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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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Digital Builder Ep 38: Strategies for Reusing Construction Waste

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Here’s a not-so-fun fact: the construction industry is one of the biggest contributors to environmental waste. According to a 2022 analysis , the construction sector produces around 35% of total environmental waste globally. In 2009, the EPA estimated we were throwing away 170 million tons of building materials every year.

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2023 Rising Stars in the AEC Industry

Civil + Structural Engineer

There is no better way to start than by recognizing those young professionals who have already made an impact through exceptional technical capability, leadership ability, effective teaching or research, or public service. We honor those new firms who are already making an impact with our Top New Venture Award. Parrott Jr.

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Air barriers: An essential part of the building envelope

GCP Applied Technologies

How air leakage can impact building durability. Environmental Product Declarations. How air leakage can impact building durability. How air leakage can impact building durability. When moist air hits a cooler surface within a wall structure, water vapor in the air can condense and collect inside these spaces.

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Rising Tide

Business Facilities

to brief federal officials on the results of the group’s high-level study assessing the impending impact of climate change. The technology of humongous moveable sea walls already has been implemented to protect Rotterdam, Europe’s busiest port. But the briefing had to be postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.

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Public Law 111-308 – Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act – FBPTA – CORE COMPETENCIES

Building Information Management

Reviewers admired the system’s three levels of increasing knowledge, skills and abilities as a “concept”, but did not believe it was implementable government-­?wide. Sys tem Des ign: We developed a system that focused on the highest impact core competencies common to every agency -­? Oppor tunity: The web-­?tool