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Augmented Reality Now: How 3D Visualization is Changing the Construction Industry

Carol Hagen

With the advent of all of these technologies put together into portable devices like the iPhone and iPad, not to mention Android based solutions like the Galaxy class phones and new Galaxy Tab, data now meets visualization in a way never imagined.

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Can You Get Electrocuted Wearing Latex Gloves?

Work Gearz

When dealing with jobs involving electricity, we must constantly exercise extreme caution. Whether we are using equipment and machinery on the job site or repairing any electrical system at home, it is important to wear appropriate protection during the process. . But not all gloves are appropriate to work with electricity.

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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building

Wolgast Corporation

Our schematic plan offers enough information to visualize the placement of the building on the chosen property, the layout of rooms, and verification that the plan will work within municipal requirements. Often this phase results in a go/no-go decision without a large investment by the client.

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FDRsafety’s Client, National Steel City, LLC Reduced or Eliminated Welding Fume Exposure and Improved Employee Comfort

FDR Safety

The result – use a welding helmet that combines a ventilation system and meets all the personal protective equipment and other OSHA respiratory protection requirements. This welding helmet has an electric system management (ESM), which monitors air flow with heads-up visual and audible alarms for low flow, battery and filter life.

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Metal column solutions: structural elements with versatility

Construction Specifier

Equipping designers with column solutions that simultaneously meet design standards and building requirements enhance project outcomes. Available in various shapes and sizes, unique covers transform basic structural columns by creating dynamic visuals which echo the environment’s architecture and stand out as design features.

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Considerations for using aluminum-framed interior wall systems

Construction Specifier

Using interior aluminum framing systems with glazing inserts provides physical separation, while maintaining visual connections. Tinted and translucent glazing, or dynamic glazing that switches from clear to tinted, balances transparency with a degree of visual privacy. Interior entrance systems.

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Facilities Management Key Performance Indicators

Job Order Contracting

2) Visual comfort (e.g. 13) Equipment replacement value (ERV). (14) 21) Cost of equipment added or replaced. (22) 28) Total rentable value of the building Task and equipment related. (29) 53) Failure/breakdown frequency (number of equipment faults per month or per year). (54) 2) Visual comfort (e.g.