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The Education Buildings Market Is Expected To Grow At A Rate Of More Than 2%, Driven By The Rising Globalization Of Education - By The Business Research Company

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Monday, October 9, 2023

LONDON, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As per The Business Research Company's Education Building Global Market Report 2023, the global education buildings market is poised for substantial growth, with the market size projected to increase from $590.74 billion in 2022 to $613.88 billion in 2023, driven by a robust Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.9%. This growth trajectory is set to continue, with the market size forecasted to reach $679.80 billion in 2027, maintaining a steady CAGR of 2.6%.

Key Points: 
  • With a surge in international mobility among students, faculty, and academic programs, educational institutions are rapidly expanding their global presence.
  • As education transcends borders, the construction market responds with innovative and internationalized building projects, driving market growth.
  • The education buildings market is characterized by a high degree of fragmentation, featuring numerous players operating in the market.
  • In 2022, the top ten competitors accounted for just 1.07% of the total education buildings market.

The Education Buildings Market Is Expected To Grow At A Rate Of More Than 2%, Driven By The Rising Globalization Of Education - By The Business Research Company

Retrieved on: 
Monday, October 9, 2023

LONDON, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As per The Business Research Company's Education Building Global Market Report 2023, the global education buildings market is poised for substantial growth, with the market size projected to increase from $590.74 billion in 2022 to $613.88 billion in 2023, driven by a robust Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.9%. This growth trajectory is set to continue, with the market size forecasted to reach $679.80 billion in 2027, maintaining a steady CAGR of 2.6%.

Key Points: 
  • With a surge in international mobility among students, faculty, and academic programs, educational institutions are rapidly expanding their global presence.
  • As education transcends borders, the construction market responds with innovative and internationalized building projects, driving market growth.
  • The education buildings market is characterized by a high degree of fragmentation, featuring numerous players operating in the market.
  • In 2022, the top ten competitors accounted for just 1.07% of the total education buildings market.

Disability royal commissioners disagreed over phasing out 'special schools' – that leaves segregation on the table

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Monday, October 2, 2023

In its 32 hearings and nearly 8,000 submissions, people with disability shared difficult stories of personal and systemic violence.

Key Points: 
  • In its 32 hearings and nearly 8,000 submissions, people with disability shared difficult stories of personal and systemic violence.
  • Read more:
    The disability royal commission recommendations could fix some of the worst living conditions – but that's just the start

Split on segregation

    • Many disability advocacy organisations hoped the commission report would call for an end to segregation of people with disability across education, housing and employment.
    • Yet the final report found the commissioners split on this issue.
    • Commissioners Barbara Bennett, Rhonda Galbally and Alastair McEwin believe “the deliberate and systematic separation of people based on disability constitutes segregation”.
    • Two contrasting sets of education recommendations emerged from this split.

Why inclusive education is important

    • Education is not just about academic outcomes and future employment.
    • But they lack insight into the importance of inclusive education in achieving all of these goals.
    • But the lack of a firm commitment to a fully inclusive education system denies the opportunity for all young people to grow and understand their diversity of experiences.

Why some see segregated education as necessary

    • Not everyone within the disability community sees segregated education as problematic.
    • There are a number of reasons why special settings for students with disability have been established and chosen by families and students.
    • Schools are under-resourced and teachers in mainstream settings are often undertrained for working with students with disability in inclusive ways.

Where to next?

    • And this may set up the next generation of disabled children and young people for a life of being excluded from mainstream society.
    • Read more:
      Why do students with disability go to 'special schools' when research tells us they do better in the mainstream system?

Lagos building collapses: we used machine learning to show where and why they happen

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

With an estimated population of 15.4 million, it is the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa and the second largest in Africa after Cairo.

Key Points: 
  • With an estimated population of 15.4 million, it is the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa and the second largest in Africa after Cairo.
  • The city has two distinct geographical areas: Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland, connected by three bridges.
  • Using machine learning techniques, we built a model that ranked the factors affecting building construction collapses in order of relevance.
  • Second, building collapses on the mainland had a higher number of casualties than those on the island.

Building the model

    • Supervised machine learning models are algorithms that learn from labelled data, where the input (features) and corresponding desired output (labels or targets) are provided.
    • These models are trained to recognise patterns and relationships in the data, allowing them to make predictions or classifications on new, unseen data.
    • Our study provided a comprehensive analysis of building collapse statistics in Lagos from 2000 to 2021.

The differences


    Our model suggested that the higher number of collapses on the island was due to the soil there. The island soil’s geotechnical properties give it poorer capacity to bear building loads. We identified three factors for the higher number of deaths from building collapses on the mainland:

To prevent future collapses and casualties

    • Our study emphasised the importance of understanding the causes of building collapses in Lagos, and the potential of machine learning algorithms for prediction.
    • First, that it is important to carry out basic soil investigation using the right professionals and building engineers to ascertain the geological properties or bearing capacity of the soil.
    • This information would clearly identify the type of building that the soil can support.
    • We also recommend the use of machine learning for predicting building collapses.

Shareholder Update: DEEP GREEN Seeing Growth Driven by $2M Nashville Asbestos Project and Strategic Expansion

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

"Additionally, DEEP GREEN continues to deliver profitable growth driven by our strategic expansion efforts."

Key Points: 
  • "Additionally, DEEP GREEN continues to deliver profitable growth driven by our strategic expansion efforts."
  • The safe removal of asbestos requires extensive planning and meticulous execution using specialized equipment and techniques.
  • A standard asbestos abatement project will involve the following key phases and tasks:
    Site Evaluation and Planning - Thoroughly survey the site to identify all asbestos-containing materials.
  • DEEP GREEN provides sustainable waste and recycling services to commercial clients, now augmented by full-service remediation capabilities in asbestos, lead, mold and more.

CheckSammy Introduces Sustainable Demolition: A Green Step Forward in Construction & Demolition

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Monday, September 18, 2023

DALLAS, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CheckSammy, a leading force in the Sustainability & Bulk Waste sectors, proudly announces the launch of their Sustainable Demolition solution for the Construction and Demolition (CDW) industry. This state-of-the-art solution underscores the company's commitment to diverting materials away from landfills by providing seamless solutions to facilitate the reuse of demolished materials.

Key Points: 
  • DALLAS, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CheckSammy , a leading force in the Sustainability & Bulk Waste sectors, proudly announces the launch of their Sustainable Demolition solution for the Construction and Demolition (CDW) industry.
  • The core philosophy at CheckSammy involves adopting a balanced approach to sustainable demolition.
  • Green Demolition: An environmentally-conscious demolition method that prioritizes recycling, the use of non-toxic materials, and minimal environmental disruption.
  • With their expertise and steadfast commitment to greener practices, CheckSammy heralds a new era for the construction and demolition industry.

Marching to Ottawa for neglected and murdered Indigenous men: One family’s fight for justice grows

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

This summer, the Dubois family from the Pasqua First Nation in Saskatchewan is taking that walk.

Key Points: 
  • This summer, the Dubois family from the Pasqua First Nation in Saskatchewan is taking that walk.
  • As they march from Regina to Ottawa, their hope is to raise awareness about the vulnerabilities and systemic inequalities faced by Indigenous boys, men and Two-Spirit People.
  • They are also demanding a national inquiry into missing, murdered and neglected Indigenous boys, men and Two-Spirit People.

Stories from fellow travelers

    • The cars leading the Dubois walk are covered with blue hand prints and photographs of deceased family members, Haven Dubois and Steven Dubois.
    • The family’s march calls attention to the death of their loved ones, but also to all Indigenous people who face institutional neglect.
    • Constance Dubois, 59, is marching for her brother Steven who she says was mistreated at their local hospital in Regina.

Haven Dubois, searching for justice

    • It was a school day and according to his school, he was on a school field trip.
    • The family believe Haven was murdered, and that his murder has not been investigated because it was prematurely deemed an accident.
    • According to them, Haven had been subjected to gang recruitment and bullying prior to his death.

Intimidation and disrespectful care

    • Following his death, the Dubois family say they faced community intimidation and disrespect from police.
    • In the eight years since Haven’s death, the Dubois family has been fighting for a robust police investigation, exploring multiple mechanisms of police accountability.
    • The inquest will focus on the cause of death, but will not look at how the investigation was originally handled.

Steven Dubois, ‘ignored to death’

    • His family believes Steven received substandard care at their local hospital.
    • Steven had been previously diagnosed with a liver disease and the family says this diagnosis impacted his care.
    • Staff said Steven was alert and responsive, but it was clear to the family he was not — he was declining rapidly.
    • After his death, his partner, Amanda Snell, who had maintained diligent daily logs while Steven was in hospital, wrote to health care officials demanding information.

Rising voices

    • Critical theorist Sherene Razack writes that “although Indigenous people repeatedly register the connection between colonial violence and accountability, their voices are seldom heard.” This summer, the Dubois family have added their voices to an increasingly large demand for further inquests by the Canadian government to continue to examine the impacts of colonial violence and racism on policing, justice and health-care practices.
    • They anticipate arriving in Ottawa by mid-September when they are hoping to meet with representatives from the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government.

What can cities do to correct racism and help all communities live longer? It starts with city planning

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

But this range varies widely – a child raised in wealthy San Mateo County, California, can expect to live nearly 85 years.

Key Points: 
  • But this range varies widely – a child raised in wealthy San Mateo County, California, can expect to live nearly 85 years.
  • A child raised in Fort Worth, Texas, could expect to live about 66.7 years.
  • This means that a person’s ZIP code is often a better predictor of their life expectancy than their genetic code.
  • The air people breathe, the streets they walk, and their general sense of safety and happiness are all shaped by city and town plans.

Brief history of environmental justice

    • Environmental justice stems from a 1980s social movement that protested toxic waste being dumped in predominantly Black neighborhoods in the South.
    • The Biden administration, for example, convened an environmental justice advisory council in 2021 to track local disparities in health, environmental and economic impacts.
    • But environmental justice progress ultimately depends on local work.

California’s housing policies

    • Los Angeles, for example, has exclusionary zoning policies that can make it harder for low-income people to purchase homes in particular neighborhoods.
    • The zoning policies require the construction of single family homes with large yards in many neighborhoods.
    • For example, Inglewood’s 2020 plan adopts an inclusionary zoning policy to construct affordable housing in the same locations as market-rate housing.
    • Other places in California, like the the city of Richmond, have introduced a Health in All Policies approach to combat inequality.

Analyzing California city plans

    • We collected over 500 finalized California city plans from 2020 through 2022.
    • Plans are required to be updated every three to eight years, but we found that some places are still running on plans drafted in the 1970s.
    • City plans are often hard to find on individual city and county websites – or they are buried in the shelves of municipal libraries.
    • Local communities spend years in public meetings finessing the details of city plans.

Addressing environmental justice

    • We also searched for synonyms, like segregation, that address environmental justice and anti-racism.
    • Through this, we uncovered the various ways that some California cities addressed environmental justice.
    • Ultimately, the answer to how cities can plan to be anti-racist, address health equity or promote environmental justice rests with concerned constituents and council members crafting a feasible plan of action.

After Maui fires, human health risks linger in the air, water and even surviving buildings

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Saturday, August 12, 2023

The fires also left lingering health risks for humans and wildlife.

Key Points: 
  • The fires also left lingering health risks for humans and wildlife.
  • When fires spread through communities, as we’ve seen more often in recent years, they burn structures that contain treated wood, plastics, paints and hazardous household wastes.
  • Lahaina and other Maui communities face similar risks ahead.

Chemical hazards in fire debris

    • Less obvious are the chemical hazards that can reach well beyond the fire zone.
    • State health officials recommended that residents wear close-toed shoes, N95 respirators, chemical resistant gloves and other protective equipment while looking through property debris.
    • When disaster debris is eventually removed by professionals, the contractors will be wearing Tyvek suits and possibly respirators to protect their health.

Buildings that didn’t burn can still have hazards

    • Particles and vapors can enter buildings through cracks, doors, windows and other portals.
    • Some of these pollutants settle onto surfaces, while others penetrate fabrics, stick to walls and enter air ducts.

Drinking water risks and soil testing

    • My colleagues and I have documented benzene levels that exceeded hazardous limits for drinking water after several previous fires.
    • These and other chemicals pose an immediate health risk to water users, even if the water smells fine.
    • Proper inspections and testing in buildings and for private wells and larger water systems are important.

Protecting waterways and aquatic life

    • Lahaina stretches along Maui’s west coast and has long been a popular site for seeing sea turtles and other marine life.
    • That sea life may now be at risk from pollutants from burned coastal buildings and runoff.
    • Communities can avoid more harmful runoff during the cleanup process by placing pollution-control barriers near storm drains, around properties and near waterways.

What happens to all the debris?

    • After the 2021 Marshall Fire in Colorado, where about 1,200 structures were destroyed, the cleanup generated 300,000 tons of waste.
    • In the process, I recommend residents reach out to public health departments for advice to help them stay healthy and safe.

Cause of Manhattan Crane Fire-Collapse Has Markings of 2012 Sydney, Australia Disaster: Crane-catastrophe Attorneys-Advocates from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Attorney Mongeluzzi added, "This incident is another tragic reminder that safety first is the highest priority at any construction site.

Key Points: 
  • Attorney Mongeluzzi added, "This incident is another tragic reminder that safety first is the highest priority at any construction site.
  • Investigators will look at every possibility when determining cause, but certainly negligence cannot be ruled out."
  • It is regarded having the most experienced construction accident lawyers in the country, handling more than 500 construction accident cases.
  • The firm was recently instrumental in the $1.2 billion Surfside, Florida condominium, mass-casualty collapse settlement, the largest recovery for victims following a structural collapse in U.S. history.