Corporate
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IPD Team Selection: Start With The End In Mind
5-8-2012The greatest opportunity to influence a capital project is at the beginning. One challenge with IPD projects is that the people on the project need to be ready to provide that influence.
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Soft Spaces: The New Glue for Science Education
3-6-2012Informal learning spaces, also called "soft spaces," in academic science buildings have evolved from throw-away square footage tucked in alcoves and under staircases to purposefully designed hubs of activity. Experience, now backed by data, shows how important these spaces are.
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Lean Projects in an Upside-down World
11-29-2011I get a kick out of some of the project organization charts firms put in their RFP responses. Somehow they find a way to have everyone named in the response or present for the interview show neatly on the chart.
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Recapitalization & Capital Renewal--What's the Number?
5-31-2010A whitepaper on developing a basis for rational planning and budgeting and examining such issues as depreciation, flat-rate budget models, subsystem planning, and the "best practice" approach.
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Deloitte Plans Learning and Leadership Development Center
12-30-2009Deloitte has awarded Turner Construction a $130 million contract to build a 712,000-sf learning and leadership development center in Fort Worth, Texas.
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OfficeSpace Software Launches Move Management Application
10-5-2009OfficeSpace Software announced the expanded deployment of OfficeSpace, an innovative move management and workspace allocation application, in October of 2009.
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Lean Management is a Game-Changer for Facility Design and Construction
7-13-2009Lean principles, originally popularized by Japanese automakers like Toyota, are also transforming the traditionally cumbersome method for planning, building, and operating large capital construction projects.
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Capstar Builds Advanced Data Center
6-29-2009Dallas-based Capstar Commercial Real Estate Services is building a 770,000-sf data center in Mesquite, Texas. Developed in partnership with Cambray Group of Walnut Creek, Calif., the facility will be one the largest and most advanced data centers in the United States.
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Study Urges Greater Emphasis on Stairs in Building Design
6-21-2009A Louisiana State University study published in The Southern Medical Journal concludes that greater use of stairs in buildings could help to solve the nation's weight problem.
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DOE and FutureGen Alliance Plan Commercial-Scale Carborn Capture and Storage Facility
6-14-2009The Department of Energy (DOE) and the FutureGen Alliance have agreed to develop plans for a commercial carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility in Mattoon, Ill.
