledge | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 10, 2012
MBMA Provides Unique Training to Improve Energy Code Knowledge. MBMA hosts training course to enhance the energy code compliance and approval process for metal building systems. - PR11795535

What comes next after green building? – Daily Commercial News
www.dcnonl.com | Feb 10, 2012
Now that green building practices have become widely accepted by the global architecture-engineering-construction industry, what comes next?

Degenkolb » Blog » Stanford Law Building Wins at ACEC California Ceremony
www.degenkolb.com | Feb 9, 2012
Congratulations to the entire Stanford University William H. Neukom Building project team! The innovative new design project was honored at the ACEC California award ceremony in Sacramento on February 7th. The team was thrilled to learn that the project won the “Honor” award for the entire state...

Encouraging News from the Housing Industry
www.prweb.com | Feb 8, 2012
Amidst the continuing economic challenges faced by the homebuilding industry, its professionals remain deeply committed to community support and development. By the close of 2011, industry professionals granted more than $4 million dollars to charitable organizations in their communities through

New York City Mayor Says Green Building Codes Will Help City Meet PlaNYC Goals | News |
archrecord.construction.com | Feb 8, 2012
New York City s adoption of new green building codes are expected to result in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 5% and saving $400 million by 2030, says a recently released report from the Urban Green Council, the U.S. Green Building Council s New York chapter.

Washroom products from Barben Industries meet 2011 Australian Standards for disabled persons
www.infolink.com.au | Feb 8, 2012
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PHIUS PHlogging | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
www.greenbuildingadvisor.com | Feb 8, 2012
Subtitle:  Why is Katrin Klingenberg proposing to water down the Passivhaus standard? Images:  Green Building Blog “The Passive HouseA residential building construction standard requiring very low levels of air leakage, very high levels