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Modular Can Be High End

Pro Builder

Joseph Tanney, a founder of Resolution 4 Architecture in New York City, who has been designing modular homes since 2002, said today’s modular homes can be very high end. Ty Sharp, a 26-year-old software consultant from Aspen, Colo., Prefab or manufactured homes may conjure up images of a double-wide mobile home.

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Litigation Over First Ever LEED Platinum Building Tarnishes Green Building

Green Building Law Update

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation v. Weyerhaeuser Company arose from the construction in 1999 of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2001 and 2002, the leakage was investigated by two outside consultants hired by Clark. The complaint focused on the deterioration of the Parallams.

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Preliminary selection of exterior waterproofing systems 2021

Construction Specifier

To address this concern in 2002, the technical committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (LA-CSI) developed a guide to ‘Preliminary Selection of Waterproofing Systems.’. Photo courtesy DTR Consulting Services. Cormier, CSI, CCS, who was committee chair at that time.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Russell Sage Foundation. Partnering is the foundation of a learning organization. Constituting partnering through boundary objects. Construction Management and Economics, 28(6), 615-628. Edelman, L., Scarbrough, H., & Swan, J. Social practices and the. management of knowledge in project environments. Management, 21, 157-166.

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Revit Beginners: Stepped Foundation Plans

Revit Beginners

Stepped Foundation Plans. We often have split level projects and weve had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for use in a foundation plan. You can now use Revit Filters to isolate your foundation from the rest of your project. call it Foundations. Foundations.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

His 2002 team successfully competed with powerhouses, and even though they lost in the playoffs, the team won 20 consecutive games that year. In the February issue of CBO, FMI consultant Gregg Schoppman points out some important lessons every construction business owner can learn from Beane’s story. foundation. Dexter + Chaney.

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Two Week Natural Building Intensive

Natural Building

He wrote “The Cobber’s Companion” in 1996 and co-authored “The Hand-Sculpted House” (published by Chelsea Green, 2002) and “The Art of Natural Building (2nd edition, New Society, 2015).” He enjoys consulting with owner builders to help them design and build successful energy-efficient natural homes.

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