Month: January 2012
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Top 10 Zen Zingers for Peace of Mind Construction
Disaster stories in construction abound: unfinished homes and buildings, blown budgets, lawsuits and contractors fleeing the state. True story: a potential client came to me after receiving an anonymous packet on their front doorstep after they had hir…
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Top 10 Zen Zingers for Peace of Mind Construction
Disaster stories in construction abound: unfinished homes and buildings, blown budgets, lawsuits and contractors fleeing the state. True story: a potential client came to me after receiving an anonymous packet on their front doorstep after they had hir…
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Top 10 Zen Zingers for Peace of Mind Construction
Disaster stories in construction abound: unfinished homes and buildings, blown budgets, lawsuits and contractors fleeing the state. True story: a potential client came to me after receiving an anonymous packet on their front doorstep after they had hir…
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An America Built to Last: The Five Wins for Green Buildings in the SOTU
Maggie Comstock Associate, Policy U.S. Green Building Council This week I watched the President’s State of the Union address with a notepad of buzzwords ready to take down some tallies. I’m certainly not the only person who keeps track keywords me…
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At Treasury, Green is Our Favorite Color – But We’ll Take (LEED) Gold!
Note: This blog was cross-posted from the U.S. Department of the Treasury Blog and the White House Blog. When you think about a “green” building, you probably don’t picture a centuries-old National Historic Landmark that’s lined with columns a…