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Best Residential/Hospitality - Aston Martin Residences

ENR Construction

million-sq-ft Aston Martin Residences rises 69 stories and 817 ft above the Miami River and Biscayne Bay with a glass, steel and concrete tower resembling a wind-filled sail and creating a distinctive visual statement in Miami.

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Specifying floor finishes: Polished concrete topping slabs with radiant heating

Construction Specifier

Increasingly, owners and architects are using exposed concrete slabs to provide an urban/industrial aesthetic in commercial and residential applications, while, in many cases, providing a medium for hydronic piping. This article does not address concrete-like finishes, including epoxies and resins. Managing expectations.

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Coverings Announces Top 10 Tile Trends for 2023

Pro Builder

Some collections offer various finishes and intense chromatic variations to generate visual interest in walls, countertops and even furnishings. Photo courtesy Landmark Ceramic Concrete looks can bring visual harmony to a space and still evoke a raw urban energy. Cemented Tile Pictured: Frontier20, Design Work.

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All About Pavers | What Are Pavers | Types of Pavers and Cost | Most Popular Brick Paver Colours | Most Popular Brick Paver Colours

CivilJungle

Pavers, often known as paving stones, are flat building components typically used for outdoor flooring and can be fashioned from stone, brick, or concrete. Brick pavers are great alternatives to concrete since they come in a wide variety of textures, characters, and colors and may be set in a wide variety of designs and color combinations.

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Why are green buildings important?

Lets Build

In some countries, everything from tower blocks to entire town centres was assembled out of concrete in the post-war decades. As well as being a key emitter of CO2, concrete is a particularly difficult material to dispose of when a building reaches the end of its natural lifespan. Read more: Ten benefits of prefabricated construction.

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New Civil Engineering Technology 2022

CivilJungle

Self-Healing Concrete. Self-Healing Concrete. In the construction of Self-healing Concrete cement is the most widely used material, but cement is also contributors one of the biggest to harmful carbon emissions, by using cement we increasing annual global emissions up to 7 percent. Self Repairing Concrete. Kinetic Roads.

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Different Types of Pavers for Driveways

CivilJungle

Pavers are generally blocks or slabs which made from different materials like concrete, marble, brick, flagstone, porcelain, etc. Pavers are one of the best substitute for concrete. Brick pavers are perfect substitute for concrete pavers. We can use it with different shapes and patterns, it creates a good visual effect.