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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan

Construction Marketing

It covers land acquisition costs, building materials, construction permits, labor, contingency and interest reserves, closing costs, and plans. In addition to meeting traditional borrower standards, the lender will inspect and approve construction timeline estimates, proposed budget, and architectural plans.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

What [the bill] really is referring to is these big, glass buildings today that literally threaten the existence of birds because birds fly into the glass, unable to realize that it is glass, and they are dying by the millions as a result of these big, glass buildings,” said County Council chair, Deb Jung, who sponsored the bill.

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4 Innovations Transforming Construction Safety 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In construction, you may hear IoT referred to as telematics. Safety managers can document and inspect issues, and provide timely communications right from their smartphone or tablet while on the jobsite. The core solutions include Inspections, Training, JSAs, Observations, Incidents, Scan, and Forms apps. Mobile Software.

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Facilities Preventive Maintenance

Job Order Contracting

Manufacturer’s schedule for routine preventive maintenance, inspections, condition monitoring (predictive tests) and adjustments required to ensure proper and economical operation and to minimize repairs. Delineate procedures for preventive maintenance, inspection, adjustment, lubrication and cleaning necessary to minimize repairs.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

Impregnation refers to a technique for treating absorbent materials with chemicals. References. They should be included in the specification’s references section: • UL 723 (ASTM E84); • ASTM D3201; • ASTM D2898; and. Table 1: Code References for Selected FRTW Applications. Section 06 40 00 Architectural Woodwork.

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The Preconstruction Phase: Understanding the Process & Risks

Levelset

Architects generally refer to preconstruction simply as “design,” and break the process down into five steps: Schematic design Design development Construction documents Bidding/procurement Construction administration. Permit and inspections. Pulling those permits once the drawings are ready is key.

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Construction blueprints 101: What you need to know

Lets Build

These details are needed to request permits, determine the construction schedule , and eventually do the construction itself. Today, the term blueprint is still casually used to refer to floor plans. But it is more acceptable to use the terms drawings and prints when referring to floor plans or any type of plan for that matter.

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