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Equans wins £72m West London estate recladding job

Construction Enquirer

Of the £72m investment, £36m will be spent on works to bring building services and finishes up to a modern standard, including the installation of sprinkler systems, upgraded mechanical, engineering, and public health systems, and completely refitted homes. The Paragon Estate was developed by Berkeley First, part of Berkeley Group.

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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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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? ► 2007. (77).

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Revit OpEd: Finish and Cancel Inequity

Revit OpEd

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. Floor or roof Shape Editing = Accidentally hitting the escape key and getting kicked out of it. ► 2007. (77).

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Revit OpEd: Layer Function Setting

Revit OpEd

System families have a Function setting. Thats true for Walls, Floor, Roofs and Ceilings. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). ► November 2007. (7). ► October 2007. (5). ► September 2007. (4). ► August 2007. (11).

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Revit OpEd: Dept. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling

Revit OpEd

We have been using the basic ceilings where we have an exposed floor assembly above. Could make a neww floor tag that resembles a ceiling tag, but that also seems wrong. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). ► November 2007. (7). ► October 2007. (5). ► September 2007. (4).

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Managing noise in healthcare spaces with fusion-bonded resilient flooring

Construction Specifier

Yet, according to the 2018 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores, noise remains one of the poorest scoring categories. The post Managing noise in healthcare spaces with fusion-bonded resilient flooring appeared first on Construction Specifier. Busch-Vishniaca, James E.