Sat.Nov 30, 2019

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What is the Global Information System (GIS)?

The Constructor

GIS is a computer-based information system that performs the activities of capturing, storing, manipulating, analyzing and displaying both spatial.

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Prefabricated Earthen Walls

Natural Building

A couple of days ago this was posted on our bulletin board: “Greetings Earth-builder Aficionados, You’ll be glad to hear that I have invented patent-pending technology to make prefab earth walls, which I sincerely believe will revolutionize our built environment from production to construction to operation. As I’m sure you all know, earth is the most eco-friendly building material, but earth building is very labor-intensive and thus, quite expensive in the Western World.

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10 Causes of Earthquake Damages in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings

The Constructor

There are several weaknesses that may cause the failure of unreinforced masonry structure during earthquakes. These weaknesses are design and.

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Work Plane Based Families and Rotate w Copy

Revit OpEd

I participated in a thread at Autodesk's Revit forum and it took me far too long to catch on to the issue described at the outset. I should have retraced the thread sooner, but I did get there eventually. I'm referring to the Rotate tool and its Copy option, this. The issue boils down to this: the Rotate with Copy option works/affects a Work Plane-Based (and face-based) family differently than when a family is merely hosted by a Level (all non "based" families).

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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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What Is Quick Setting Cement | Uses of Quick Setting Cement

CivilJungle

What Is Quick Setting Cement? Quick setting cement is one of the types of cement. This cement setting time very high like initially set in 5 mins and the final set is achieved in 30 mins, and ordinary cement initially set in 30 mins, and the final set is achieved in 24 hours, so we […].