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How to Build Healthy Homes That Protect Homebuyers From Radon

The Pro Builder

RELATED For Better Indoor Air Quality: Build Tight and Ventilate Right When It Comes to Crawlspace Ventilation: Do You Vent or Not? To help define and locate high-risk areas, the EPA has created a radon zone map (see below) showing the potential for radon at the county level across the country. homes has high radon levels.

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Combining Concrete and Offsite Manufacturing to Create Resilient Homes

The Pro Builder

By manufacturing the home’s elements in a factory-controlled environment, the company mitigates waste and manual error while improving overall quality. The company intends to start building in Arizona, California, Nevada—and then continue to cross the map. Onx’s ambitions don’t end there.

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Ways to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 2: Automation

The Pro Builder

Construction Automation In my first job with a large-volume home builder, I saw firsthand the value of making as much of the house—wall panels, roof trusses, floor systems, stairs, millwork, and other components—as possible in a factory-controlled setting and delivering them to the jobsite on a just-in-time schedule.

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EarthCam Adds Project Scheduling to Jobsite Cameras at Groundbreak

CCR Magazine

The Schedule integration enables clients to link Procore schedule data directly into EarthCam content, producing dynamic visual reports that merge high-quality site imagery with current and upcoming tasks. EarthCam’s real-time images are now an integral part of map views for all active projects.

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Prefab ADUs: A Rising Trend in Affordable Housing and Off-Site Construction Solutions

The Pro Builder

At the same time, the construction industry is contending with its own set of challenges regarding workforce availability, jobsite safety, building quality, lack of materials, and building sustainability. Additionally, building in a controlled setting can reduce material waste, providing both environmental and cost benefits.

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Woolpert Contracted by USGS to Collect Aerial Lidar Data Across Eastern Arkansas for 3DEP

Civil + Structural Engineer

Geological Survey has tasked Woolpert with acquiring topographic Quality Level 1 lidar data and providing ground control survey across eastern Arkansas in support of the 3D Elevation Program ( 3DEP ) and The National Map. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — These data are free and publicly available to local, state, and national agencies.

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Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary of Launching Highly Successful Survey Department

Civil + Structural Engineer

Reflective of its highly cooperative executive office and field teams, Latitude 33’s Survey Department has become recognized for its quick responses, accurate and reliable information, quality control, and outstanding data management. For example, our mapping work is truly a reconnaissance effort. Chris D’Ambrosio, P.L.S.,

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