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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

BD+C

More than 40,000 airports worldwide facilitate the annual global travel of billions of passengers. Skanska is proud to partner with the world’s busiest airports to transform the aviation industry of today for tomorrow’s travelers. Our collective goal: a better passenger experience. LaGuardia International Airport.

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Does UK Fire Safety Need Hammering Home?

Constructonomics

An illegal extension has left a landlord with a £24,000 and a criminal record, after local council safety officers deemed it to be in an “appalling condition” with numerous safety issues – including a slew of fire safety offences which put the building’s occupants at a very real risk of injury or death. What Does The Law Say?

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Insulating commercial facilities against dangerous radon gas

Construction Specifier

Due to the direct proximity of the basements and ground levels of commercial structures to soil and rock matter, as well as to the gaseous movement of radon upward through that matter and into the air, there is risk to the users of commercial facilities should the gas infiltrate and accrue in more dangerous amounts indoors.

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What Is Road Pattern | Different Types of Road Patterns | Grid Pattern Definition | Radial Pattern | Rectangular or Block Pattern | Minimum Travel Pattern

CivilJungle

However, recent development in cities does not give importance to the study of the road patterns that give rise to numerous roads that are not interconnected, housing schemes and commercial developments built far away from where roads are very distant from the centre of the town. Minimum Travel Pattern. Minimum Travel Pattern.

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How Covid-19 Will Impact the Global Construction Industry?

Constructonomics

In 2020, almost all commercial activities came to a halt for a while and badly affected the economy. The construction industry is infamous for its bad safety track record at worksites all over the world. Because of the COVID outbreak in China, travel restrictions, and the closing of ports, the supply chain was disrupted in the US.

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Visible light technology

Construction Specifier

While this has always been an important consideration in acute healthcare, it has become increasingly important in non-healthcare applications, such as education, commercial offices, indoor sports venues, retail spaces, and other congregate settings. It is spread by people touching, moving, and working.

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How Industrialized Construction Is Changing the Way We Build   

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We’ll explore all corners of the built environment, from commercial to healthcare and industrial to infrastructure, to see each industry’s approach to IC. Commercial . From quick-service restaurants to hotels, the commercial industry has long been at the helm of IC. heavily traveled corridors ?crumbling and Hilton use ?modular