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CONDITION SURVEY ENHANCES SUSTAINABILITY OF HISTORIC LONDON PROPERTY

Civil + Structural Engineer

PROTECTING unique architectural elements, one of London’s Grade II listed buildings has undergone a condition and sustainability survey to preserve its 140-year-old heritage. Built in 1884, the building required an in-depth assessment to evaluate its current condition and identify opportunities to improve its sustainability.

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

Construction Specifier

The industry urgently needs a specification framework that is measurable, verifiable, and defensible. Photo courtesy Bennett Build The polished concrete problem The design industry has struggled with polished concrete for years. Photo courtesy Bennett Build What is polished concrete, exactly?

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Trimble Launches New IonoGuard Technology to Mitigate Costly GNSS Signal Interruptions

Civil + Structural Engineer

. — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today Trimble IonoGuard , a next-generation technology designed to mitigate ionospheric disruptions in positioning and navigation by minimizing performance impacts caused by scintillation or signal noise. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.

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Empowering AECO Project Managers Through Smart and Intuitive Information Management

Civil + Structural Engineer

Project Information, Project Management, and BIM coordination tools can make projects more successful for all the project stakeholders. And tools and methodologies like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and cloud-hosted, web-based Information Management platforms that let everyone involved in a project share info are total game-changers.

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WINT urges construction industry to tighten up water management processes amid UK JCoP regulation

Civil + Structural Engineer

To mitigate the financial risk of water damage, WINT complements its market-leading technology with a £200,000 Performance Warranty backed by HSB, a Munich Re company. For more information about WINT, visit [link] Equally, many insurers will require compliance with JCoP guidelines to provide coverage.

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Poettker Construction launches drones program

CCR Magazine

This innovative initiative enhances pre-project planning, improves construction visibility, boosts safety measures and increases operations efficiencies. We are also able to use the drone to obtain existing topographical information enabling us to make preliminary plans and prepare earthwork budgets early in the project design process.

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The Inefficiencies of the Latest Energy Code

The Pro Builder

But as building codes become increasingly more stringent with each new code cycle, in some cases the returns on the margins aren't yielding an energy-savings benefit that justifies the higher construction costs. Early editions of the IECC helped new homes achieve much higher levels of energy performance. Energy Information Agency.