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Prefab ADUs: A Rising Trend in Affordable Housing and Off-Site Construction Solutions

The Pro Builder

At the same time, the construction industry is contending with its own set of challenges regarding workforce availability, jobsite safety, building quality, lack of materials, and building sustainability. Additionally, building in a controlled setting can reduce material waste, providing both environmental and cost benefits.

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What Are Our Affordable Housing Options? Really

The Pro Builder

But rather than streamline stick-building—the most impactful thing in a builder’s control—some in our industry seem fixated on relatively fringe, albeit innovative, ideas to address the crisis. It’s also a new way to build and finish out a house—a disruption likely to face resistance at scale. Single-family build-to-rent.

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Find About the Latest News on a Construction Company  Fined £550,000 After a Worker Died, Build-zone Insures Construction for 20 Years, UK Type 26 Frigate Glasgow Building Resumes, UK Construction Industry Recovery, and Darwen Tesco Opens

UK Construction Blog

Meanwhile, warranty service provider for structures Build-Zone is celebrating its 20th year in the building industry as an insurer. Furthermore, there are indications that things are turning around in the building business in the UK. Why Build-Zone and structural warranty? Build-Zone pioneered capacity.

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Revit 2017 - New Features and Enhancements

Revit OpEd

Last night I was able to download and install Building Design Suite 2017 from my Autodesk subscription account. With little fanfare Revit 2017 is here, brandishing a slightly changed big R logo. We'll see a need for upgrading from 2016 to 2017 files but not from 2016 to 2016 R2 files. Long Post Warning, worth it I hope.

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TRT: An iconic model

Roads Online

J ust over a year after celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017, crane manufacturer, designer and distributor Tidd Ross Todd (TRT) commenced production on the PC28, a model that would become a staple of the company’s pick and carry range. The TRT team looks back on the PC28’s early days, as well as what’s to come.

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Wirtgen: On the front foot for safety

Roads Online

Wirtgen’s foray into proximity detection systems centred around achieving ISO certification (International Organisation for Standardisation) for its eventual device and machinery setup. “Customers regularly asked about proximity detection that would include a degree of machine control. Almost from day one, it worked really well.

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8 ways to cool a factory

BDC Network

8 ways to cool a factory 0 qpurcell Sat, 06/08/2024 - 10:00 Industrial Facilities Whichever way you look at it—from a workplace wellness point of view or from a competing for talent angle—there are good reasons to explore options for climate control in the factory workplace. The “human factor” comes in second place.