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Light at the End of the Tunnel

Civil + Structural Engineer

The city has consistently topped more than $1 billion in new construction permits over the past 11 years as it grows and builds new businesses, apartment complexes, and more. In fact, the storm drain system is about 100 years old. Despite the recent growth, some of the citys underground infrastructure is not so new.

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A System that Takes Developers and Builders from Design to Completion

The Pro Builder

A System that Takes Developers and Builders from Design to Completion qpurcell Fri, 03/08/2024 - 11:41 When the team behind the design-build company Shibusa Systems researched the causes of the U.S. Reynolds, cofounder, president, and CEO, Shibusa Systems. The upshot? Fewer people can build many more homes per year.”

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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. Once the customer chooses the design, Dvele handles the entire process—from permitting to factory construction to onsite delivery to post-occupancy check-ins that ensure the homes perform as modeled.

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University of Nevada, Reno researchers to participate in world’s tallest full-scale building seismic testing on earthquake shake table

Civil + Structural Engineer

With new building codes recently updated to permit more high-rise mass-timber buildings to be constructed in the United States, many have questioned how such buildings would fare in earthquakes. The key feature of the building is a post-tensioned rocking wall system built from mass timber panels. National Science Foundation.

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7 Critical Steps to Renovating Your House in the Right Order

UK Construction Blog

Make sure to get all the necessary permits before starting work. Heres how you can do it right: Check the Structure Look for cracks in the walls or ceilings. Evaluate Plumbing and Electrical Systems Test all faucets and fixtures. Evaluate Plumbing and Electrical Systems Test all faucets and fixtures.

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Rainscreen walls: An updated definition for today’s construction environment

Construction Specifier

The term rainscreen is widely used to describe a building products category that fulfills one of the main functions of an exterior wall—to screen out rain and keep a wall dry. Moreover, what can be expected from a rainscreen wall? The rain screen is the siding itself but the term rainscreen implies a system of building.”.

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Christopher Grey Talks MA Building & Energy Codes at FGIA

CCR Magazine

He reviewed the 2020 and 2023 backstop calculations and discuss the implications on building enclosure designs with a focus on impacts to fenestration system design and use. These amendments require buildings permitted after November 2020 to demonstrate compliance with an envelope performance backstop. </p>