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How to Make Concrete Structures More Sustainable with MCI®-2005

Civil + Structural Engineer

In the case of reinforced concrete, Cortec ® has been offering a unique answer to ready-mixers for more than two decades—the opportunity to add a biobased corrosion inhibiting admixture, MCI ® -2005 , to their concrete mix. Meeting the Challenge of Concrete Durability How do MCI ® -2005, concrete durability, and sustainability fit together?

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Why Pumps Are Critical Resources for Renewable Energy Applications

Civil + Structural Engineer

Finish Thompson pumps play a vital role in maintaining system integrity in a variety of sustainable applications. Finish Thompson, designer and manufacturer of sealless centrifugal pumps for harsh-duty applications, is the perfect partner for this renewable energy source. Wind Turbines The wind industry currently employs 1.2

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Tips to Dress Up a Paint Job from San Luis Obispo Painte

CCR Magazine

For some home and business owners, adding special touches to painted walls is a deeply satisfying expression of themselves within their surroundings. Stenciling is a fairly easy process that ensures crisp and consistent designs and can be painted anywhere on a wall or ceiling, in corners, and on trim around windows and doors.

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Revit OpEd: Finish and Cancel Inequity

Revit OpEd

Finish and Cancel Inequity. He mentioned the inconsistency between the way some elements that are sketch based are finished and the way shape editing for floors and roofs finish. Floor, roof, stair or ramp Sketch Creation = Finish and Cancel. Edit Profile = Finish and Cancel. Model Groups = Finish and Cancel.

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McCarthy + Barnsley Launch Construction on Brookhaven City Hall, First Mass Timber Municipal Building in Region

Civil + Structural Engineer

As one of the largest municipal mass-timber buildings in the Southeast and the first of its kind in the City of Brookhaven, the city hall project requires a skilled labor force specialized in mass-timber construction to assemble the engineered wood panels into a finished structure.

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Overcoming Deficiencies of Epoxy-Coated Rebar in Concrete

Civil + Structural Engineer

As epoxy-coated rebars roll off the paint line and get bundled for shipment to some jobsite, their most vulnerable stage begins. In one Gulf Coast project , the MCI ® -2005 service life prediction surpassed the projected service life of epoxy-coated rebar while saving the project hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Western Specialty Contractors Updates St. Louis Corporate Headquarters with Custom Sheet Metal Rainscreen

Civil + Structural Engineer

A metal light box sign featuring the company’s name had hung over its doors since 2005. These types of panels are available in a wide variety of sizes and finishes and provide an endless array of design options. 063 aluminum and ACM with the company’s name and address in painted vinyl lettering.