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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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Seattle Aquarium Brings New Ocean Pavilion to Life with Trimble Construction Technology

Civil + Structural Engineer

At the turn of the century, the company pioneered the use of steel-reinforced concrete to create safer, stronger, and more efficient buildings. The project includes the creation of three large habitats with essentially no straight edges, including a main habitat consisting of 680 cubic yards of concrete and 355 tons of rebar.

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What Is Bond Breaker | Purpose of Providing Bond Breaker | What Is Concrete Bond Breaker | What is Bond Breaker Tape

CivilJungle

In the modern construction industry, the term “prefabrication” or “precast” holds a significant value. Concrete elements are generally of two types; those are Precast and cast-in-situ construction. Thus bond breaker is used to prevent cracks , which may appear in concrete surfaces due to temperature fluctuations.

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What Is Bond Breaker | Purpose of Providing Bond Breaker | What Is Concrete Bond Breaker | What is Bond Breaker Tape

CivilJungle

In the modern construction industry, the term “prefabrication” or “precast” holds a significant value. Concrete elements are generally of two types; those are Precast and cast-in-situ construction. Thus bond breaker is used to prevent cracks , which may appear in concrete surfaces due to temperature fluctuations.

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The basics of Tilt-Up construction

The Korte Company

Tilt-Up construction combines the strength and durability of reinforced concrete with the precision and efficiency of the Design-Build methodology. Tilt-Up construction features series of concrete panels tilted up into place to form a building’s exterior wall. Next, concrete is poured into the forms and finished.

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What Is Formwork | Use of Materials in Formwork | Types of Formwork | Requirements Good of Formwork | Advantages & Disadvantages

CivilJungle

Formwork is the mould used during the building to give the desired structural form by pressing concrete into the mould. In a single term, formwork is a mould that cast concrete in various shapes and sizes. Designers will also have to extract the shape until the concrete has achieved the required power. Plain concrete shape.

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Build lean, clean, and green: Exploring off-site heavy timber construction

Construction Specifier

Recent disruptions in supply chains, workforce shortages, and other obstacles to project schedules have led more owners and contractors to look for off-site, prefabricated construction methods to improve the quality and efficiency of their builds. Timber framing boasts a lower embodied carbon footprint than steel or concrete materials.