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Transform Your Garage: 10 Simple DIY Upgrades for a More Functional Home Space

UK Construction Blog

From simple DIY projects like painting walls in light colours to installing affordable storage solutions that maximise vertical space, you can create a functional, visually appealing extension of your living space. Determine what you want to use the garage fora workshop, a gym, storage, or perhaps a multifunctional space.

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Effective Marketing For Diverse Construction Job Categories

Construction Marketing

Mechanical and electrical engineers work on systems within buildings, such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and electrical systems. Electricians Install, maintain, and repair electrical systems in buildings and construction sites. Work with various roofing materials, including shingles, tiles, and metal.

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Michael G. Smith Writes about the Value of Cob

Natural Building

I attended my first natural building workshop in Oregon in 1993. When the workshop was over, I approached the instructor, Ianto Evans of the Cob Cottage Company, and asked if I could join his team. It’s true that earthen walls have poor insulation value and are not appropriate on their own in cooler climates.

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11 Advantages Of Fabric Buildings

Construction Marketing

Since fabric buildings are tensile structures, the membrane can be pulled into a three-dimensional surface for developing shading, a roof, or a decorative component. Aside from these applications, fabric structures make for great workshop spaces for masonry, carpentry, manufacturing, or agriculture. They’re Cost-Effective.

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Educators Place the Spotlight on Modular Construction

GCP Applied Technologies

The modular construction system has been gaining acceptance as it presents a viable solution to address these challenges by optimizing labor resources, reducing on-site construction time and improving project predictability. The house was carefully built in modular sections by the students in the school’s workshop.

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Trending: The Rise of Prefab and Modular Commercial Construction Techniques

Commercial Construction Blog

Prefabricated elements such as pre-cast concrete walls, which Englewood installed for a Blain’s Farm & Fleet store in Romeoville, Ill., Look at the installation of pre-cast concrete walls. can have a positive impact on a construction project’s schedule and budget.

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EUROFORM’S VERSAPANEL® ‘MAKES THE CUT’ FOR FILM AND TV STUDIOS

Specification Product Update

Versapanel ® , Euroform’s cement particle board, has been specified for its acoustic properties as a roofing system component for what is set to be one of the UK’s largest film and TV studios, Shinfield Studios, at the Thames Valley Science Park. Versapanel ® can be used in single sheet or sandwich construction.