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Meet BREEAM, America’s Newest Green Building Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If you work in construction, you’re most likely familiar with LEED certification, the green building standard that many building owners aim to achieve. And now BRE is partnering with HOK, an American architecture, engineering and design firm, to launch a BREEAM standard for new construction in the United States in 2019.

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Concrete’s cobra effect: unintended results of embodied carbon reduction

Construction Specifier

Many well-meaning design and construction professionals have adopted the atomistic approach of simply removing cement and replacing it with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), such as fly ash, granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), or limestone rich cement recipes such as Portland Limestone Cement (PLC).

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Magnesium.

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 Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. Living Walls.

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TYPES OF CEMENT AND THEIR USES

The Constructor

Blast Furnace Slag Cement It is obtained by grinding the clinkers with about 60% slag and resembles more or less in properties of Portland cement It can used for works economic considerations is predominant. and 5 hours respectively It is used in works where concrete is subjected to high temperatures, frost, and acidic action.

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16 Smart, Stylish Product Options for Surfaces

Pro Builder

Other surfacing options are made from innovative materials—sugar palm, recycled glass, thermo-setting resins. One of these designs, Tristan (shown), is inspired by Moroccan architecture and combines honed Calacatta Monet and polished Nero Marquina marbles in geometric patterns with brushed brass to create texture in vibrant motifs.

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Overcladding for old masonry façades: why it is important to think performance first

Construction Specifier

From Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon, many cities are contending with government and school buildings from the last century, built with solid masonry bearing walls. Many are leaking,” according to Carmi Bee, FAIA, of RKTB Architects. What is Overcladding?

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STRUCTURAL USES OF PRECAST CONCRETE

The Constructor

The backing concrete is made from an ordinary mix, whereas the façade may consist of a special mix, e.g. white Portland cement. However, it is used more frequently as a non-structural decorative façade. A great variety of forms, details and colours can be produced. Precast concrete cladding is not exclusive to precast frames.

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