Tag: industrial design

Mass timber project

Finding Success with Mass Timber for Net-zero Construction

  • February 25, 2026
Graycor’s two-decade relationship with Amazon led to our construction firm taking on an unconventional and pioneering project — the company’s first net-zero-carbon delivery station, DII5 in Elkhart, Indiana. To achieve net-zero certification, the 39-acre site features mass timber construction as opposed to the traditional precast or tilt-up concrete and structural steel.
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Warehouse logistics tech

Logistics-ready Warehouses: How Real-time Visibility Boosts Asset Value

  • September 18, 2025
Real-time data tracking is becoming foundational to logistics networks, but even so, many warehouse systems are lagging. It's not just advanced technology they’re missing out on, but the benefits that come with it. Key technologies are driving visibility and added value in warehouses and beyond.
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Pioneering Sustainable Design in Industrial Development

Pioneering Sustainable Design in Industrial Development

  • September 10, 2025
North America’s first mass timber constructed warehouse in Brampton, Canada, was profiled at NAIOP’s CRE.Converge conference this week in Toronto. Bulit by Prologis, the 246,000-square-foot facility was made using glued-laminated timber columns and beams, three-ply cross-laminated timber roof panels and SIN beams.
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Embodied carbon construction

The Carbon Behind the Curtain

  • August 25, 2025
Discover how to unlock the hidden carbon footprint of building materials with Environmental Product Declarations. It’s one of the most valuable tools we have in understanding embodied carbon, but in a world saturated with sustainability acronyms, it’s easy to get lost. Learn more about the metrics that matter and how to use this tool for sustainable development.
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Industrial design

People-first Design: The Future of Industrial Real Estate

  • June 5, 2025
At the I.CON East conference in Jersey City, New Jersey this week, Eric Booth, AIA, president at Desmone; Bradley Frankhouser, regional vice president at Desmone; and Scott Wolkowitz, partner at The AM Group; demonstrated how focusing on amenities, sustainability and adaptive reuse – with a consideration for the people working in these spaces – is proving successful for industrial customers and owners.
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Design and construction of cold storage facility

Automation, Solar and Tools Driving Cold Storage Design

  • October 8, 2024
Cold storage warehouses differ from traditional buildings in more ways than just temperature, and new technologies and trends are reshaping the sector as it grows. An I.CON Cold Storage panel discussed everything from automation trends to best practices in refrigeration, electrical, structural and more.
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PFAS

New PFAS Regulations: Implications for Developers and Owners

  • August 13, 2024
In April, the federal government issued the first enforceable national PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) regulations, and rather than just a problem for manufacturers of products with PFAS, this is now an immediate issue for owners and developers of all types of commercial real estate, and anywhere where PFAS may have been created or used.
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Supply chain in New Jersey and New York

Building Supply Chain Resilience into Industrial Development

  • June 6, 2024
Fortifying the supply chain is essential to secure the long-term viability of a business and its surrounding community. Disruptions over the past few years like the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and cyberattacks have underscored the vulnerability of supply chains and the need for robust strategies to mitigate risks.
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