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Staying in control with fabric cladding

Construction Specifier

Tension fabric structures have served a key role as a cost-effective facility solution for years. In some cases, users have turned to fabric buildings when brick-and-mortar construction is not economically feasible or would take too long to complete. The fabric building market remained stable, but also stagnant, for a long time.

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Designing and specifying architectural zinc roofing

Construction Specifier

It can be fabricated into a variety of panel styles, sizes, and shapes. Research indicates zinc resources should be available for at least the next 700 years, without taking recycled zinc scrap into account. In design and construction, zinc is known to be a dense material which is easy to form, cut, and fabricate.

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Tensile architecture: Where substance meets style

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Photos courtesy Huntsman By David Peragallo Tensile architecture, also known as tensile structures or fabric architecture, is becoming a popular choice for applications such as stadiums, airport hubs, train and bus stations, exhibition halls, event pavilions, and temporary structures such as festival tents.

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Style meets substance in the design and materiality of tensile architecture

Construction Specifier

Photos courtesy Huntsman By David Peragallo Tensile architecture, also known as tensile structures or fabric architecture, is becoming a popular choice for applications such as stadiums, airport hubs, train and bus stations, exhibition halls, event pavilions, and temporary structures such as festival tents.

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Speaking Engagements Featuring A QuickBooks Accountant With Humor

Contractor Bookkeeping

Speaking Engagements Featuring An Accountant With Humor. For Something New and refreshing consider bringing an QuickBooks expert accountant with a sense of humor to speak at your next gathering. Fast Easy Accounting is available to speak to your group on a variety of topics related to QuickBooks, general bookkeeping and accounting.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

Lets Build

A good example is the shop drawing, which provides detailed plans for fabrications that are completed off-site. The illustrations allow contractors or fabricators to know what on-site teams want and what materials are needed. They can be drawings for windows, roofing assemblies, storefronts, etc.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

Lets Build

A good example is the shop drawing, which provides detailed plans for fabrications that are completed off-site. The illustrations allow contractors or fabricators to know what on-site teams want and what materials are needed. They can be drawings for windows, roofing assemblies, storefronts, etc.