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First Street Foundation Helps Homeowners Calculate Wildfire Threat Score

Pro Builder

First Street Foundation Helps Homeowners Calculate Wildfire Threat Score. More homes are being destroyed by wildfires than ever before, but risk assessments from the First Street Foundation offer personalized solutions for at-risk properties. Mon, 05/16/2022 - 10:27.

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Insulation’s crucial role in creating habitable basements

Construction Specifier

By Mike Fischer One of the first questions to be asked when designing a basement foundation is “what is the desired functionality of the basement?” On the far end of the spectrum, the basement may serve as a structural foundation only and nothing more. In other words, it will be cold in the winter and damp during much of the year.

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SK Siltron Investing $302M In Michigan Semiconductor Wafer Plant

Business Facilities

This investment represents the future of that foundation where ingenuity and know-how will drive an engine of innovation and technology. Gen3 Defense and Aerospace is investing $8.7 Our community, region, and state have a storied history of manufacturing, specifically in the automotive industry,” said Bay Future, Inc.

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An Ancient Adobe Fortress in Iran to be Rehabilitated

Natural Building

A budget of about $50,000 has been allocated to the project, which includes reinforcement of the foundation and exterior walls and covering parts of the fortress with cob material. Defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest.

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Broken Foundation Slabs Can Be Repaired Says Julian Construction

Julian Construction

Foundation Repair. Foundation Replacement. « Checklist for Diagnosing Foundation Problems | Main. Broken Foundation Slabs Can Be Repaired Says Julian Construction. “ Simple cracks, and even more extensive foundation damage can usually be repaired,” says Julian De La Torre, founder of Julian Construction.

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Indiana Lands $37M Saab Investment

Business Facilities

The defense and security company will manufacture training aircraft structures for the U.S. Air Force T-X pilot training program, creating 300 jobs at Purdue University-affiliated Discovery Park District Aerospace. Read: Indiana Lands $37M Saab Investment at BusinessFacilities.com.

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#96:  Payment Bond Sureties and "Pay-if-Paid" Subcontracts

NH Construction Law

It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety. Foundation Constructors, Inc. , Pace Construction Corp. ,