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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

Without the use of ventilated facades, designers face the challenge of creating exterior walls that effectively manage water over the building’s lifespan, while providing the thermal performance needed to meet energy requirements, such as those outlined in the New York City Energy Conservation Code ( NYCECC ) and NYC’s Local Law 97.

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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? ► 2009.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

Business Facilities

These skilled craftsmen, technicians, designers, planners, researchers, engineers and managers will be in high demand: over the next decade, we will need to fill nearly 3.5 The company designs, engineers and builds assembly lines and test equipment for advanced manufacturers, ranging from small components to complete turnkey systems.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - Content Folders

Revit OpEd

That was done purposely so they dont show up in door or window category schedules. Revit MEP users are used to all the electrical content being located under a single folder and then broken down by usage. Now well find Electrical and Lighting and these are further broken down by Architectural and MEP. ► 2009.

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Revit OpEd: How Many Worksets Do I Need?

Revit OpEd

Floors Retail. Floors Condos. Floors Rental. Floors Residential. Floors Examination Rooms. Floors Laboratories. FFE NIC (by owner that may be easier to manage alone). Linked Files - Electrical (Revit). Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Grids - Structure. Wing South.

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

They were however using them for the room finish schedules. Area plans could help document such things but then floor plans would be "ignorant" of what these kinds of "areas" are, no tagging possible, just "dumb text". A zone would wrap up the spaces that are served by a single system as you described. ► 2009.

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Air barriers: An essential part of the building envelope

GCP Applied Technologies

The key to minimizing the damage potential of moisture is effectively managing the flow of air into and out of the building. This involves a wide range of building design strategies, from site selection and landscaping that reduce heating and cooling requirements, to high-tech building materials and climate control systems.