Is Green Building right for you?

Buildings are recognized as huge users of energy.  Each year buildings consume thirty-nine percent of total energy needs and produce thirty-eight percent of carbon dioxide emissions (EPA, “Why Build Green”). Not only does the building itself have an impact on the environment, but the construction process does as well.  The typical North American commercial construction [...]

Professional Services Building

Border Patrol Station Dedication

Green Building

“Buildings should be good neighbors.” – Paul Thiry, American architect   The typical North American commercial construction project generates up to 2.5 pounds of solid waste per square foot or 100,000 pounds for a 40,000 sq foot building.  That’s not very neighborly. As landfills are filling and the earth’s natural resources are being depleted at [...]

Biomass Workshop

The Biomass workshop is a two day event which covers the topics of heat, power, chemicals from biomass, and the production of biofuels.  The event is hosted by the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), “one of the world’s leading developers of cleaner, more efficient energy and environmental technologies to protect and clean our air, [...]

Making News!

Construction Engineers was recently in the Grand Forks Herald!  Click here to read the full article.