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Cintec in North America Announces their Cintec Anchoring System was used in helping Repair the Helmsley Building 230 Park Avenue, NYC

Civil + Structural Engineer

The Problem : By 2009, the building had begun to show its age. At the top of the building some of the twenty-six east and south facing Terra-Cotta columns [ with the base starting at the 26th floor and extending past the 34th floor] had begun to show cracking and in some areas had began to shed large pieces of stone.

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How to Build Healthy Homes That Protect Homebuyers From Radon

The Pro Builder

How to Build Healthy Homes That Protect Homebuyers From Radon ibush Mon, 07/03/2023 - 17:25 Consider a relatively simple and inexpensive passive mitigation system to vent radon—a radioactive, odorless, invisible gas—and deliver a truly healthy home Andrew Shipp A silent poison, a fatal gas, an invisible killer. homes has high radon levels.

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

Revit OpEd

Originally posted here August 2009 and still true with Revit 2013. 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. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23).

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Revit OpEd: Happy Birthday Revit

Revit OpEd

Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23). ► October 2009. (29). ► September 2009. (42). ► August 2009. (29). ► July 2009. (20). ► June 2009. (12). ► May 2009. (16).

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Revit OpEd: Workset Posts Summary

Revit OpEd

Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23). ► October 2009. (29). ► September 2009. (42). ► August 2009. (29). ► July 2009. (20). ► June 2009. (12). ► May 2009. (16).

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Revit OpEd: Kitchen Equipment - RW Smith BIM Booklet

Revit OpEd

Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23). ► October 2009. (29). ► September 2009. (42). ► August 2009. (29). ► July 2009. (20). ► June 2009. (12). ► May 2009. (16).