How Building Envelope Design Impacts Energy Consumption
By: Hillary Davidson, P.Eng. The building envelope significantly affects the energy consumption, efficiency, and overall performance of a building. The building envelope separates the exterior, variable environment from the interior, and controlled environment and includes components such as the walls, roof, windows and doors. Careful consideration of the building envelope design must be made to […]
Streamlining Construction Projects
By: Neil Paddock, CD, C.E.T. Ask any construction management team what the biggest challenge of their job is, and it’s more than likely communication and accountability. As a team, the project manager and superintendent are not just overseeing the construction itself, but they’re managing and coordinating the activities of both internal and external team members, […]