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Bring on digital, online building permits!

DebunkTheBIM

The ‘honesty’ of the information model. A consultant may produce hundreds of sheets of drawings to justify their fees and/or pad the set up to cover for lack of competency in drafting staff. Assessing documents for permits seems to be another status quo that cannot be improved. Bring on digital, online building permits.

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No Free Warranty: Connecticut Court Adopts Correction or Repair Test

Constructlaw

ALS’s subcontract permitted the DOT to hold back 60% of its payments to assure ALS would warranty the work, which ALS did with site checks performed between June 2019 and May 2020. Drafting subcontracts appropriately can give both developers and subcontractors greater security and reliability of outcome.

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Cob on Wood Homeless Community in Oakland, California

Natural Building

The organizers don’t have permits from the city, nor do they have permission to be there from Caltrans, which owns the land and has a long history of removing encampments along highways and in other areas it manages. But like all make-shift structures in an unsanctioned encampment, the cabins could be bulldozed at any moment.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

This article contains a strong, generic model specification in standard CSI format for FRTW that will help specifiers: • Identify the critical code requirements for FRTW; and. • The following sections correspond to those used in the model FRTW specification. The test consists of a 7.6-m m (24-ft) long by 508-mm (20-in.) wide specimen.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. The work was labor-intensive at the time—everything was hand-drawn on drafting boards—and everyone still wore white shirts and ties. He even built a model of the factory and took it with him on a plane to present to Stella D’oro in New York. .

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7 Best Construction Work Jacket

Work Gearz

And for those, like many construction professionals that work outdoors, many new work jacket models are weatherized to resist rain, snow, wind, and very cold temperatures. The lining is 100%nylon ad a stand-up collar will protect your neck from drafts. New fibers and materials now resist tearing, abrasion, punctures, and liquids.

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Revit 2017 - New Features and Enhancements

Revit OpEd

It applies to model elements, and graphic display effects, such as shadows and sketchy lines. You can select draft or production quality. When you upgrade a model, the rendering settings that were specified for the NVIDIA mental ray engine are mapped as closely to the appropriate settings for the new engine as possible.

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