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Door Closer Hinges: A New Approach

Construction Specifier

Innovative engineering has made closer hinges more compact and functional; the new generation of products provides unique combinations of features and benefits to address door closing challenges that are not satisfactorily met by overhead surface-mounted door closers. Performance. The closer hinges have built-in door stops.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

While cities occupy just three percent of global land area, by 2050 they will be home to two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants according to Gensler’s, 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to Gensler’s Aleksander Sasha Zeljic in a June 2018 interview with Architectural Products magazine.

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How to Specify Engineered Wood Products

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Appearance Classifications: Architectural, Industrial, Industrial-L, Framing, Framing-L. Outdoor Applications: If glulam members are covered by a roof or other overhead weather barrier and the sides and ends are not subject to direct wetting from precipitation, the application is not considered as exposed. The trademark identifies: 1.

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10 Essential Types of Construction Documents

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Architectural drawings. Construction documents often include architectural drawings. These visual documents represent the final design and give something for the customer and contractor to review and agree on before work begins. . Overhead costs. Some common kinds of construction documents include: Bidding documents.

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You are what you measure… and/or … You can’t manage what you don’t measure

Building Information Management

Note: Reposted/adapted from Boiled Architecture. Collaboration and consensus processes are not the “wave of the future”, but requirement for survival within our changing Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Owner sector(so). Below is a snapshot of Boiled Architecture’s dashboard for 2013.

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Washroom Partitions – The Definitive Construction Guide

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Washroom partitions act as a both a visual and physical barrier between people using the lavatory. Within the Larkin Administration Building in Buffalo, Wright developed wall hung toilets, and overhead hung partitions that sat off the ground. A Brief History on Washroom Partitions. Types of Washroom Partitions. Take Site Measurements.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

Construction estimating involves the estimating of material, labor, equipment, overhead/profit and contingencies.