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Civil + Structural Engineer
APRIL 20, 2023
425 Grand Concourse’s southern exposure required installing sunshades on 13 floors to save energy. Concrete-to-steel thermal breaks connect to the interior slab and isolate the steel clips that attach the rainscreen to the façade. They are isolated from the interior slabs supporting them by structural thermal breaks.
Construction Specifier
JULY 25, 2024
By Chadwick Collins Photo and illustrations courtesy Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI) An often-overlooked issue during new construction or a commercial renovation project is the addition of unwanted moisture into the structure. Typically, water vapor or moisture movement—called diffusion—travels from warm humid (i.e.
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Construction Specifier
AUGUST 9, 2022
Meet the most innovative precast floor system in the U.S. When Tindall brought its new precast floor system from Denmark to the U.S. customers were not satisfied with accepting the system’s historical performance and European test results. m (30 to 45 ft), supporting both commercial and residential floor loads.
Natural Building
APRIL 16, 2014
To my knowledge, building science has never been approached with such an attitude of precise evaluation of all of the factors that affect the environmental impact of materials and building systems. Simple bar graphs indicate at a glance just how “green” each material or system might be.
CivilJungle
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Also, read: IS 516:1959 Most Important Point (Method of Tests For Strength of Concrete). After the foundation work is completed, ground beam formwork preparation has been started and poured with concrete. Floor Slab or Roof Structure. Internal walls are plaster with a smooth finish, and flooring is done with tiles.
HardHatChat
APRIL 20, 2010
Don’t work against the existing shopping center floor plans, but evolve them into the new design. Reusable elements should include: Steel and concrete – save as much of the physical shell as you can. The base structure – no need to pour a new foundation. Roof systems – depending on their age and how they work into the new plan.
CivilJungle
OCTOBER 5, 2022
What Is Transportation of Concrete? Transportation of concrete is a process where we move freshly prepared concrete from one place to another place. Generally, we move concrete to that place where that concrete need to be dumped for structural construction purpose. Methods for Transportation of Concrete.
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