UK Construction Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

The post Top 10 Construction Defects: Prevent These Costly Building Mistakes appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Key Takeaways Construction defects commonly stem from design deficiencies, poor workmanship, substandard materials and inadequate quality control, potentially reducing property values by up to 25%.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With increasing urgency, building owners, architects and contractors are turning to metal buildings to deliver resilient, robust and safe buildings to better mitigate risk. “In Pros, AIA, MBA, CPD Director of Design, DS Architecture, Cleveland. According to Dr. W.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The idea of maintaining a high-rise building might seem daunting, but it’s a crucial aspect of ensuring safety and longevity. By staying on top of maintenance tasks, you ensure a safer environment for residents and a more sustainable building overall. You might wonder if implementing these technologies will impact costs.

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CCR Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

When you think of high-rise buildings, you might imagine impressive city skylines, luxurious apartments, or bustling office spaces. However, behind the scenes, theres a network of intricate plumbing systems that keep everything running smoothly. It presents unique challenges that require creativity, expertise, and careful planning.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 30, 2022

A fire at an apartment building in Bronx, New York, earlier this year drew attention to the impact of non-code-compliant fire door assemblies in multifamily residential properties. IT began in an apartment when an electric space heater ignited a mattress nearby. Fires in multifamily residential buildings are not uncommon.

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UK Construction Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

Custom designs might take up to six months. The building journey goes beyond just construction schedules. Experience and track record Professional tiny home builders know specialised construction methods that go beyond regular home building. A professional tiny home builder will finish your project in eight to ten weeks.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

JANUARY 3, 2024

a full-service mechanical, electrical and fire protection engineering consulting firm based in Fife, Washington, just outside of Tacoma. Their addition not only strengthens our geographic reach but also elevates our expertise in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection practices.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

By Yaron Dycian, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, WINT Water Intelligence Building and operating a modern commercial property or industrial facility requires a major ongoing investment of resources. Unfortunately, inefficiency and mismanagement of water resources remain among the most significant threats to a building’s performance.

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BDC Network

JUNE 5, 2023

rcassidy Mon, 06/05/2023 - 12:44 Andrew Lehrer and Tyler Jensen, Environmental Systems Design A significant climate impact can be achieved with hybrid electrification that balances capital expenditure and operating expenses. The green power market, a subset of the larger electricity market in the U.S.,

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Civil + Structural Engineer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

About McKim & Creed: McKim & Creed is an award-winning, employee-owned firm with more than 850 employees operating in offices throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania. For more information about McKim & Creed, visit www.mckimcreed.com.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 1, 2023

By considering various types of disasters during the design and construction phase, infrastructure can be better prepared to withstand multiple threats, ensuring the safety of communities. Natural disasters often occur concurrently or in rapid succession, making a multi-hazard approach essential. Approximately 1.5

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 20, 2023

The building represents a structure made almost entirely of wood with all-electric, refrigerant-free, hydronic heating, and cooling systems. The Mississippi building, serving as Waechter Architecture’s headquarters in Portland, Oregon, features the use of mass timber in almost every aspect of the structure.

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In 2018 (latest data available), insurance companies paid nearly $1 billion in lightning-related claims to some 78,000 policy holders, according to the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI). Beyond physical building damage, lightning poses a threat to data, security, and all electrical and electronic components in a building.

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The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re Dan Coletti, the designer and builder of The New American Home 2024 in the luxury custom-home community of Ascaya in Henderson, Nev., Designer/builder/interior designer: Sun West Custom Homes , Las Vegas Landscape architect: Vangson Consulting , Las Vegas Lot size: 0.7 it all starts in the kitchen. “I

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UK Construction Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

This is the here-and-now of house building, where IoT alters what it means to live comfortably, not a future dream. Imagine a smart water heater put in place during building that, supported by the U.S. For builders, this means designing houses that protect rather than stand by. All without your doing.

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Construction Specifier

AUGUST 1, 2023

The 27-month design-build project encompassed both the design and construction of the reimagined concourse, with a widened corridor, raised ceiling heights, upgraded lighting and wayfinding, new digital information screens, improved mechanical and electrical systems, and new architectural finishes, among other station enhancements.

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BDC Network

JUNE 8, 2024

Sergio Sádaba, Principal Industrial Facilities Designers Lists HVAC Mechanical Systems For most industrial factories, it’s process over people. In many North American factories, even those that make electric vehicles, this has translated into potentially sweltering, uncomfortable places. The “human factor” comes in second place.

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Construction Specifier

AUGUST 1, 2023

The brise soleil system, found in modernist L.A. The airport’s authority, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), has been dedicated to delivering a superior design for the concourse. The project’s exterior brise soleil system is one aspect of the design, which will also frame sightlines of the surrounding L.A.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As cities grow and populations increase, the demand for safe and durable buildings rises. Professionals like architects, engineers, and builders work together to design structures that withstand environmental challenges while ensuring occupant safety.

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Work Gearz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Electrical hazards. Likewise, if you are working with the electricity, you should wear boots that are EH rated and would help prevent the electrocution. There are boots specifically designed for walking on concrete like the ones with wedged soles and slip-resistant outsoles. Getting hit by moving objects. Slipping or tripping.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 7, 2023

The Adams Street Branch of the Boston Public Library amalgamates Greek Revival architecture and New England design sensibilities in a contemporary aesthetic and layout to create a visual marker for the neighborhood.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 11, 2024

We’re going to unravel some intricacies of the process that’s designed to ensure the coexistence of solar energy development with responsible environmental preservation. This part of the process uses all the tools available, such as Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, boots-on-the-ground specialists, and drones.

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CCR Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Queens Borough Hall Municipal Garage and Community Space won the Design-Build Institute of America’s 2024 National Award of Merit. The garage is New York City’s first ever municipal project contracted as a design-build construction undertaking, under the recently authorized NYC design-build legislation.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 24, 2024

By Heather Bender Images courtesy Clopay Corporation Fire-rated counter doors are a staple for counter-height openings in areas such as cafeterias, laboratories, and concession stands to contain and control a space in the event of a fire. Compliance with building codes. Personal injury and property loss. Project documentation.

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Construction Specifier

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The goals of building fire safety and energy efficiency are compatible when industry stakeholders work together to make sure proper assemblies are designed, the correct materials are specified, and installers have the experience to combine the building design and materials properly in the field.

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OmTrak

APRIL 23, 2024

OmTrak building manuals represent a vital tool in the successful delivery and maintenance of such complex Data Centre projects. Understanding OmTrak Before delving into the intricacies of building manuals for Data Centre projects, it’s important to understand what OmTrak is.

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CCR Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In building projects for businesses, not planning the electrical system well can cause hidden costs. Ignoring electrical rules can lead to fines, project hold-ups, and dangers like fires and shocks. Fixing mistakes in the design later can cost a lot, making the project more expensive than planned.

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Specification Product Update

JUNE 12, 2024

A range of fire rated glass doors developed by Promat provides architects, specifiers and clients with a stylish solution that meets their passive fire protection objectives without compromising aesthetic or daylighting goals. The slim framing means clean sightlines can be achieved whilst also delivering bright and airy spaces.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 27, 2020

Creating and monitoring building life-cycle costs is a key component of physical asset total cost of ownership management. Initial design, procurement, and construction costs of a facility account for only 10%-20% of total capital expenditures throughout its useful life. Steel Fire-Tube 30. Electric 25. Gas Fired 18.

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CCR Magazine

MARCH 4, 2025

Perkins Eastman designed the new school with a concentrated focus on creating an equitable, inclusive, innovative, energy-efficient learning environment. Aligned with Alexandrias Green Building Policy, ACHS Minnie Howard Campus is targeting Net-Zero Energy and LEED Gold Certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.

Ceiling Systems 40

Ceiling Systems Renewable Energy Systems Energy Efficiency Fire Protection System Installation 40

CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Matern Professional Engineering is proud to welcome electrical engineer Olivia Byrd amid the companys ongoing expansion efforts. Byrd brings over five years of experience in power distribution, lighting design and protection, fire alarm systems, grounding design, and project coordination to the company.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

A commercial building’s electrical system is its lifeblood. Strategic planning is crucial for smoothly renovating commercial electrical infrastructure. This article dives into the vital strategies for upgrading electrical infrastructure in commercial buildings. Electrical engineers are invaluable here.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2024

Integrated Facility Services (IFS) has completed complex mechanical contracting projects to convert two historic buildings in downtown St. IFS provided design/build HVAC, fire protection and plumbing services as part of the $9.6 million renovation of the former Hoffman Produce Building on N.

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UK Construction Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Given that nearly 40% of global carbon emissions are generated by buildings, it’s more important than ever that buildings are designed and built in a sustainable way. Not only does this reduce environmental impact and allow building owners to fulfil their legal obligations, but it also helps improve the health of occupants.

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 25, 2024

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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iField Smart

JULY 29, 2024

This includes a wide range of documents, such as blueprints, architectural drawings, structural calculations, electrical schematics, mechanical plans, plumbing diagrams, material specifications, contracts, change orders, RFIs, submittals, inspection reports, photos, videos, and even audio recordings.

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