Wastewater Treatment And Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs)

Sep

2020

Water is the most valuable natural resource in the world. Municipalities and military installations must manage and steward wastewater from multiple potential sources, including sanitary and household, commercial, institutional, manufacturing, industrial, construction, and storm water.

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Updated Cost-Effective Design Objective

Jul

2020

Every owner wants a cost-effective building. But what does this mean? In many respects the interpretation is influenced by an individual's interests and objectives, and how they define "cost-effective".

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WBDG

COVID-19 & HEALTHY BUILDINGS PORTAL

AIA releases 3D models, strategies for reducing risk of COVID-19 in polling places 10-01-20
Fresh Air and Daylight – The Importance of Healthy Buildings in a Pandemic 09-09-20
Universal Design: A tool for creating equitable spaces after COVID-19 09-01-20
How Healthy Buildings Can Help in the Fight Against COVID-19 08-01-20

FEDERAL FACILITY
CRITERIA UPDATES

NAVFAC CAD Titleblocks 11-16-2020
UFC 4-150-02 Dockside Utilities for Ship Service 11-12-2020
FC 1-300-09N Navy and Marine Corps Design Procedures, with Change 5 05-01-2014
UFC 4-150-08 Mooring Hardware Inspection 10-28-2020

INDUSTRY
EVENTS

National Disaster Resilience Conference 12-02-2020
2020 Design Matters Conference: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION 12-03-2020
Better Buildings, Better Lives: Big South 12-08-2020
2020 IFMA World Workplace 12-09-2020

The National Institute of Building Sciences developed the WBDG-Whole Building Design Guide to foster communication and knowledge-sharing among federal, industry and academic partners to advance high-performing facilities.