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DCA3: Designing fire-rated I-joist assemblies

Construction Specifier

The document provides designers with a catalogue of non-proprietary, fire-resistance rated I-joist assemblies typically well-known and readily accepted by local building officials. It is relatively common for building owners to ask for their floor assemblies to be designed to exceed these code minimums. I-joist roof/ceiling assembly.

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Q&A On Interpretations of Fall Protection for Steel Erection

Safety Services Company

And since the latest version of this final rule was published on January 18, 2001, OSHA has issued several interpretations from private businesses asking questions about problems they have come across. Can employees install a curtain wall in a Controlled Decking Zone (CDZ)? high in favor of the connector threshold of 30 ft.

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Q&A On Interpretations of Fall Protection for Steel Erection

Safety Services Company

And since the latest version of this final rule was published on January 18, 2001, OSHA has issued several interpretations from private businesses asking questions about problems they have come across. Can employees install a curtain wall in a Controlled Decking Zone (CDZ)? high in favor of the connector threshold of 30 ft.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

Business Facilities

percent in 2001 to an estimated 31 percent in 2013. And in Jacksonville, Embraer broke ground on a new facility to build light military attack support aircraft in Jacksonville as part of a $427 million defense contract. The industrial park is zoned for heavy industry. FLORIDA: GATEWAY TO SPACE. 30 minutes to downtown Seattle.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

Business Facilities

Taking advantage of that strong educational and training foundation is the new BRIDG (Building the Innovation Development Gap) facility at NeoCity in Osceola County. The 109,000-square-foot building has two clean rooms built on a 6-million-pound, 3.5-foot Photo: Enterprise Florida). Those projects total more than $2.6 In April, Gov.

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

Construction Marketing

Given that construction decisions are made by hundreds of thousands of businesses, nonprofit institutions, and government organizations, it is extremely difficult to get comprehensive information on building plans. 1 ] Construction spending for nonresidential buildings totaled more than $330 billion in 2004, according to data from the U.S.