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Achieving compliance with ANSI/ESD S20.20

Construction Specifier

The global anti-static floor market was valued at $3.1 As electronics continue to infiltrate the workplace, the applications for electrostatic discharge (ESD) control flooring are expanding. As electronics continue to infiltrate the workplace, the applications for electrostatic discharge (ESD) control flooring are expanding.

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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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Behind the Build: Interview with Mike White, Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality

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With a family background in construction, a degree in building construction, and nearly a decade of military service, Mike brings a remarkable skill set to his role. So, in terms of what I specialize in, My degree is in building construction and construction management. I was also in ROTC and went to the Army for nine years.

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Milwaukee, WI Selected As Global Hub For New Energy Innovation Center

Business Facilities

Scott Walker, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and others to unveil plans for the new Energy Innovation Center (EIC), a facility that will accelerate the development of innovative technology in the energy, power and control industry. Perlstein, executive director and CEO of M-WERC. ” Construction on the $9.6

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Great Leap Forward

Business Facilities

The United States—with the best university system in the world supplying the brainpower for the most-advanced labs—has serenely assumed that its status as the global technology leader would not be challenged in our lifetimes. To put it simply, that new robotic janitor polishing the floors of your building is a Terminator in an apron.

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Q2 Construction Labor Costs $28.13/Hour

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The construction sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of buildings or engineering projects (e.g., highways and utility systems). First-Line Supervisors of Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Workers. Carpet, Floor, and Tile Installers and Finishers. Floor Sanders and Finishers.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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In addition to a skilled workforce, he added, “an innovation pipeline stocked with ideas, from the laboratory bench to the manufacturing shop floor, is required to ‘make it here’ so that we can ‘sell it everywhere.’ manufactures steel lamination products for electrical motors and generators. and Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd.,