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Construction & Back to School Safety Tips

The signs it’s time to go back to school have arrived - the traffic has started to get heavier, the school buses have appeared, and...

Solar & Water Construction for Sustainable Development

Current Construction Practices Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Emissions The greatest energy demand in the US comes from residential and commercial buildings - accounting for 39%...

Trauma-Informed Design in K-12 schools

What is Trauma-Informed Design? A design method made popular out of necessity by the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma-informed design within the K-12 school environment is a...

Diversity In Construction: Why it Matters & Tips for Leaders

How to Get Started With Your Construction DEI Journey It’s no surprise that the construction industry isn’t very diverse. But there is a cultural shift...

Taking Steps Toward a Sustainable Future for Construction

Every industry faces challenges as a result of climate change. Because construction is responsible for almost 40% of total carbon emissions, the industry is up...

What is Sustainable Construction? Building More with Less

In a previous blog post, I talked about embodied carbon and the environmental impacts of the construction phase of a project’s life cycle. Now let’s...

5 Ways to Reduce Embodied Carbon on Your Next Building Project

  Climate change is the defining issue of our generation and the buildings industry will play a pivotal role in leading the collective global community...