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- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
accelerate adoption of high-performance, energy-efficient materials and practices across the American construction industry. “Our building sector today is responsible for 40 percent of the country’s energy... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings
- 01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team
home repairs he was having to undertake. Then president of a 115-year-old independent Catholic school for boys, Kennealey had managed construction projects and budgeted for aging buildings’ capital expenses like boilers and HVAC systems;... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
that’s something we’ve never seen.” Dlodlo did receive a small government grant to support the acquisition of the furniture factory that she plans to turn into a live-work space; and she is hopeful that more significant public aid will View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
setting a process for hazard resilience. Administered by UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, I was first to chair its private sector initiative, known as ARISE. As a retired construction CEO and WTC 9-11 survivor, I questioned why... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
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Green as Gold
At first glance, Hamilton Hall looks the same as it has since the student residence was constructed eighty years ago. The building, home to 72 MBA students, blends seamlessly into the classic Georgian architecture of the HBS campus and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave
York Times best-seller list for 27 weeks, he did take on another kind of business adversary, those he saw as laying waste to his beloved Sarasota and to Florida’s environment. In the novel, developers and builders, having recklessly destroyed habitat and cut corners on... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
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Spangler Center Groundbreaking
superintendents who had gathered for the occasion. The idea was to guess the correct amounts of the various building materials needed to construct the facility. The numbers are based on estimates from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
that restored Mellon Hall. The project gained momentum in the late spring with the precisely orchestrated migration of library materials and over two hundred people from the building. As of July 2, Baker Library was empty, and the View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
value for the program participants.” Groysberg’s leadership of the W50 celebration in 2013, marking 50 years of women’s admission to the full-time MBA Program at HBS, combined with his recent case study on the rand* construction company... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
craned into place on site. Factory construction enabled the six layers of insulation and air-resistant and moisture-wicking materials to be cut and adhered with precision. And the triple-paned windows and... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
reasons. As it turns out, those legal and regulatory constructs are changing dramatically in the current environment. So how did the course go? For a first offering, we felt the course went pretty well. We had students from both schools... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business
reputed to be one of the richest men of his era, donated $5 million to Harvard University in 1924 to fund the construction of the new HBS campus. Among the artifacts is a finely crafted cherry wood “Resolutions” chest containing... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
innovative category, promises to “unleash your inner rock star” and is currently offered in 25 US states. Construction for the 15,000-square-foot Harvard Life Lab—featuring a wet lab with 36 benches and a collaborative 50-desk coworking... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun
paradise enjoyed by Turtle Island Resort's fourteen guest couples. Fourteen couples, fourteen private beaches, each with its own cottage, or bure, designed and constructed according to the standards of traditional Fijian craftsmanship... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2013
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Making Change
advocacy, design, and construction services, micro Home Solutions works with communities, financial institutions, government, and multilateral agencies to address the housing needs of India's urban poor. MEHRA Photo courtesy of Rakhi... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead
together the two experiences. It makes me very optimistic and enthusiastic about what we can do, because I have great faith in the innovativeness of our faculty and our community. For example, I could imagine that alumni interested in learning new View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Vision: Learning Curve
approximately 150 million children ages 3 to 8, making it an ideal partner for working at scale. Rocket develops and delivers digital training materials focused specifically on boosting the skills of this group of public-sector educators.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call
process, a common activity in the construction of large structures such as bridges and buildings. Piles — heavy beams of concrete, steel, or other material — are pounded into the ground by a large “hammer”... View Details