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Connecting it all: Role of joints as a primary component

Construction Specifier

It is within the building enclosure, the exterior skin, where joints are found—one of the primary components responsible for facilitating these dynamic interactions. Why do certain combinations of joint materials and substrates succeed, while others fail? Defining joints What is meant by the word “joint”?

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Shear Wall Selection for Wood-Framed Buildings

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This is a critical role in a building’s structural frame, as walls that do not properly manage lateral loads can experience racking, base shear and overturning. This is a critical role in a building’s structural frame, as walls that do not properly manage lateral loads can experience racking, base shear and overturning.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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After all, during his absence, Ivory Homes had strengthened its place as Utah’s No. Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda. Wed, 12/15/2021 - 17:31. Ivory Homes in Salt Lake City is Pro Builder's 2021 Builder of the Year. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor. Maybe now was the right time to step back, to perhaps even cash out. and Outward.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Nima also plays an important role in building new distribution centers and sortation centers— a critical part of the business, particularly as Amazon continues to innovate and expand. . If the resilience seen this year has shown construction professionals anything, it’s that this industry, and the people who work in it, are remarkable.

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Wisconsin: Where Collaboration Drives Industry Advancement

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By Lee Swindall. A s tempting as it is to measure the effects of economic development investments solely in terms of direct, short-term job creation, professionals in the field are increasingly focusing on the potential long-term, indirect benefits of their business and talent development strategies. Water Technology. billion in annual sales.

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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Every year, we move from the big-picture telescope we use to spot major developments in the economic development landscape and put the hundreds of new incentives and initiatives that cross our desk under the microscope. The focus of our 2014 Economic Development Awards is Achievement. ACHIEVEMENT IN TARGETED INCENTIVES. business experience.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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We also bestow our Achievement in New Media Award for Best Use of Video and Best Use of Social Media. We also bestow our Achievement in New Media Award for Best Use of Video and Best Use of Social Media. The information provided included the top projects (initiated since the beginning of 2012), in terms of capital investment and job creation.

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