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Designing for recovery: The role of flooring in healthcare facilities

Construction Specifier

As flooring covers every square foot and supports every activity, it plays a big role—whether welcoming patients into the lobby, comforting family members in the surgery waiting room, or supporting the nursing staff as they do their rounds. each year, with an average stay of nearly five days.

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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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Revit OpEd: Measure Between Two References

Revit OpEd

Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Not much of a catch but there is no equivalent floor in this case. 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.

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Revit OpEd: Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models

Revit OpEd

Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. When we have architecture and structure in separate Revit models we end up with somewhat clumsy graphics in wall sections. The wall continues past the floor as if it isnt there. Labels: Collaboration , Floors , Linked Files , Walls.

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Revit OpEd: Layer Function Setting

Revit OpEd

Thursday, April 19, 2012. System families have a Function setting. Thats true for Walls, Floor, Roofs and Ceilings. I run into wall types quite often that have these wrong or inconsistently applied. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. ▼ 2012. ► September 2012. (22).

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Revit OpEd: Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules

Revit OpEd

Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules. Rooms and areas can be deleted in model views like floor plans and ceiling plans. Revit warns us that they have been deleted from the model but they are still listed in schedules. To really delete them we have to open a schedule view and delete them there.

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Why Commercial Facility Maintenance Is Your Best Insurance Policy

HardHatChat

Our clients are not in the business of commercial facility management. This focuses on prolonging the life of building systems. It’s good to have regular check-ups on the performance of such vital systems as HVAC units, plumbing, and fire protection. Scheduled commercial property maintenance.