by | Apr 22, 2019 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
Did you know in 2015, 52.5% of MSW generated in the U.S. was disposed of in 1,738 landfills? Imagine what it’s like today!!! The 2017 combined capacity of the two largest landfill corporations in the U.S. was more than 10 billion cubic yards. That is over 3...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
Did you know the generation of MSW from private consumption in the U.S. is approximately $21.32 per pound or 47 lbs per thousand dollars? Comparable generation rates (in lbs/thousand dollars) are 40 in the UK, 50 in Sweden, and 61 in...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
Did you know total annual Municipal Solid Waste generation in the U.S. has increased by 73% since 1980, to the current level of about 262 million tons per year? Can you imagine what it is now!? Further, generation increased by 22% over the same time period, from 3.7...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | 8-People, Organization and Culture, 9-Industry Collaboration, Blog Posts, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Team Building and Successful Decision Making Good vs. Bad Just Makes No Cents When I am sitting with friends, clients or coworkers, and we are discussing different ways in which a project team can solve problems that impact on the entire team. Frequently the...
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that due to congestion in urban areas, an additional 6.9 billion hours of travel time and an extra 3.1 billion gallons of fuel are use by urban Americans in 2014?
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that in 2015, 58.65 billion passenger-miles (PM) were traveled on public transit, and 3 trillion vehicle-miles are traveled (VMT) on public roads each year.
