Platinum Builders Blog

People in every urban region need access to clean water, secure energy and food. It’s the ability of resilient communities to deal with adversity - be it manmade actions or natural disasters - and bounce back quickly to provide these key needs to the local population.

The proposed Apple Campus 2 is the talk of the town in Cupertino. On October 15th, the Cupertino City Council officially approved the proposed Apple Campus 2 research and development facility– as was expected by everyone – by a unanimous vote.

The San Jose Convention Center re-opened its doors on Thursday, October 10th after a $130 million modernization.

City officials have laid out an ambitious set of goals with specific and measurable targets and a detailed framework for ways in which to achieve them.

The self-proclaimed “greenest commercial building in the world” – The Bullitt Center – opened this year on April 22nd in Seattle, WA – yes, Earth Day. The six-story, 50,000 square foot building is located at the edge of the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and will be the first building of its size to try and meet the goals set by the Living Building Challenge.