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How to Build Healthy Homes That Protect Homebuyers From Radon

The Pro Builder

How to Build Healthy Homes That Protect Homebuyers From Radon ibush Mon, 07/03/2023 - 17:25 Consider a relatively simple and inexpensive passive mitigation system to vent radon—a radioactive, odorless, invisible gas—and deliver a truly healthy home Andrew Shipp A silent poison, a fatal gas, an invisible killer.

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New specification for polypropylene piping to provide updated standards

Construction Specifier

The new MS-8 technical document provides the latest information about Polypropylene (PP-R and PP-RCT) piping materials. Photo courtesy Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. PP-RCT piping was installed at the United States Air Force’s Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Tex. Photo courtesy Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc.

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Platinum Contracting Completes Major Underground Infrastructure Project for Summerlin West Expansion

Civil + Structural Engineer

The installation supports the expansion of Southern Nevada’s largest master plan community, setting the foundation for several planned subdivisions. Platinum’s vital utility feeder project in Summerlin’s west area involved the installation of dry utilities, which are fundamental in the development of new residential areas.

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Radon Mitigation Products for a Healthier Home

The Pro Builder

Radon gas typically moves up through the ground and into homes via cracks and other openings in the home’s foundation, and as the gas decays, its radioactive particles can get trapped in the lungs when you breathe. EcoBlu’s newest radon detector is a plug-and-play system that provides daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly average readings.

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Adventures in Renovation: The Historic Courthouse and the Stair and Elevator Tower Conundrum

Civil + Structural Engineer

A significant number of MEP systems, some active and some abandoned, needed to be demolished and moved out of the footprint of the tower just under the second floor roof. New micropiles were drilled to support the tower foundations and massive structural steel columns were set in place to support the tall tower.

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Well Point System | Types of Well Point System | Well Point Dewatering | PVC Well Point | Well Point Installation | Well Point for Shallow Well

CivilJungle

Parts consisting in a Well Point are a shallow shaft, a dewatering pump to draw water, a riser pipe that connects the Well Point to the surface , and a small well that fills up. The diameter of a riser pipe is around 38 to 50 mm. The riser pipe of a Well Point is often connected through a flexbow to a common header main pipe.

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Trench Drain Installation: An Essential Guide for Homeowners

CCR Magazine

If you’re considering installing a trench drain, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know—from its benefits to the installation process. A trench drain is a surface water drainage system designed to capture and divert water. Where Should You Install a Trench Drain? What is a Trench Drain?