Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

That said, this article will unravel strategies that resonate with professionals, from those who meticulously plan projects to those who wield the tools on-site. Architects Design and plan construction projects, considering both aesthetic and functional aspects. Work with various roofing materials, including shingles, tiles, and metal.

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Lets Build

JULY 15, 2022

Construction design software is a necessity in today’s digital landscape, giving industry professionals an easier way to create blueprints and drawings of new designs. However, the construction design software market is overflowing with options—what works for one company might not be ideal for yours.

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The other form is embodied CO2, which is emitted in production, transportation, assembly, and eventually disposing of construction materials. To achieve a carbon-neutral built environment in less than three decades, there should be a sound, realistic, globally applicable strategy for greener design, construction, and operation.

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Natural Building

JULY 18, 2021

The stay-at-home mom on a tight budget designed open rooms and decorated in a timeless, spare Scandinavian style. Beautifully rustic, hand-chiseled pine and cedar timbers are fitted with wooden pegs, but new construction materials and techniques like passive solar were also employed. Reusing old materials kept expenses down.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this article we’ll look at lifting attachments in more detail to see how they’re used and why they’re so important to our critical industries. They allow crane operators to handle different types of materials and perform certain tasks more efficiently. Pallet lifter – Pallet lifters are designed to lift and move palletized loads.

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Mycelium, the vegetative part of the fungus, is an ideal material, Mr Benjamin explains. This method lets builders use local materials like agricultural waste, and also makes the bricks biodegradable. “We want to use living systems as factories to grow new materials,” he says.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 25, 2022

With value engineering, teams consider alternative systems and materials that create value and flexibility within project budgets. Check out this comprehensive catalog of resources showing how you can make the most of your client's budget and maintain design integrity. . Need to brush up on your value engineering skills?

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Construction Specifier

MAY 12, 2023

To help manage this issue, this article ranks seven innovative materials, from most to least comprehensive, that can reduce noise in commercial spaces. This starts with the framing; structural steel is an outstanding material for framing commercial buildings thanks to its durability, but it is not the ideal option for soundproofing.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 4, 2020

This article shows how traditional materials, such as tiles, rocks, bamboo, wooden sticks, timber, rammed earth and bricks are being used in current architecture in China. Not only were the traditional building materials recycled, but also the traditional construction techniques were integrated into the new design.

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BD+C

JUNE 14, 2023

Design considerations for behavioral health patients 0 dbarista Wed, 06/14/2023 - 18:30 Healthcare Facilities The surrounding environment plays a huge role in the mental state of the occupants of a space, especially behavioral health patients whose perception of safety can be heightened.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 4, 2022

While repairing and salvaging existing materials is generally regarded as the first choice when addressing deterioration in exterior restoration projects, replacing some amount of material is often unavoidable. Therefore, for the sake of this article, they shall be considered interchangeable, but substitute shall be used throughout.

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Natural Building

JUNE 2, 2020

This three-bedroom house in Kirkland, Washington was designed and built by George Reynoldson, a passive solar architect who wrote the book Let’s Reach for the Sun: 30 Original Solar and Earth Sheltered Home Designs. You can read the original article at www.curbed.com. Photos by Luca Sforza of Lensit Studio.

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Natural Building

JANUARY 14, 2020

Cocoa husks, dried orange peel, and ground blue pea flowers are among the ingredients that constitute a new class of building materials that could revolutionize construction. They are waste products that are used to make “Orb”, a sustainable building material that is carbon neutral. That was even more shocking,” he says.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 27, 2023

Facility managers and specifiers tasked with building and renovating office buildings, schools, and healthcare facilities prioritize health and flexible design while noting How outdoor spaces increase concentration, productivity, healing, and overall occupant wellbeing and satisfaction.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 22, 2022

In 1995, he and his wife bought land near Taos and built the first of many straw bale homes that they would design and fabricate; theirs was off-the-grid. Most of their structures implemented passive solar designs, which brings heat and light from the sun into a home. You can read the original article at www.taosnews.com.

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Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Although concrete seems stark and cold, it may be the perfect material for constructing stairs in commercial buildings. There is no denying that many new commercial projects incorporate concrete structures into their designs. Aside from being a durable material, it could hold the following benefits for commercial spaces: 1.

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GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 6, 2020

Concrete mix design. concrete / mix design. . Controlled low-strength material (CLSM). Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). Controlled low-strength material (CLSM). Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). TB-1601 – Utilizing a mid-range water reducer specifically designed for clay mitigation.

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Natural Building

JUNE 4, 2020

After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, Supertecture was invited to design a school extension in the Himalaya mountain village of Dhoksan. The project embraced the idea of using donated materials from the buildings that were left devastated by the earthquake. You can read the original article at www.designboom.com.

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GCP Applied Technologies

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Concrete mix design. This article also addresses issues with air entrainment, high-strength concrete (HSC), and considering certain project performance requirements when designing the proper mix. Topics include: Concrete mix designs by project. Determining how to use the correct mix design. Design Advantage.

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GCP Applied Technologies

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Concrete mix design. This article also addresses issues with air entrainment, high-strength concrete (HSC), and considering certain project performance requirements when designing the proper mix. Topics include: Concrete mix designs by project. Determining how to use the correct mix design. Design Advantage.

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Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This article unveils ten powerful strategies to revolutionize energy efficiency on construction sites. This plan can also identify any areas that might need more energy-efficient building design and operations. If any insulation needs replacing, then the old ones need to be removed before the new materials are installed.

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In this article, you will get to know What is RQD and the method of Core Recovery calculation. The full form of RQD is Rock Quality Designation which is a parameter used to measure the degree of jointing or fracture in the rock mass. The Rock quality designation index was developed by Deere in the year 1964. What Is RQD?

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Natural Building

JULY 10, 2021

Looking at the way animals keep cool in summer and warm in winter, the materials they use and how they conserve energy provides valuable insights that can be aligned with today’s sustainable building design practices, Mr Keel said. Here is how to ‘design like a dog’: Pay attention to where sleeping dogs lie.

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Learn Civil Engineering

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Walling stone, a natural and versatile material, has been a cornerstone in construction for centuries. Its timeless appeal and durability make it a favorite choice for builders and designers alike. This article delves into the world of Sheffield Walling Stone exploring its types, uses, and significance in modern architecture.

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Construction Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

If you want to know more about CNC machining, continue reading as we discuss it and its basic concepts in this article. . In more technical terms, machining is a type of subtractive manufacturing, which means that the material gets removed during the process. The CAD Model Designing Process. What Is CNC Machining?

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Civil Lead

MARCH 14, 2020

Nominal Mix Concrete Vs Design Mix Concrete Concrete is made up of mixing cement, sand, aggregate, admixtures and water. Normally there are two types of methods which are used for proportioning different ingredients Nominal Mix Design Mix Selection of type of concrete mix depends on the requirement of strength and nature of work.

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Natural Building

JULY 4, 2021

T his summer at Fly Ranch , a 3,800-acre expanse of dry lake beds, wetlands, wild horses and hot springs in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, this vast tract is set to become an incubator for off-grid sustainable design. You can read the original article at toysmatrix.com.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Clayworks brand is now offering what they call Rammed Earth Finishes that are designed to create earthy wall finishes that resemble rammed earth. The available colors allow architects and designers to replicate different styles of rammed earth that are used around the world. You can read the original article at www.dezeen.com.

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Construction Cost Estimating

JANUARY 10, 2020

Obviously, one needs to be careful while designing such important structures. However, there are some few basic rules of column designing that all engineers can keep in mind while designing most types of columns and similar vertical supports. Today, we will discuss these important thumb rules of column design in this article.

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Construction Specifier

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Designers of new construction and renovation projects sometimes prefer to use exterior-grade waterproofing and roofing products (collectively referred to as “exterior-grade waterproofing” in this article) within interior space for improved performance compared to typical interior-grade waterproofing products. By Makoto S.

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CivilJungle

JANUARY 16, 2021

Bamboo is one of the oldest and traditional construction material used in different construction activities. The bamboos strength it is more as compared to other construction material. Bamboo as a building material has greater compressive strength and it is lightweight so that it is widely used as a construction material.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The idea of biomimetic design—using nature as a teacher—can help us create an adaptive and resilient infrastructure. Natural systems use locally available resources and produce materials for others in the ecosystem that can be used in a continuous circular loop. Biomimetic design is a tool to solve sustainability problems.

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Natural Building

MAY 20, 2021

Windcatchers are a great example of the marriage between architectural design and the environment to help keep your house cool. The principles of passive solar design are core to building houses that can keep us comfy without using much energy. When we begin to design sustainability, we begin to design resilient homes.

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Natural Building

MARCH 24, 2020

Dan Phillips of Phoenix Commotion is a trained architect from Huntsville, Texas, who helps people build their own affordable dream homes with recycled materials. When he was 14 years old he built a bicycle completely out of scrap materials he collected at a nearby dump. You read the original article at inhabitat.com.

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SAB Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The USGBC with its LEED Green Building Rating System brought issues surrounding indoor environmental quality and material health to the forefront of design dialogues.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

5 things developers should know about mass timber 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:36 Mass Timber Gensler's Erik Barth, architect and regional design resilience leader, shares considerations for developers when looking at mass timber solutions. Designing with mass timber is one solution that is quickly gaining momentum. Think long term.

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 30, 2021

For years, Design for Code Acceptance #3 (DCA3), a document published and maintained by the American Wood Council (AWC), has been the go-to resource for architects working with I-joist assemblies. This article will go into more detail on the shortcomings of both DCA3 and the manufacturer fire tests. By Anton Dekom. Cavity insulation.

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