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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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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. Integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology with LEAN best management practices (BMPs). Focus upon building Owner/Contractor capability.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting provides several significant benefits to real property owners, building users, and construction contractors. A certain threshold of expertise, however, is required on the part of all stakeholders. Nearly half of the Project Managers interviewed could not provide support for the pricing of non-prepriced items.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting provides several significant benefits to real property owners, building users, and construction contractors. A certain threshold of expertise, however, is required on the part of all stakeholders. Nearly half of the Project Managers interviewed could not provide support for the pricing of non-prepriced items.

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Location Focus: The Carolinas – Growth Climate Warms In The Carolinas

Business Facilities

From the May/June 2014 issue. Projects were required to address one or more goals of the South Carolina Innovation Plan. A project could be awarded a maximum of $250,000 in grant funds, with a required non-state match of funds. PROJECTS PROLIFERATE IN NC & SC. PROJECTS PROLIFERATE IN NC & SC. Nikki Haley.

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6 Best Carpenter Hard Hats

Work Gearz

Building and construction sites can be incredibly dangerous, exposing workers to numerous hazards if there are no safety protocols in place. If there is even the slightest risk of a head injury, head protection should be used. 2014 type I with electrical insulation - rated to class E. 2014, CSA Z94.1-15; 2014, Cert.

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BIM IP

Building Information Management

Reposted from Practical BIM17 Nov 2014 06:30 PM PST. For some reason BIM authors (architects, engineers, etc) think that because they create the initial BIM information they have the right to full control and to charge for the BIM model throughout the life of the building. It is where the risks and rewards lie.