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Top 10 Construction Defects: Prevent These Costly Building Mistakes

UK Construction Blog

The most dangerous defects include structural issues (foundation cracks, wall collapses), water infiltration, electrical/plumbing failures and HVAC system problems, which often remain hidden for years. Examples include improperly installed plumbing, electrical wiring errors, and poor finishes.

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The Desert Comfort Idea Home: a True Desert Oasis

The Pro Builder

To do so, he combined and optimized several commercially available materials, products, systems, and practices—including insulated concrete forms (ICFs), structural insulated panels (SIPs), and a “plug-and-play” ducting system—that currently live outside the mainstream of the housing industry.

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Facilities Preventive Maintenance

Job Order Contracting

Installed model and features of each system. Provide instructions stating when the systems should be retested. Repair requirements must inform operators how to check out, troubleshoot, repair, and replace components of the system. Cleaning Recommendations-Provide environmentally preferable cleaning recommendations.

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5 Best Practices Of Energy Efficient Buildings

Construction Marketing

Install Building Insulation. When heat and coolness dissipate, your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system needs to work harder, thereby using up more electricity. As recommended, find the right HVAC contractor who can advise you on which systems are preferable for your building. .

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Tuning in on sound: Reducing noise in the workplace

Construction Specifier

Conversations or activity of other occupants, the whirl and beeps of computers and electronic equipment, and the hum of HVAC and mechanical systems all create a cacophony of unwanted sound that is hard to ignore. Hotels, school dormitories, apartments, and condos have the same design element in common—shared walls and floor/ceilings.

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Facilities Preventive Maintenance

Job Order Contracting

Installed model and features of each system. Provide instructions stating when the systems should be retested. Repair requirements must inform operators how to check out, troubleshoot, repair, and replace components of the system. Cleaning Recommendations-Provide environmentally preferable cleaning recommendations.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVACie), released by the Engineer Research and Development Center for public review. HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication.