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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

In fact, officials of New York City are beginning to re-examine its zoning to ensure green spaces and parks are accessible and equitably distributed throughout the urban landscape. It also creates a new building zone called the ‘mid-doors,’ a term coined recently by Transsolar’s Erik Olsen, in his series “What is Indoors?”

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EXPOSURE CONDITIONS AFFECTING DURABILITY OF CONCRETE

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5 Extreme Concrete in contact with or buried under aggressive sub-soil / ground water, surface of members in tidal zone, members in direct contact with liquid / solid aggressive chemicals. No Environment Exposure Conditions 1 Mild Concrete surfaces protected against weather or aggressive conditions, except those situated in coastal area.

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EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE AND ENERGEY RELEASED

The Constructor

Related posts: MAGNITUDE & INTENSITY OF EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND ITS PRACTICES-III-EARTHQUAKE DESTRUCTION How can it be in Seismic zone but not in earthquake zone or near earthquake fault? releases 1000 times more energy than the earthquake of magnitude of 6.2 and 32 times more than the magnitude of 7.2.

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Monorail Train In India

The Constructor

Differentiation from other transport systems Monorail systems have found shared applications in the transportation market in airport transfer and some medium capacity metro systems. In contrast, a light rail system has two rails sharing support of the train which also share the responsibility of guiding the train.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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Southwest view of the Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Now, Florida’s leaders are committed to expanding upon that foundation by making sure the business community knows that Florida is open for business. The Tax Foundation names Florida the #1 business tax climate in the Southeast. By Dominique Cantelme.

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REINFORCEMENT CORROSION-CAUSES & PREVENTION

The Constructor

MINIMISING THE RISK OF CORROSION: The quality and depth of concrete in the cover zone are all important in minimizing the risk of corrosion as shown in fig. Like most of the aspects of concrete durability, deterioration due to corrosion of the reinforcement can take place years (5 to 20) to manifest itselt.

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CONSTRUCTION SITE PLANNING

The Constructor

It involves the organization of land use zoning, access, circulation, privacy, security, shelter, land drainage, paintballing and other factors. Site planning is the art of arranging structures on the land and shaping the spaces between, an art linked to architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and city planning.

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