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The Pro Builder
JUNE 2, 2023
But as it turns out, there may be bigger opportunities for the polystyrene foam to benefit our daily lives—and it comes in the form of building homes. Vero Building Systems , a building materials manufacturing company, has begun production of its lightweight structural concrete insulated panels (SCIP).
CCR Magazine
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Builders now prioritize materials and systems designed to last longer, reduce maintenance needs, and perform under extreme conditions. Here, we explore strategies that ensure durability while keeping costs manageable over timeperfect for reliable commercial structures.
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Construction Specifier
JANUARY 26, 2025
Photo courtesy Intertek As building codes and standards evolve, the demand for airtight, environmentally friendly building enclosures increases among building owners, insurers, and design professionals. Air barriers are essential for maintaining the integrity and performance of building enclosures.
Construction Specifier
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
By Amy Becker Photo courtesy Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Specifiers and design professionals should always consider seismic performance attributes for buildings in areas that previously have experienced the damaging effects of earthquakes. Building codes are adopted with the intent to preserve life and safety.
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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Construction Specifier
JANUARY 13, 2025
LEED AP, Vivian Volz, CSI, AIA, LEED AP, SCIP Photo courtesy Tao Group Solutions After years of grappling with client callbacks, legal disputes, and financial losses from poor polished concrete installations, the industry has reached a breaking point: prohibit polished concrete. Photo courtesy Bennett Build What is polished concrete, exactly?
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UK Construction Blog
APRIL 2, 2025
Professional Manchester epoxy floor contractors bring over 40 years of experience, ensuring flawless installations with minimal disruption even in high-traffic environments like the University of Manchester and Arndale Centre.
Civil + Structural Engineer
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The season of celebration and joyous reunion will soon be upon us, and Civil+Structural Engineer Magazine is proud to kickstart the season of celebration by announcing our 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement. Terminal C’s design successfully navigated an aggressive four-year construction schedule without disrupting airport operations.
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Construction Specifier
JUNE 17, 2024
2 Buildings are responsible for approximately 42 percent of CO2 emissions, 15 percent of which is attributed to the embodied carbon of materials. trillion sf) of building floorspace by 2060—equivalent space of New York City added every month for 40 years—the time for the industry to act is now. Millions of properties across the U.S.
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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.
UK Construction Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Brick cladding enhances building aesthetics and durability. This guide covers top brick cladding options, including types, benefits, and installation tips for external walls. These systems offer a plethora of design possibilities and enhance the structural integrity of buildings.
UK Construction Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Metal cladding shields buildings from weather and improves their look. This article dives into its benefits, types, and uses to help you see why it’s a popular choice for many structures. Metal cladding can enhance the visual appeal of any building, from sleek commercial structures to quaint residential homes.
UK Construction Blog
JULY 19, 2024
Whether it’s heavy rain, strong winds, or the occasional snow, your James Hardie weatherboard can maintain its structural integrity and appearance. They’re also resistant to fading, so the vibrant colour you choose remains as stunning as the day it was installed. Set a budget and explore options within that range.
Construction Specifier
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Air barriers create airtightness and help protect against energy loss, water infiltration, and other hazards impacting the durability and resiliency of a building and the comfort and health of its occupants. Air leakage also carries moisture which can impact a structure’s durability and resiliency.
CCR Magazine
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Proactive solutions are essential to protect investments, whether you own an apartment, shopping center, warehouse, office space, or multifamily property. Sustainable practices and infrastructure upgrades further enhance resilience to climate change. This is especially valuable in drought-prone areas.
Construction Specifier
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Education and awareness continue the drive toward higher performance building envelopes, which is prompting greater consideration of insulation levels, R-value , airtightness, vapor diffusion, condensation control, acoustics, and more. As a result, more thought is now invested in material selection and whole system performance.
Natural Building
MARCH 12, 2020
They look like a pretty diverse bunch, but they all have at least two things in common: They are here to learn to build their own environmentally friendly homes, and all of them are splattered with mud from head to toe. I attended my first natural building workshop in Oregon in 1993.
CCR Magazine
AUGUST 13, 2024
While commercial property insurance primarily offers financial protection against property loss, its impact on facility security is profound. Protection Against Physical Damage Commercial property insurance Stratford is vital in protecting a business from physical damage caused by various threats.
Natural Building
JULY 20, 2022
The main benefit of mass timber is that it significantly reduces the embodied carbon of new buildings, up to 50% compared to a similar building of concrete or steel. Structural engineers are looking at embodied carbon to meet the requirements of a variety of green building standards and to meet sustainability goals.
CCR Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
Winter weather events can impact buildings by causing power outages and building damage from burst water pipes, water intrusion and wind. Commercial properties are vulnerable to these threats, so it’s important that building owners and operators prepare now for the winter season.
Maltaward
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Empty buildings are often mistakenly believed as easy to take care of, when the reality is anything but. The sight of a vacant, run-down building can initiate a range of different thoughts. The sight of a vacant, run-down building can initiate a range of different thoughts. Should Empty Properties Cause Security Concerns?
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.
CCR Magazine
MARCH 26, 2024
Your home garage serves multiple vital roles, from vehicle parking protection to valuable storage real estate and hobby workshop sanctuaries. All-Weather Vehicle Protection A garage’s number one job is shielding cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, and other vehicles from the elements.
CCR Magazine
JANUARY 30, 2025
Its about building structures that stand the test of time while elevating the overall appeal of a property. Designing for Climate-Resilience Every regions weather presents unique challenges for exterior construction. Exterior construction projects are about more than just creating something that looks good.
Construction Specifier
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
By Chris Bennett, iSCS, CDT, James Longo, iSCS, and Keith Robinson, RSW, FCSC, FCSI, LEED AP RSW, FCSC, FCSI Photo by Magda Biernat Photography Concrete floors are used in wide-ranging facilities, such as industrial data centers, commercial high-rise buildings, and residential homes.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Danielle O’Connell, Skanska USA Building Inc. Chris Walker, The PENTA Building Group. As Mechanical Engineer & Project Manager, Jason oversees the implementation of digital platforms in a multi-building and multi-phase project. Maggie Farrell, S. Wilson & Co. Aubrey Ginn, Shapiro & Duncan, Inc. Mohammad S.
Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 30, 2024
As the demand for innovative hospitals, behavioral health centers, and ambulatory clinics continues to rise, woven metal fabric is an attractive, resilient, and dynamic material that can be used to construct positive patient experiences and built environments that support physical and mental healing. Why metal fabric?
CivilJungle
APRIL 29, 2022
It structures from solid materials like ceramic, metal, stone, and even glass or baked clay, used for designing floors, terraces, and walls. Some structured even build the bigger shape of tiles in sizes of 24”x48”, 36”x 36”, and 48”x 48”. How Much Time Do I Need for Installation of Tiles? What Are Tiles? Floor Tile Size.
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 2, 2012
Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. Worked at client sites as a Field Surveyor documenting as-built construction, occupancy, protection and exposure as it pertains to the real property insurance industry. Thursday: Information Exchanges.
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 2, 2012
Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. Worked at client sites as a Field Surveyor documenting as-built construction, occupancy, protection and exposure as it pertains to the real property insurance industry. Thursday: Information Exchanges.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
If the resilience seen this year has shown construction professionals anything, it’s that this industry, and the people who work in it, are remarkable. Christian Paul , Gilbane Building Company. Giana started her career in civil and structural engineering, working on both domestic and international programs. Christine Joy T.
CivilJungle
OCTOBER 10, 2022
This can withstand sound as well as echo, creating it a favoured material for constructing offices including residential structures. It is also ideal that provide protection to a living as well as working environment. Wooden houses are cheap to build and expand and reap low operating and upkeep costs for a significant period of time.
Building Information Management
JULY 27, 2016
In short, project teams, including owners, better deliver structures according to their capabilities, requirements, timelines, and budgets. Masterformat is a multiple level data structure consisting of numbers and titles/descriptions used to organize information by “work results” or construction practices. design/negotiate/build).
Building Information Management
JULY 27, 2016
In short, project teams, including owners, better deliver structures to according to their capabilities, requirements, timelines, and budgets. Masterformat is a multiple level data structure consisting of numbers and titles/descriptions used to organize information by “work results” or construction practices. design/negotiate/build).
Construction Specifier
JUNE 1, 2021
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. These include performance testing requirements of model building codes. The International Building Code.
Buildern
MARCH 6, 2023
Facts and Figures about the Australian Construction Industry With strong demand for new infrastructure, housing, and commercial properties, the industry has shown resilience in the face of economic shocks and natural disasters, with government investment in infrastructure and housing construction providing stability.
CivilJungle
APRIL 5, 2021
Slabs are structural elements manufactured from concrete constructed to produce flat surfaces, usually horizontal, in building floors, roofs, bridges. Flat slabs are utilized in parking decks, commercial buildings, hotels. Utilized during a flat plate system, it’s impossible to possess a sizeable span.
Building Information Management
JUNE 22, 2012
The core competencies identified include competencies relating to building operations and maintenance, energy management, sustainability, water efficiency, safety (including electrical safety) and building performance measures. Fede ral Buildings Personnel Training Act. The core competencies will be updated annually per the law.
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
BL: Base Line, Building Line, Block. BLDG: Building. CP: Cathodic Protection, Clothes Pole, Cesspool. CTSC: Communications Systems Terminal Cabinet. EIFS: Exterior Insulation and Finish System. FA: Fire Alarm, Fresh Air. FACP: Fire Alarm Control Panel. FAG: Fire Alarm Gong. BG: Bag (e.g.,
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
BL: Base Line, Building Line, Block. BLDG: Building. CP: Cathodic Protection, Clothes Pole, Cesspool. CTSC: Communications Systems Terminal Cabinet. EIFS: Exterior Insulation and Finish System. FA: Fire Alarm, Fresh Air. FACP: Fire Alarm Control Panel. FAG: Fire Alarm Gong. BG: Bag (e.g.,
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 13, 2017
BL: Base Line, Building Line, Block. BLDG: Building. CP: Cathodic Protection, Clothes Pole, Cesspool. CTSC: Communications Systems Terminal Cabinet. EIFS: Exterior Insulation and Finish System. FA: Fire Alarm, Fresh Air. FACP: Fire Alarm Control Panel. FAG: Fire Alarm Gong. BG: Bag (e.g.,
Bylt News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
In addition, the town of East Hartford would had to approve a $45 million & tax incremental financing; agreement to build a 1,000-space parking garage that would be hidden behind a structure to buffer it from the river. Port Eastside LLC paid $4 million for a low-rise office building on 7.3
CCR Magazine
MARCH 24, 2025
As wildfires grow more severe and widespread, homeowners and developers are seeking fire-resistant building materials for residential construction and especially post-wildfire rebuilds. Following rigorous, third-party testing, mass ply is shown to provide an exceptional solution for fire hardening homes.
CCR Magazine
APRIL 12, 2025
Commercial solar panel installation projects are transforming the energy landscape for businesses across the country, offering unprecedented opportunities for cost savings and operational resilience. Battery storage systems function like energy insurance policies that actually pay dividends.
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