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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. The topics to be addressed in this article, when it comes to overcladding masonary facades and foundations, as well as roof assemblies, include the following: Placement and attachment of insulation and air barrier within the assembly.

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To the rescue: NJ community receives coastal restoration project

Civil + Structural Engineer

In the fall of 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast of the United States, including the State of New Jersey. I remember a house actually coming off its foundation and floating across a creek and a shed lifting off the ground and drifting down a road with a man standing on its roof. By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D.

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Designing for recovery: The role of flooring in healthcare facilities

Construction Specifier

In 2012, The Center for Health Design established eight evidence-based design goals that support how the performance of flooring materials can have an actionable impact on multiple health-related outcomes. healthcare system every year, with “tens of thousands of lives lost” annually.

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Build lean, clean, and green: Exploring off-site heavy timber construction

Construction Specifier

Using a high-quality, carefully designed system such as heavy timber construction offers many advantages to off-site construction. Off-site components can be manufactured while foundations are poured and prepared to receive them. Useful for all major structural components, including floors, interior walls, exterior walls, and roofs.

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Insulating commercial facilities against dangerous radon gas

Construction Specifier

Since 2012, the EPA has been actively participating in the radon industry-led ANSI/AARST voluntary consensus-based standards (VCS) process. Common entry points include cracks and openings in the floor slab, cracks in the foundation wall, and sump pits. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Step four is a sealing of joints.

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Pulse: 07/23/2012

ENR Construction

07/23/2012. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2012. Other work includes placing lengths of cutoff wall at the culvert locations; placeing new cast-in-place reinforced-concrete headwalls, foundations, and water-control structures with gates and control systems; and restoring the embankment. ENR Top Lists.

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The Natural Building Companion: A Review

Natural Building

The Natural Building Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrative Design and Construction , by Jacob Deva Racusin and Ace McArleton, published in 2012 by Chelsea Green Publishing is a book with a rare degree of detail on the topics covered. Exploring natural insulative wall systems, such as straw bale, is really at the heart of this book.