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Design Procedure of Reinforced Concrete T-beam with Example

The Constructor

T-beams are formed when reinforced concrete floor slabs, roofs, and decks are cast monolithically with their supporting beams. Generally, formworks.

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What is LEAN Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a choice. It’s a proactive decision to implement and continuously improve upon integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery, with a focus upon best value for all participants and stockholders. LEAN JOC is proven to support the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget.

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How to Estimate Preliminary Sizes of Concrete Elements?

The Constructor

Estimation of preliminary sizes of concrete elements is crucial for the design of structural concrete elements. Initially, the designer has to.

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Optimizing Job Order Contacting

Job Order Contracting

The majority of organizations using job order contracting (JOC) do not have an an understanding its full potential. There is significant lack of understanding of how to successfully apply lean principles, process, and tools which negatively impacts earned value. Innovative solutions are available to overcome these barriers and enable best value construction planning, procurement, and project delivery for all participants and stakeholders.

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Get There Florida: The Sunshine State’s New Workforce Education Initiative

Business Facilities

Get There Florida is a new workforce education initiative aimed at raising awareness of short-term but high-value career and technical education programs. - Read: Get There Florida: The Sunshine State’s New Workforce Education Initiative at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Kentucky Announces Repair Timeline for Burnt Bridge

ENR Construction

Brent Spence Bridge expected to reopen Dec. 23.

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What is LEAN Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a choice. It’s a proactive decision to implement and continuously improve upon integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery, with a focus upon best value for all participants and stockholders. LEAN JOC is proven to support the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget.

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What Is Foundation | What Is Purpose of Providing Foundation | Types of Foundation

CivilJungle

Foundation in Civil Engineering. In engineering , a foundation is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground and transfers loads from the structure to the ground. Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics ( Geotechnical engineering ) in the design of foundation elements of structures. What Is Foundation?

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COVID-19 Liability for Building Owners

Green Building Law Update

With Covid-19 spreading across the U.S. and some places reclosing in reaction to the new surge, considered against a backdrop of more than 2,000 new statutes, regulations and executive orders addressing the pandemic that have been enacted in a matter of months, many commercial real estate owners are questioning if they can be liable for damages when someone, whether an employee of a business tenant or someone else, claims to have contracted the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) at their building?

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Optimize Operational Processes With an Industry-Specific ERP

As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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What Is Pitched Roof | Types of Pitched Roof | Advantages of Pitched Roof

CivilJungle

Instruction of Pitched Roof. From the beginning of civilization, roofs are one of the essential structural components, necessary for building construction. Roofs protect the building structure and the inhabitants from adverse atmospheric and exposure condition and also to enable privacy to its inhabitants. The design and construction of a roof necessitate the consideration of several design factors among which, the element of drainage holds the most crucial role.