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Rainscreen walls: An updated definition for today’s construction environment

Construction Specifier

In 1990, Madeleine Rousseau, a well-respected research officer at National Research Council Canada (NRC) described a controversy over the difference between a drained cavity wall and a rainscreen wall (read “Facts and Fictions of Rain Screen Walls” by Madeleine Z. Consider some historical interpretations of a rainscreen wall.

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Stok Draws Senior Leadership Additions to Rapidly Expanding Team

Stok

Emmy and Adam are based out of Stok’s Denver office and will service clients across localities. This growing team partners with people and organizations across North America to co-create radically better environments that enhance occupant wellbeing and drive successful business outcomes.

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stok Draws Senior Leadership Additions to Rapidly Expanding Team

Stok

Emmy and Adam are based out of stok’s Denver office and will service clients across localities. This growing team partners with people and organizations across North America to co-create radically better environments that enhance occupant wellbeing and drive successful business outcomes.

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Redefining Construction Document Management

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Once building begins, plans, specs and drawings are tweaked as efficiencies are noted, errors are corrected or work gets completed throughout the process. Paper has been the traditional format for plans, specs and drawings in construction. Dealing with paper plans and drawings in the field can be a hassle.

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The Evolving Virtual Office

Pro Builder

The Evolving Virtual Office. The phrase “Virtual Office” has a much different ring and connotation to it now than it did just a few months ago. Has anyone else noticed that everyone seems to be nesting in their makeshift home offices these days? . Mon, 11/09/2020 - 13:54. WiFi range and devices in my house. . jump to 5:00.

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Streamlining Construction Workflows: Hodari Africa  Excels with Autodesk Build

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With offices in Cape Town, Hilton, Johannesburg, Mauritius and Nairobi, Hodari’s growth directly results from accelerated change across the built environment. The project involved the construction of 27,500m² commercial office space, and comprises of two office towers, two basements, commercial units and over 600 car parking spaces.

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QA and QC in Construction

Fieldwire

The Request for Information, or RFI, process on most construction projects is the ongoing, often a daily routine of asking a question and getting an answer about something on the construction drawings. And who has time to sort through all those Q&A’s as they come into the office to figure out what pertains to us? Watch Course