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Somero Donates S-485 Laser Screed® for 2025 CIM Auction

CCR Magazine

The S-485 provides unmatched performance, productivity and Golden Trowel Award winning quality, over chaired rebar or mesh, double mat rebar, ice rinks, freezer slabs and over in-floor heat tubes. Additional opportunities include on-campus socials and other events providing industry networking and professional development.

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Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits

The Pro Builder

A heating recovery system uses the exhausted air to pre-heat and pre-cool incoming air before it’s delivered to the home. And they come with solar panels and batteries, so the homes can be completely self-powered in the event of grid outages or shutdowns. Dvele's Nob Hill home in Ventura, Calif., with rooftop solar.

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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Names Quay Quarter Tower 2023’s Best Tall Building Worldwide

Civil + Structural Engineer

Additionally, a self-shading façade reduces solar radiation, minimizing mechanical loads on the building, and strategically positioned atria enable natural daylight to permeate the 2,000-square-meter floor plates, improving energy efficiency in the interior.

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Join CMA at the Largest Commercial Construction Event of 2016!

Construction Marketing

An astounding list of speakers, presenters, and sponsors, as well as tens of thousands of attendees ready to kick off the construction year at the largest commercial construction event of the year: World of Concrete 2016. The Largest Commercial Construction Event in 2016! Editorial Events will include: Breakfast with the Experts.

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Retrocausal Revolutionizes Manufacturing Process Management with Industry-First Generative AI LeanGPT™ offering

Civil + Structural Engineer

The company also launched Kaizen Copilot , Retrocausal’s first LeanGPT application that assists industrial engineers in designing and continuously improving manufacturing assembly processes and integrates Lean Six Sigma and Toyota Production Systems (TPS) principles favored by Industrial Engineers (IEs).

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Fenestration and glazing: Seismic performance specification considerations

Construction Specifier

This has shifted the discussion from general safety to a building’s functionality, serviceability, and operation after an event and moved the attention from being on the structure to the building’s occupants. These include columns, joists, purlins, load-bearing walls, floor slabs, and foundations. Figure 3: AAMA 501.4

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Plumbing Challenges in High-Rise Construction: A Plumber’s View

CCR Magazine

However, behind the scenes, theres a network of intricate plumbing systems that keep everything running smoothly. For the top floors of a high-rise, this means a struggle to get the same water pressure that lower floors enjoy. This requires careful planning to ensure that each floors plumbing is properly aligned and connected.