Using LEED as a primary guide, the green building certification has driven the shift in the awareness and the pursuit of recycled materials, both in terms of waste diversion and in new material recycled content according to Tim Murray, director, sustainability EYP, Inc., a leading architectural firm.

C&D waste diversion has improved significantly in the past two decades in response to these LEED thresholds: Murray said. Our LEED building projects typically have a C&D waste diversion rate or about 80 percent. And the evolution continues as the most recent version or LEED has made construction waste planning a prerequisite with anticipated diversion rates. But LEED has stopped Short or requiring a certain percentage of waste diversion."
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Last summer, Denny's opened a converted restau­rant in Globe. Ariz., which took just two and a half months to build. David Beshay credits this speedy opening lo good planning - and he should know since he is the franchise operator of 225 restaurant locations across the country, including 41 Denny's units.

Beshay, the president and owner of Beshay Enterprises, Temecula, Calif., says planning serves as the key to the entire construction process. "It's the best way to not go over budget or schedule," he explains.

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Here we are again, our annual Women of Influence issue. This is the 26th year that we have covered the achieve­ments of women in commercial real estate. As always, there are accounts of developments and deals and huge client wins as there are every year. But in recent years, including this one, a change is in the air. The deals are getting bigger, the wins more numerous. Indeed, the number of women being recognized for their accomplish­ments is growing larger by the year. This year we look at some 200 women within these pages, who were selected out of an almost untold number of nominations. To accommodate this growth, we added more categories than ever before including Humanitarian, Mentor, Innovator and Ally.

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