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Concrete Wall Panels Help Build Noncombustible Homes

The Pro Builder

Concrete Wall Panels Help Build Noncombustible Homes qpurcell Wed, 02/21/2024 - 11:24 As California’s wildfires rage and major home insurers pull out of the state , the rising risk of home fires isn’t being helped by conventional construction, says Scott Long. If you can pour a driveway, you can pour one of these wall panels,” Long says.

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Profile – Drone Manager Nick Ross

Granger Construction

.” VDC Project Delivery Grangers visual capture services have played a key role in the successful delivery of some of the firm’s largest and most complex self-perform concrete projects. Nick utilized a drone with a 48-megapixel camera to collect data from the air and embedded location information into each image.

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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Transportation & Infrastructure

Civil + Structural Engineer

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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Bagnell Dam

Civil + Structural Engineer

Eight water-wheel turbines in the Osage Energy Center, on the north end of the dam, have been on the job for 85 years and today provide reliable, clean electricity to more than 40,000 homes. The concrete for the dam originally was placed in 40-foot-wide blocks designed to slide individually in case of a breach.

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McConnell Dowell completes works on Port Kembla Energy Terminal

Roads Online

kilometres of trenching for earthing cables and electrical and instrumentation conduits, 500 metres³ of concrete foundations poured and 9000 meters of conduit installed, with nearly 54 kilometres of cables run. To watch and learn more about the project, click here.

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Work Underway for The Metro

PC Construction

Selective demolition is underway, with a focus on recycling or reusing 100% of the metal and concrete waste. All new structural steel has been completed to support the new 400kW rooftop solar system, which will be linked to the facility’s primary electrical system.

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Coates keeps Sydney canal dry for restoration

Roads Online

This includes re-laying the existing concrete canal and installing new sandstone embankments, along with naturalised banks with native plantings, a new elevated pedestrian bridge, and a widening of the creek. Backup pumps remain on site throughout excavation and construction to safeguard the bypass system in the event of breakdown.