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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

This ambitious project–owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT)–is intended to create a direct connection between Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and 6th of October City via a two-line rapid transit system. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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Insulation’s crucial role in creating habitable basements

Construction Specifier

On the far end of the spectrum, the basement may serve as a structural foundation only and nothing more. 1 According to their classification system, Class A basements provide a below-grade living space comparable to the living space of the floors above.

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Entekra Exit: The Off-Site Construction Company Will Shut Down by June 30

The Pro Builder

The company debuted its first home in August 2017, and its prefabricated panelized construction systems promised to be a game-changer for the residential construction industry. using off-site methods before selling his company, Century Homes —Europe’s largest off-site building manufacturing company—to Kingspan Group in 2005.

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What Is Shoring In Construction | Type of Shoring

CivilJungle

Shoring is the construction of a temporary structure to support temporarily an unsafe construction. All forms of shoring are temporary supports applied to a building or structure. These relate to work on structures where there is a perceived risk of accidental collapse and danger to any person on or adjacent to the site.

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Former Cook County Hospital in Chicago gets new chapter

CCR Magazine

There was significant efflorescence at the base of the building because below the third floor, there was an inlaid gutter that for years hadn’t been functioning correctly and thus, caused quite a bit of water in the wall,” Will says. A resident of Chicago since 2005, she says it had been vacant the entire time she lived there.

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Reopening The Glass House with National Historic Trust

CCR Magazine

Clad in iron spot brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern, the structures are linked by a grassy court, and offer a lesson in contrasts. The Brick House served as both a guest house and a retreat for Johnson and his partner David Whitney until their deaths in 2005. In 1953, two of the rooms were combined into a single large bedroom.

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Revit OpEd: Measure Between Two References

Revit OpEd

Not much of a catch but there is no equivalent floor in this case. If there was a floor there Id just check the properties of the floor. you could sketch your own a floor around the perimeter pretty quickly. For my money, Id probably favor a floor. Steve - Have you considered mass floors? ► 2005. (73).