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Refurbishing a Victorian schoolhouse on sloping, unstable ground? Need to move many tonnes of material around the site? And with a small work team? Not a problem if you have a Hinowa HS701 High Tip mini dumper. It’s certainly impressing this contractor. https://ow.ly/cJIX50Qf8mX #construction #refurbs #building #materialsmoving #renovation #buildingrenovation #buildingconversion

This is a beautiful street - and there's a lot of elements at play to make it that way: - Paver road surface looks nice, calms traffic and is easy to repair - On-street parking is visually different from the travel lanes to minimize the road width, and has a permeable surface to absorb rainwater - Generous space for landscaping to absorb rainwater, and use of shrubs rather than grass to add more depth - Lots of permeable surfaces means less road surface to collect stormwater - and placing drains down the middle of the road reduces the amount of subsurface infrastructure - At the network level, this street is a through route for cycling but limits through car traffic, making the street lively but also quiet - something people would enjoy looking at our their window or from their balcony - At the planning level, a wide right-of-way was reserved even though the street serves a very minor traffic function, the result being a street that is both grand and peaceful Overall, the interplay of these elements makes a street that is human-centric while also being friendly on construction and maintenance budgets.

: : Permits Issued For The Mark At 3615 Chestnut Street In University City, West Philadelphia. Partial construction permits have been issued for The Mark, a 34-story, 363-unit high-rise development proposed at 3615 Chestnut Street in University City, West Philadelphia. The 414-foot-tall tower will rise from a through-block lot extending from Chestnut Street to the south and Ludlow Street to the north. Designed by the BKV Group and developed by Landmark Properties, Inc., the building will span 415,849 square feet and will feature extensive amenity space and parking for 70 cars and 96 bicycles. The latest permit, which covers the construction of the core and shell for the tower, lists Landmark Urban Construction, LLC as the contractor and specifies a construction cost of $45.1 million, of which $100,000 is allocated toward plumbing work #buy #sell #rent #invest #realestate #investment #house #Philadelphia #development #luxury #construction #NYC #newyork #sales #investments #chicago #architecture #buildings #compass #compassrealestate 

If you've been wondering what our real estate, environmental and land use attorneys have been up to lately, they've been working on some of the largest and most prominent construction projects in Buffalo, including New Highmark Stadium, STAMP and the Electric District. Read more about the projects in this Buffalo Business First article: https://bizj.us/1qlqnq

There are heaps of reasons why Arden will succeed where other precincts have struggled. Arden is the Victorian government's biggest and best chance to deliver a sustainable new inner-city precinct. Inevitably, scare stories will emerge. I was closely involved in the Arden structure plan; here are the reasons why it will work: > State govt owns the land > Proper mass transit from Day 1 > Close to the CBD with no river in the way > Permeable street network with small city blocks > Next to principal bike paths > It has 3 train stations - not just the new Arden Station > Metro Tunnel 2 at Parkville will help (Fishermans Bend is dependent on it) > No mandatory maximum or minimum car parking rates > Car parking overlay that will transition from current car use to planned lower car use by 2050 > The principle of consolidated (centralised) parking is better managed by one developer. Worries that a single developer is the only way this will work are ill-founded. > There are already plenty of consortia working on state govt PPPs across the country that can deliver a project on this scale. > The best developers know that a single "design hand" is not a good expression for a typical large site, let alone a site the size of several city blocks. They'll not need to be contracted to use multiple architects, but probably will be. https://lnkd.in/gQagAijN

A Guide to Cost Effective Building Solutions - Apply for Building Permits Today I would like to talk about what is needed to get a permit. Some require a zoning review and may require a hearing at the Committee of Adjustments. Some projects don’t need a permit, such as building a low-level deck which is considered landscaping. To be sure what requires a permit go to your local municipality and look under permit requirements to decide if you need a permit or not. Information for the City of Toronto can be found at https://lnkd.in/gpheNWpz The first step in obtaining a permit is to make drawings. These are done to scale and show the floor layouts, building elevation and sections. For most municipalities a site plan is needed. This is a site layout based on the survey and shows the outline of the house with the various setbacks shown. It can also show the gross floor area (GFA) and the overage coverage for all of the buildings on the site. The amount of landscaping for the front and year yard are also added to the site plan. Most municipalities have limits on the amount of hard and soft landscaping that you need. An application is made to the municipality to review the drawings and site plan for compliance to local zoning regulations. This includes the heights of the roof, how many stories there are in the house and how far you must be away from your property line. The rules also limit how big a deck can as part of these zoning rules. If the drawings and site plan pass the zoning rules, a zoning compliance notice is issued. This goes with all of the documents you need for a permit application, and this is considered a complete application. This means that the municipality has legislative requirements get your permit response back within a certain number of days.  If there are zoning non-compliances (you don’t meet some zoning rule) then a zoning non-compliance notice is issued. The notice will outline the exact section of the zoning rules that you don’t meet. You can either change your drawings to meet the rule or you can go to the Committee of Adjustment for relief from the zoning requirement. If you need relief from any zoning requirement, then an application is made to the Committee of Adjustment (C of A) for a hearing to go over your zoning variance request. This process can take a long time and may take several months. If you have not been to C of A hearing before it can be quite daunting. The technicians involved in the C of A procedures are helpful and can guide you through the various parts of the process. Once you have the hearing and are successful, then a Notice Decision is issued. A Final and Binding Decision is made, and this outlines the zoning variances granted and any restrictions the C of A deemed necessary. This notice is then sent to the Zoning Examiner who then clears your Zoning Notice. #ADM4326

Building in NYC is both urgent and difficult. We rallied on the steps of City Hall this last week-- and are headed to Albany this week to lobby for the right to use modern tools to build New York's resiliency and civic infrastructure. How do we build Green infrastructure, sea walls, sewers and stormwater mitigation tools quickly and cost effectively? With progressive design build (“PDB”). PDB takes a process from three steps to one, and most importantly it allows us to pick the most qualified contractor and scope the project out with full awareness of the challenges, avoiding costly change orders, cost overruns and time. And when it comes to renovations, there is no need for our cultural institutions and libraries to be closed off to the public for years because of repairs. But with the current system, thats exactly what happens. So we are asking for CM Build authority. What is that? Think of your kitchen—past its prime and has some leaks and flaws. Would you hire someone who has never seen it, with no sense of the layout and utilities to design it? Would you want to hire a plumber, a separate cabinet installer, someone else to do the floors, yet another company to buy and install appliances? No, of course not. And we don’t want to take this piecemeal approach either when it comes to renovations of municipal buildings, especially those that the public depends on and needs access to—our libraries and cultural institutions. The good news is, its proven to work. Public owners like the MTA and EDC, not to mention the private sector, use it as a part of regular business. Deep thanks to the team at DDC, our whole capital process reform task force for driving the effort to ensure New York can build better. A special thanks too to State Senator Comrie and Assembly Member Braunstein who have been advocates of this much-needed tool. With your help we can get capital process reform done this year. https://lnkd.in/e6yGTzgX

IItemized average cost of construction for a new U.S. single-faily home https://lnkd.in/gr3RdhGi Of the 36 subcategories, framing, including the home’s roof, accounts for the biggest chunk at 15.5% of the total construction costs. It’s followed by “excavation, foundation, concrete, retaining walls, and backfill” at 10.1%. Also on the list: “impact fees.” On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 9-0 decision ruled that homebuilders and developers may challenge California’s development impact fees. The case will now go back to the California courts. In California, those so-called impact fees—imposed by cities and counties to pay for things like roads and schools—have long been among the highest in the nation. “A home permit can contain 20- to 30-plus lines of impact fees, not including those paid by the land developer or fees and costs moved into bond districts. In California, permits and impact fees often exceed $100,000 per home,” Jeff Grenz, a custom homebuilder in Sacramento, tells ResiClub. Average cost to build a home in California by city: In California, the cost of building a home can start at $400 or more per square foot. At $400 per square foot, building a 2,000-square-foot house would cost $800,000. Out of the largest metro areas of California, building a home in Sacramento is the least expensive option, with an average cost of $300 to $330 per square foot, while building a home in San Francisco is the most expensive, averaging $500 to $800 per square foot. Here is a look at cities in California and the average cost per square foot to build a home: CityCost per square foot Sacramento$300 – $330 per square foot Los Angeles$400 – $480 per square foot San Francisco$500 – $800 per square foot San Diego$480 – $800 per square foot San Jose$300 – $450 per square foot

RICHMOND, VA - If the three towering cranes weren’t indication enough, Richmond’s downtown riverfront is literally on the rise. The hillside around Tredegar is alive with the activity of two massive construction projects taking shape simultaneously: CoStar Group’s new office tower and campus expansion, and the Richmond Amphitheater venue from Coran Capshaw’s Red Light Ventures. Elevator shafts for CoStar’s 26-story tower and six-story multipurpose building continue to rise on the 4-acre site beside the company’s current building at 501 S. Fifth St., across from Brown’s Island. And across the street on Gambles Hill, the steel framework for the amphitheater’s covered stage has taken shape on that project’s 4-acre footprint, uphill from and behind the Tredegar Iron Works complex. The projects are transforming the riverfront hillside that until now has been grassy open space owned by NewMarket Corp., which is headquartered atop Gambles Hill. NewMarket is leasing the amphitheater site to Red Light and sold the CoStar site in 2020 for $20 million. The $460 million CoStar project has been underway since late 2022, when the D.C.-based real estate data firm kicked it off with a groundbreaking ceremony. Totaling 750,000 square feet, the complex is targeted for “substantial completion” in the spring of 2026, according to Whiting-Turner, the project’s general contractor. Connecticut-based Pickard Chilton is the architect. When the project was announced in late 2021, CoStar CEO Andy Florance said he hoped for completion as early as this year. Construction was briefly halted around this time last year when crews uncovered a 42-foot-long brick structure believed to be a storm drain predating the Civil War, according to a WRIC report. For all the details, click on the link below. #escrowcredirt #newmarktitleservices

Once again designers are working to convince politicians to put profits (affordability is generally code for "make more money per square foot") before the safety of occupants and firefighters. This suggests that the residents can evacuate in the same stairwell as firefighters are trying to use to access the fire to suppress it. The comparison of non-combustible buildings in Europe to North American construction is also not an appropriate evaluation. The truly flabbergasting assumption is that the fire department aerial will serve as the second means of egress! At best the aerial MIGHT reach part of two sides and a 100-110 ft aerial has an effective working height for egress of 75 to 82 ft IF it can be placed right beside the building. The width of the sidewalk and any other obstacles reduce reach even further. And the assumption that there will always be an aerial readily available on first response for every call as a rationale for allowing unsafe conditions via code change is further proof that these designers and developers either don't understand fire, firefighting and people safety, or they don't care as long as they can make more money!