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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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Additional practical insights on overcladding masonry facades

Construction Specifier

This is a follow-up article speaking to additional questions in this system type. Considerations for the use of exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) overclad solutions. The appropriateness of face-sealed systems in certain climate regions. Structural considerations, including thermal bridging and construction costs.

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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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BILCO Unveils New Flood-Tight Access Door to Withstand 30-foot Head of Water

Civil + Structural Engineer

NEW HAVEN, CT – The BILCO Company has introduced a new flood-tight floor access door that can withstand a 30-foot head of water from the topside, adding another component to its line of specialty access products for commercial applications. billion in damages related to Superstorm Sandy.

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Sustainably built environments: specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

Over the last 10 years (2012-2021), there has been at least $1 trillion in disaster damage costs resulting from 142 weather and climate disaster events. This can reduce the carbon emissions of structural systems by up to 40 percent.². In 2021, the U.S. experienced an average temperature which was 2.5

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Insulating commercial facilities against dangerous radon gas

Construction Specifier

A close-up of sound absorbing floor underlay. Specifying this type of sound isolation material in the floor-to-ceiling assembly offers architects and acoustic engineers an advantage when it comes to design and structural flexibility and guarantees residents complete serenity. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). mm (4 in.)

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#1 Fall Protection: Examining Top OSHA Violations of 2013

Safety Services Company

More importantly, according to the latest numbers released for occupational fatalities , “falls to lower level” was responsible for 12 percent of the deaths in 2012. Adequately guard employees from falling through, off, or onto: holes, elevated open sided platforms, floors or runways, and dangerous machines or equipment.