That along with a high-efficiency cooling system resulted in a 34% energy savings compared to a typical building.

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This is likely one reason why banks pursuing major expansions in New York City are asking for additional electricity service that is more typical an industrial facility than a commercial building.

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For example, an 80- or 90-story building can sway between several inches on a typical day, and over a foot during a major windstorm.

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The typical New York City lease requires a landlord to repair a building that is damaged but not destroyed.

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It was typical of an era when civil servants with little knowledge of what was involved in building and maintaining a site were content to entrust the job to the "experts" at one of the few IT firms deemed substantial enough to win the contract.

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The 21-story building comprises 17, 000 sq m of Grade A space, and its typical floor plan is 706 sq m.

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But zinc demand has exploded with the building and construction boom here and overseas, not to mention the fact that a typical automobile uses nearly 40 pounds of zinc in it.

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The firm and its architect, NBBJ, looked at how fast people can walk and measured the diameter of the space from multiple angles. (An "infinity-loop"-shaped pathway slopes through the building, connecting employees to each other.) In addition, the floor plan is narrower than typical offices, keeping teams in sight range of one another.

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