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This Home Design Exemplifies Housing's Future

Pro Builder

Fri, 07/16/2021 - 10:21. On HorizonTV this week, get a look inside (and out) of the New New Home, designed for the wants and needs of post-COVID homebuyers, including multiple, well-scaled work and workout zones, outdoor living, and flex spaces that exemplify housing's future. This Home Design Exemplifies Housing's Future. cbroderick.

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Six Interior Design Trends that Don’t Enhance Wellness

Pro Builder

Mon, 08/30/2021 - 11:38. Jamie Gold, a wellness design consultant and certified wellness coach, puts her finger on five more popular design trends that can put residents' safety and wellness at risk. This is especially true in cooking zones around the range or stovetop.) Six Interior Design Trends that Don’t Enhance Wellness.

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NAR Study Says Years of Underbuilding to Blame for Housing Shortage

Pro Builder

Mon, 07/19/2021 - 09:38. It will require “a major national commitment to build more housing of all types” to solve the crisis, consultants wrote in the study. NAR Study Says Years of Underbuilding to Blame for Housing Shortage. cbroderick. The United States needs anywhere from 5 million to 6.8

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Important Factors to Consider When Building a New Home

CivilJungle

So when we want to build a new home, we also have to consider all our needs related to home and comfort zone. The number of occupants and their needs or comfort zone should consider doing the design. It also diverges the building into different zones like daytime and night zones. Bonus rooms. Personalized built-ins.

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Int’l Arbitration Rules Revision Reflects Flexible Approach

Constructlaw

Published in Law360 on February 25, 2021. Consistent with the 2010 version of the IBA rules, the 2020 update requires the arbitral tribunal to consult with the parties at the earliest appropriate time to determine an “economical and fair process.”[3]. Reprinted here with permission. ”[3]. First, Article 8.2

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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction

Pro Builder

Wed, 05/12/2021 - 06:00. For example, factory environments support social distancing practices, since workers remain in controlled, stationed zones. In fact, The Boston Consulting Group found that workplace accidents are halved in off-site construction settings.

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DCA3: Designing fire-rated I-joist assemblies

Construction Specifier

In 2021, designers must once again comb through manufacturer literature and fire test reports 1 to design I-joist assemblies compatible with a sufficiently wide-ranging cross section of the I-joist market. The makers of these joists are major players and cannot simply be excluded from an open specification or generic assembly.

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