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Best practices for applying commercial IGU glazing

Construction Specifier

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) has updated the IGMA TM-3000, North American Glazing Guidelines for Sealed Insulated Glass Units for Commercial and Residential Use, which can be used for this purpose. The document is all inclusive, addressing every aspect of glazing systems from soup to nuts.

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OSHA extends temporary fall protection measures again

Safety Services Company

30 it will once again will extend for three months its temporary enforcement measures in residential construction. This good faith reduction does not apply in cases of a fatality, catastrophe, or serious injury resulting from a fall during residential construction activities. This new extension pushes back the erxperation date to Dec.

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Winning Innovation Strategies for Plumbing Contractors

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This is especially true for commercial and residential construction sites, where plumbing contractors play an essential role between general and specialty contractors alike. It will also help to standardize documents, establish step-by-step workflows, and build in efficiencies in operations throughout each department.

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OSHA extends temporary fall protection measures a third time

Safety Services Company

12 it will extend for three months its temporary enforcement measures in residential construction. The temporary enforcement measures instruct OSHA inspectors who find residential roofers not complying with the new residential fall protection directive, but following the old directive (Plain Language Revision of OSHA Instruction STD 3.1,

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Quantity Take-offs by Construction Estimating Services can benefit Builders & General Contractors

Chianelli Estimating

Using the construction estimator’s take-off spreadsheets can also be a valuable guideline for checking quantities as a comparative analysis to ensure no missed items occur. Processing and formalizing Sub-Contract documents . Design-Build guideline costs . Residential – New – Single, Multi-Family & Complexes.

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

Stok

In this case, an energy model is used to document the savings of the aggregated energy performance of the design over the code baseline. Projects pursuing code compliance through the prescriptive method must document compliance of every energy system (envelope, lighting, HVAC, etc.) 3: (Re)focus on energy demand reduction.

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Common Types of Construction Contracts And Their Use

cnstrctr

A construction contract is a document that outlines the roles and responsibilities between two or more parties on a project. It is a legally binding document that the groups agree to at the start of a project and are held accountable to throughout. This type is often used by governments and in simple residential construction.