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SLSCO wins $145M border wall contract

Construction Dive

The government contract, to build a 6-mile piece of a border-levee wall system along the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, is the Texas contractor's second border wall award this year.

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Moresby Hall A595 Roadway Embankment Repair Project  

Civil + Structural Engineer

The goal was to rebuild the roadway embankments and integrate a new drainage system, thereby facilitating long-term improvements and reducing maintenance needs for the A595. A lightweight yet strong system that could also support a vegetated finish was essential.

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MBCEA Announces 2024 Building of the Year Winners

Civil + Structural Engineer

It includes a total of seven buildings erected together to create an all-in-one complex with a standing seam metal roof and insulated metal wall panels. was the metal building systems provider. was the metal building systems provider. Nucor Building Systems manufactured the metal building system. Garanco, Inc.

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Border wall contractors tapping new building tech

Construction Dive

Fisher Sand & Gravel, for example, used what it says is an entirely novel cast-in-place concrete system on the privately funded We Build the Wall section.

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Bendheim Glass Mural Captures Historic Olympic Moment

Civil + Structural Engineer

The wall includes four panels of digitally printed glass which combine to create the overall image. The glass is installed with Bendheim’s innovative TurnKey Fusion Light Wall system, which uses petite clips to capture the glass, eliminating the need for adhesives or expensive glass drilling.

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Concrete Wall Panels Help Build Noncombustible Homes

The Pro Builder

Concrete Wall Panels Help Build Noncombustible Homes qpurcell Wed, 02/21/2024 - 11:24 As California’s wildfires rage and major home insurers pull out of the state , the rising risk of home fires isn’t being helped by conventional construction, says Scott Long. If you can pour a driveway, you can pour one of these wall panels,” Long says.

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Black Buffalo Hits Print on First Internationally Code Compliant 3D-Printed Home

The Pro Builder

The first of its kind in the world, the LoMa home utilizes technology that makes it the first International Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES)-approved home to use load-bearing 3D-printed walls. “We The NEXCON Printer is a modular printing system that, upon set up, can print the walls of a 40-foot by 40-foot home in under 30 hours.