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Alternative Deck Footing Product, Diamond Pier, Releases 10-year Study Examining Frost Heave Performance

Pro Builder

When the Diamond Pier Foundation System appeared on shelves over 10 years ago, there was hesitancy with new users about the system - in fear that it would not hold up to frost heave pressures. To satisfy skeptical builders, Pin Foundations, Inc. Over a 10-year period, Pin Foundations, Inc. Pin Foundations, Inc.

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Building over a building: A radical project from the archives

The Korte Company

It was slapped together of lumber and sheet metal over a concrete pad in the early 1920s. But all that went out the window once a structural engineer from Omaha walked through. The majority of the work was self-performed, including footings, foundation, steel erection and demolition. Jefferson Smurfit.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

Structural - Similar to architecture but hides non-load bearing walls and some hidden line behavior with respect to concrete floors/slabs and foundations. 2012 Central States Revit Workshop - Omaha, Nebras. Column Shading Gets Obstinate. Only One Book is Allowed. Who is the Owner. RTC Europe Site and Details are Live Now.

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BC’s Blog December 08

Cassell Construction Estimating

With a little luck, the good intentions will turn into concrete and steel, and more than hot air. We did two days of training at Seedorff Masonry’s Omaha office. Concrete Assembly replacement Phases I, II, & III all complete. GEJ broke the job down into three phases, foundation, horizontal, & vertical components.

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Pulse: 07/23/2012

ENR Construction

Omaha, Neb. Other work includes placing lengths of cutoff wall at the culvert locations; placeing new cast-in-place reinforced-concrete headwalls, foundations, and water-control structures with gates and control systems; and restoring the embankment. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. DR#12-00425303.

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