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McCarthy Completes New Port of Beaumont Main Street Terminal

Civil + Structural Engineer

New roll on/roll off terminal will increase cargo capacity by 15% BEAUMONT, Texas – McCarthy Building Companies has completed construction on Port of Beaumont’s Main Street Terminal 1. The project included demolition of a failed dock structure and construction of a new state-of-the-art general cargo dock.

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

and Steven Gaynor, MBA Photo courtesy Tenmat New York City recently became the first jurisdiction in the country to reject and rewrite major sections of the International Building Code’s ( IBC ’s) language around fire protection in exterior facades. For decades, buildings have relied on intumescent materials for fire control.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Performance-centric reward system. Shorter construction schedules than planned. Partnering: a team building approach to quality construction. management. Journal of Management in Engineering, 10(6), 26-29. management in the UK construction industry. Management, 6(3), 159-168. Shared boundaries.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

Friday, July 20, 2012. 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. Improves performance when many railings exist within a project.

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BIM Generic Content – UK

Building Information Management

The clearance zones for the accessible WC package are based on documents such as BS 6465: Part 2 Sanitary installations and Approved Document M of the Building Regulations (E&W). We have added a rich set of properties for construction and Facilities Management that are presented in a consistent and structured manner.

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Seattle Mechanical Contractor Adds Facilities Management to Its In.

ENR Construction

Building Types. Survey Schedule. Issue: 07/23/2012. Seattle Mechanical Contractor Adds Facilities Management to Its In-House Services. 07/23/2012. The design-build mechanical contractor sums up its services in its motto, "For the Life of Your Building." SUBSCRIBE TODAY & receive immediate web access.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. He was previously the managing director of Tekla Corporation’s UK subsidiary.