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THINKING OUTSIDE THE STEEL BOX: How the Tent Industry Is Currently Solving 

Civil + Structural Engineer

P.Eng, Tamarack Grove Engineering Cody Jones , Bledsoe Tents The modern-day engineered fabric structure, known more universally as a tent, has applications far beyond weddings, social events, and as temporary expansion space. We can locate and access building materials quickly and quietly in the middle of the night during a remodel.

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11 Advantages Of Fabric Buildings

Construction Marketing

Since fabric buildings are tensile structures, the membrane can be pulled into a three-dimensional surface for developing shading, a roof, or a decorative component. Simply put, they’re a building made of all-steel frames and tarp covers or fabric material. They’re Cost-Effective. They Offer Ventilation.

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5 hidden benefits of mass timber design

BDC Network

5 hidden benefits of mass timber design 0 qpurcell Mon, 06/10/2024 - 12:05 Mass Timber Mass timber is a materials and design approach that holds immense potential to transform the future of the commercial building industry, as well as our environment. This can be done multiple ways: gluing, nailing, or doweling.

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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

Construction Specifier

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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BIM at LOD400: Why Level of Development 400 matters for design and virtual construction

BDC Network

Stephen Blumenbaum, PE, SE, Walter P Moore Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners AEC Tech BIM and Information Technology Building Tech Structural Materials Steel Buildings Today’s fast-paced world of design and construction is fractured.

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Revit 2017 - New Features and Enhancements

Revit OpEd

Last night I was able to download and install Building Design Suite 2017 from my Autodesk subscription account. Global Parameters (2016R2) - This permits us to create a parameter at the top of a project and then associate it with individual element's parameters. Long Post Warning, worth it I hope.

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Lee Lofts Phase 2 – Salina, KS

The MCP Group

Bid Due Date | March 9, 2023 2:00 PM Project Description Existing 5-story heavy timber frame and masonry building. Will be restored into a 50-unit apartment building. 2021 Addenda Lee-Lofts-Addendum-1-3-6-23 Pre-Bid/Job Walk Information A pre-bid meeting and job walk will be held March 1st, 2023 at 10:00 AM CST.