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Considerations for using aluminum-framed interior wall systems

Construction Specifier

Interior framing systems accentuate ease of installation for fast-track construction, aesthetic flexibility, and sustainable design criteria. Using interior aluminum framing systems with glazing inserts provides physical separation, while maintaining visual connections. In North America, people spend 90 percent of their time indoors.

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Greg Rhoades

Pro Builder

Greg has a B.S. in Business Administration as well as Marketing and Management from Loyola University New Orleans. kcichowicz. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 17:23.

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The Move Towards Embodied Carbon Targets for Building Materials

GCP Applied Technologies

This free, open source Embodied Carbon in Construction (EC3) tool aggregates EPDs for all kinds of building products, helping engineers and others to make more informed decisions for improving sustainability. Sustainable construction resources. North America customer service: 1-877-4AD-MIX (1-877-423-6491). Using the EC3 tool.

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The Reasons BIM is Going Nowhere Fast

Building Information Management

Sustainability. Policy makers and members of the building community are encouraged to use a common definition for sustainability. budgets, insurance and tax incentives) to help finance sustainable life-cycle performance for buildings and related infrastructure. Defining High-Performance and Common Metrics.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: The Billboard.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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BIM Pioneers: From 2D to 3D with Rodio Swissboring

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In Central America, a BIM implementation team led by Oliver Contreras, Regional Construction Director for Central America and Ernesto Calzia, General Manager and Digital Transformation Co-ordinator for the Iberoamerican region, paved the way for pioneering the use of BIM.

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Autodesk Doubles Down in Helping the Construction Industry Reduce Risk 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Toric also enables our customers with increased flexibility to access and leverage their data through integrations and visualizations. In North America, Payapps’ GCPay solution helps general contractors with the same benefits – and also manages the lien waiver exchange process with their trade partners. .

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