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Effects of acoustical ceiling panel type: Vertical sound isolation

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Preventing noise from transmitting between enclosed rooms is important in buildings. For example, students being energetic in their classroom on an upper floor of a school building should not disturb peers concentrating in the library below them. Requirements in building standards. 6 in the 2018 volume for hospitals).

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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

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Whether creating new architectural expressions or rehabilitating architecturally significant historic buildings, from stick-built to unitized, “off-the-shelf” commodity to custom bespoke systems, utilizing insulating glass units or opaque spandrel panels, simple flat or complex geometry; it seems the sky is the limit with curtain wall design today.

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Ready mix concrete resource

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 05/16/2018 - 15:56. August 27, 2018. Ready-mix producers must set controls in place at the plant, in transit and on the jobsite to optimize their production, minimize leakage and maximize profits. Monitoring mix design performance. What type of concrete is best for my building project? michael.delros….

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P2P Initiative can advance further via in-transit concrete management system

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Mon, 05/14/2018 - 11:17. May 14, 2018. One of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s (NRMCA) goals is to advance the industry away from prescriptive specifications into more versatile performance specifications†. These requirements should be clear, achievable, measurable and enforceable. Phillip.fry@gc….

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ASTM F710: Preparing the Concrete Floor

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Mon, 02/19/2018 - 11:31. February 26, 2018. Cutting corners on this critical step can lead to problems down the road that negatively impact the floor’s performance and shorten its lifespan. Cracks, grooves, control joints, and other irregularities must be filled or smoothed with latex patching or underlayment compound.

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Ready mix concrete

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 05/16/2018 - 15:56. August 27, 2018. Ready-mix producers must set controls in place at the plant, in transit and on the jobsite to optimize their production, minimize leakage and maximize profits. Monitoring mix design performance. What type of concrete is best for my building project? Ready mix concrete.

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Reduce variability with an in-transit concrete management system

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Fri, 06/01/2018 - 14:03. June 01, 2018. Not to mention, if the producer can reduce cement content in a performance-based specification or a prescriptive spec that allows some leeway, the producer will be able to deliver more complex mix designs with lower variability. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies. Less cement.