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Gilroy and Jim Gillingham's Green Construction

Gilroy and Jim Gillingham's Green Construction

Shifting to the environment-friendly work used to be a topic of little importance to most individuals who run businesses. As the negative implications of irresponsible ways of running operations started growing, however, people turned to more eco-friendly resolutions that range from simple recycling to complicated wind and energy projects. Nowadays, every industry has been altered to some extent by the growing popularity of the necessary innovation that has lead to modern methods of building things in a way that helps the environment.

Although there are many individuals who have dedicated their careers to the pursuits of plans that will help the environment, an individual that stands out is Jim Gillingham. Having worked as a senior project manager for P.C.L. Construction for over 15 years, he has been a part of countless engagements that helped promote the betterment of the ways in which people build new structures while minimizing their eco print. Now, he is one of the main advocates for research that will help construction companies advance their building endeavors.

Looking at some of the recent spikes in temperatures that have been affecting the world, one can easily correlate the lack of people's attention to the worsening situation. In Gilroy, for example, the average temperatures for January of 2018 are 5-8 degrees higher than they were in the same time period in 2007. Of course, one city does not constitute a theory that there is an increase in the temperature everywhere. Nonetheless, multiple reports indicate that one of the contributing factors for this change originates from the evolving nature of the greenhouse effect.

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When analyzing the current situation, one can additionally observe that there is a large number of construction companies that have not employed eco-friendly operations and their inefficiencies are increasing the greenhouse gas emissions. This facilitates a deteriorating effect on the overall state of the surroundings. What people like Jim Gillingham are trying to advise comes from an underlying concept of preservation.

Witnessing the neverending cycle of irresponsible construction, one can hardly support all the skyscrapers, residential buildings, and commercial structures that are being built without any regard for the impacts on the environment. Given the current trend, one might even expect to see temperatures reach new records on a yearly basis. Sadly, this would be a consequence that would affect many more areas outside of Gilroy and people like Jim Gillingham would be proven right in their belief. This is why it is highly important to raise awareness about the existence of this issue and support those construction companies that are dedicating their resources and capital to building things ethically.

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The easiest way to slow down this problem is to gradually eliminate all the projects that are overstepping the boundaries and destroying woods or parks. People have a long-lasting history of relentless pursuits that have caused them to destroy lakes, cut down millions of trees, and put cement over grass. If one can support individuals like Mr. Gillingham, the future may be a little brighter as nature will never come second to profits of large companies.

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