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How To Not Undercharge Your Construction Clients

Contractor Bookkeeping

Contractors like you know how to pound nails, pour concrete, build homes and commercial structures, bend pipe and pull wire, install roofs, lay carpet, paint walls, and perform a thousand other tasks. So why are you not enjoying the same standard of living as other professionals?

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What Is Underwater Concrete | Advantage & Disadvantage of Underwater Concrete | Application of Underwater Concrete | How Do They Pour Concrete Under Water

CivilJungle

What Is Underwater Concrete? Underwater concrete is a form of construction material widely used in certain forms of structural engineering projects. In every other building in which the lower parts of the buildings are expected to remain underwater, underwater concrete should be used. Can Concrete Cure Underwater?

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How Not To Undercharge Your Construction Clients

Contractor Bookkeeping

Contractors like you know how to pound nails, pour concrete, build homes and commercial structures, bend pipe and pull wire, install roofs, lay carpet, paint walls, and perform a thousand other tasks. So why are you not enjoying the same standard of living as other professionals?

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Vibration isolation for Norfolk House development 

Civil + Structural Engineer

The solution was a concrete floating floor. To design and oversee the installation of this system, contractor J Coffey brought Mason UK on board to invest in the quality and support package, after having worked successfully together on previous projects. Third, concrete is poured over the area, level with the top of the mounts.

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Transforming Your Basement with Bench Footing

UK Construction Blog

However, traditional basement finishing methods often need to pay more attention to a critical first step – installing proper structural support. Bench footing refers to a continuous concrete footing installed around the perimeter of a basement. This is where bench footing comes in. What is Bench Footing?

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What Is Sunken Slab | Advantages & Disadvantages Sunken Slab

CivilJungle

The sunken slab is one of the familiar and adaptable ways to maintain architectural design in especially the washroom, as well as laundry areas where water drainage systems or pipes installed below the floor or tiles. Furthermore, all pipe systems remain below the floor. The concrete of the R.C.C. Advantages of Sunk Slab.

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Installing bollards into existing concrete

Construction Specifier

Project leads can feel torn between holding off on pouring concrete or ripping up existing sidewalk—neither seem like a great option. Fortunately, bollards can be installed into existing concrete, saving both money and time. Installation of traffic guidance bollards. Installation using threaded steel rods.