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Keep Emergency Communication Out of the “Dead Zone”

CCR Magazine

In-building radio signals are often absorbed or blocked by structures that are larger, underground, or constructed of concrete or metal. Additionally, building features designed to create more sustainable facilities such as low-E glass windows can attenuate the signal from public safety radio systems.

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2023 Rising Stars in the AEC Industry

Civil + Structural Engineer

Kyle Ahern is the Awards Manager at Zweig Group. Rising Stars in Multidisciplinary Engineering Stephen Dominguez, PE, SE Principal-in-Charge, Structural Engineering WT Group Hoffman Estates, IL Stephen Dominguez has built his career in the AEC industry on the foundations of project design, management, and professional development.

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

Aiming to enhance the fire safety standards in exterior walls, fireblocking is now mandatory behind ventilated cladding , with few exceptions. Simultaneously, it enables the design of exterior walls which can meet the other stringent performance requirements imposed on today’s buildings. By Antonie Habellion, P.Eng., from the 2000 IBC.

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High-performance coating systems

Construction Specifier

Its aluminum-clad exterior was refinished with a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) based coating system, restoring the building’s façade to a just-like-new condition designed to last for over 20 years. Thin, shallow, reverse mullion profiles made the curtain wall appear as one continuous surface. Preserving modern history.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

A few changes have been made this year as to how the updates are accessed. For Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit Structure, and Autodesk Revit MEP, you can find the update in the Data & Downloads > Updates section of each product page: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 UR1. Autodesk Revit Structure 2013 UR1.

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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. If changed I suspect people would have less trouble deciding which function is appropriate. If changed I suspect people would have less trouble deciding which function is appropriate. Layer Function Setting. at 8:00 AM. Parameters.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

The concept of View Discipline appeared with Revit Structure. It was meant to make it simple to alter the appearance of our model to be more in sync with what a structural engineer wants to see. When Mechanical is assigned Revit changes the nature of what plan and reflected plan mean. They wont with Architecture.