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Concrete Core Test | Concrete Core Test Procedure | Concrete Cores | Concrete Core Sample

Civiconcepts

What Is a Concrete Core Test? The Concrete Core Test Is required when concrete is hardened and laboratory cube test result shows negative result then to ensure the quality or … Concrete Core Test | Concrete Core Test Procedure | Concrete Cores | Concrete Core Sample Read More ».

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Solutions to Housing Affordability

Pro Builder

Solutions to Housing Affordability. ldeakins. Sun, 12/12/2021 - 08:00. If you’ve ever conducted a survey or hosted a focus group that allowed participants to freely voice their opinions, you know the risk that comes with that endeavor: a wildly disparate, mostly thoughtful, occasionally profane, and (almost) always insightful stew of comments that leaves you wishing you’d never asked the question in the first place.

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The Passive Solar Potential of Skylights

Natural Building

Research shows that, even in cloudy areas, a large chunk of our heating needs could be met with a few well-positioned (and well-managed) skylights. “I’ve been interested in passive solar heating for quite a number of years, but we live in a cloudy climate. And there has been a lot of skepticism about how well passive solar heating can work when you have a winter that’s dominated by cloud cover and rain,” said Alexandra Rempel, a building scientist in the Environmental Studies Program at the Univ

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Two Large-Footprint Buildings Brought Down by Dec. 10 Tornadoes

ENR Construction

Rescue operations end and recovery begins after twisters, uncommon for this month, swept through the Ohio River Valley, collapsing an Illinois Amazon distribution facility and a Kentucky candle factory.

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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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Essential Construction KPIs to Improve Profits and Productivity

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Why Construction Teams Should Be Tracking Way More Than Financials. How do you measure project success? For many of us, it’s easy to see financials as a leading indicator of performance. Is it over or under budget? And by how much? As owners and project executives usually are looking at high-level metrics, it’s easy for teams to get driven purely by the money.

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Maine Coastal Towns Join to Prevent Flooding Using Nature-based Methods

ENR Construction

Using soft, nature-based infrastructure, 11 communities on Casco Bay are joining to mitigate coastal flooding caused by the climate crisis.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

I am excited to be presenting a one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” Not just for lawyers, this Tuesday, December 14 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. Calculating net zero is ill defined, unregulated and complex. Businesses making a net zero claim like, “we will be net zero by 2030” risk a charge that they are misleading consumers.

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Eleven Maine Coastal Communities Join to Prevent Flooding Using Nature-based Methods

ENR Construction

Eleven Maine coastal communities on Casco Bay are joining to mitigate coastal flooding caused by the climate crisis using soft, nature-based infrastructure.

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Project Manager Workloads: How Much Is Enough?

Pro Builder

Project Manager Workloads: How Much Is Enough? ldeakins. Sun, 12/12/2021 - 12:54. How many houses can one field superintendent carry? Consider these 15 factors to sort it out. Scott Sedam. Last month, the same question came up in discussions with two different production builders on opposite sides of the country—and opposite ends of the building spectrum: “How many homes can a field superintendent carry?”.

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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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Two Large-Footprint Buildings Brought Down by Dec. 10 Tornado

ENR Construction

Rescue operations end and recovery begins after tornadoes uncommon for this month swept through the Ohio River Valley.

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