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Achieving an ideal visitor experience with the ADROIT approach

BD+C

Alan Reed, FAIA, LEED AP Art Galleries Museums Government Buildings Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Architects Through over 30 years of designing interpretive centers, I’ve found that the most significant experiences are created through a close collaboration between architects, landscape architects, and exhibit designers.

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5 Best Railroad Work Boots

Work Gearz

If you are one of the many professionals that work for the railroads, you know well enough the challenges and issues regarding personal safety that you face every day you go to work. Railroad professionals deal with the heaviest of machinery daily, so good PPE is a given and this includes a good pair of protective work boots. 

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Behind the Build: Interview with Isabel Harlan, Sr. Engineer and Project Manager at Hatch LTK

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For those working in infrastructure, there are always projects to address, like designing signals and traction power or performing maintenance. . After graduation, I worked in their Water global practice; focusing on water/wastewater treatment and distribution design. Then, I got curious about the construction side. Isabel Harlan, Sr.

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Coveralls Vs Overalls: Two Important PPE For Industrial Workers

Work Gearz

Overalls are made up of denim, cotton or linen fabrics and are designed with loose cross straps and bibs worn over the other clothes.   So, according to the purpose it serves coveralls are designed as a loose one-piece outer garment that covers your entire body and protects them from hazardous working conditions. Identification.

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ASTM vs ASME Standards: Whats the Difference?

Work Gearz

What was initiated by railroad engineers as a committee to ensure better rail products, is now an international organization known for the development and publication of voluntary standards for products, materials, services, and systems. Hence, are quite important in the business world.

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15 Different Types of Cement and Their Uses

CivilJungle

Railroad and rail sleeper construction. Uses of Sulphate Resisting Cement: Sulfate Resisting Cement is a blended cement designed to improve the performance of concrete where the risk of sulfate attack may be present. Dam construction. Water pipe , reservoir, and electric duct construction. Irrigation ditch, filter construction.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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Aerospace/defense companies will find North Louisiana a business-friendly and low cost manufacturing environment. A combination of other factors provides an innovative environment for doing business in Louisiana. FLYING HIGH IN NORTH LOUISIANA. 12 percent of Tech’s engineering majors enter the aerospace/defense industry.