🏢 This office building was designed to last 500 years

When the Portland-based company PAE Engineers set out to co-develop and build its own office building, sustainability was top of mind. As experts in designing systems that allow buildings to reduce their energy use and harvest their own water, the company wanted its new office to show off. They wanted on-site energy production, in-house waste treatment, and all the latest building systems to cut electricity use and carbon dioxide. But being located in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the threat of a big earthquake meant that even with all these sustainability features one large seismic event could bring it all down.To make sure the sustainability features they were designing would last, the building's design was revised. Now open, the office building is expected to be able to stand for 500 years. Read my story to see how longevity was designed into this building, and how others can follow its lead. —Nate Berg   future fix This office building was designed to last 500 years And it didn’t break the bank. READ MORE   leadership now You don’t need to get in someone’s face. Here are 5 other ways to manage conflict and create change An anthropologist explains how a strategically-positioned individual, moving with empathy, can passively create organizational change without bringing the conflict to a pitch.  READ MORE   Social media How the product manager who went viral on TikTok schooled a bunch of tech bro trolls After posting a poolside job explainer on her TikTok account, Darby Maloney faced the brunt of internet insults—many of which came from tech workers. Here’s how she responded. READ MORE

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