What’s the Buzz Surrounding Mass Timber?
In recent years, mass timber as a structural approach has become more common in the United States. This trend, emerging from overseas, has become a new consideration in building state-of-the-art facilities. Gilbane recently completed preconstruction including an options analysis of steel vs. mass timber for a confidential higher education client…
Read More- May 26, 2020
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Earth Week 2020: Climate Action
April 22 marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This year’s theme is climate action. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10oF over the next century. If this temperature rise continues, the environmental and economic consequences will be unimaginable. The…
Read More- Apr 23, 2020
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Constructing Sustainable Facilities
Constructing Sustainable Facilities We realize that when our collective use of the Earth’s resources outweighs what we give back, we lose balance, or sustainability. Being sustainable means preventing the depletion of natural resources with the purpose of maintaining a stable balance in our environment. Cal State Northridge In the construction…
Read More- Apr 30, 2019
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