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November 2009
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Technology Is Impacting The Construction Industry
Technological advances have improved our professional and personal lives in many ways.
We are able to get more done, in less time, with more cost effectiveness and efficiencies. Technology is impacting the construction industry, as well, as a new report from McGraw-Hill Construction shows. In its latest SmartMarket Report, "The Business Value of BIM: Getting Building Information Modeling (BIM) to the Bottom Line," nearly half of respondents (49%) report that they are using BIM tools -- a 75 percent increase over the 28 percent BIM adoption rate measured in 2007.
"Those companies that are embracing BIM most aggressively are reaping real and measurable business benefits for their firms -- increased productivity, profitability and prestige," said Norbert W. Young, Jr., President, McGraw-Hill Construction. "As with the entire portfolio of
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500th Home Achieves National Green Building Certification
The home building industry reached an important milestone last month when the 500th project earned National Green Building Certification by the NAHB Research Center (www.nahbrc.org), a subsidiary of the National Association of Home Builders.
The project is a new home in The Villages of White Oak in Arlington, TN., an entry in the Memphis Area Home Builders Association’s annual Parade of Homes and built by Chamberlain & McCreery of Cordova, TN.
The certification recognizes new homes, remodeling projects and housing developments that have met stringent benchmarks in energy, water and resource efficiency, indoor environmental quality and lot and site design, as well as the education that home owners receive to help ensure that their homes operate as efficiently as they were
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