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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

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Owners and design teams are not protected by todays inadequate and vague polished concrete specifications. Contractors and design teams will continue to pay out contingencies without understanding what went wrong and how to protect themselves in the future. The refinement differences are clearly visible in this polished concrete image.

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High-performance building envelopes

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and Canada have announced initiatives that will simultaneously help meet environmental protection targets as well as drive post-pandemic economic recovery. Mechanical systems are often outdated and inefficient, requiring constant maintenance. Recently, federal leaders in the U.S.

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

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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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Next-gen builders embrace Western Red Cedar

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Today, there are numerous other reasons for choosing wood, such as aesthetic preferences and a desire to reduce a building project’s environmental impact. WRC has been shown to perform well in terms of flame spread rating, fire retardant rating, and smoke-developed classification. ft 2 /h degrees F. in thickness.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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The industrial side of the business, which closed out 2019 at $750 million, generated $1.2 The project required a live and seamless switchover from an existing facility power plant to a newly constructed power plant without stopping or impacting hospital activities. billion in 2020. Isabel is a champion for both technology and women.

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NFPA 285 engineering judgments

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Structure fires have dropped significantly over the past 40 years, and one major contributor to this decline in fires and fire deaths has been the development of comprehensive fire safety measures. It is these multiple layers of fire safety, not a single requirement, which result in safe construction.