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A career in plumbing can lead to many paths | Sustainably Speaking

Contractor Magazine

Remodeling. Home > Blogs > Sustainably Speaking > A career in plumbing can lead to many paths. Sustainably Speaking. by Candace Roulo in Sustainably Speaking. Whats Sustainably Speaking? HPAC Engineering. Fire Protection Engineering. Pipefitting. Piping Contractor. Radiant Heating.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: HyperAdobe

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Manufacturer Innovation Means Plenty of Siding Options for Builders

Pro Builder

At the 2019 International Builders’ Show, LP Building Solutions expanded its portfolio of engineered wood siding products to include SmartSide Smooth. Pura NFC is a line of engineered high-pressure laminate panels made from wood-based fibers, kraft paper, and phenolic resins. Sustainable softwood siding.

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Recycling Building Materials

Natural Building

Image from NY Engineers. If a building can’t be remodeled or reused, how can we transform its materials and give them a new life that will help reduce what we pile into landfills? Current projections show that material extraction will triple over the next three decades, and also triple the waste production by the end of this century.

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8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Fieldwire

For example, focusing on green projects in your county where recycled and carbon-neutral materials are paramount can make you the local authority in sustainability. General contractors can review all available construction documents or the bill of quantities the property owner or project engineer prepared. On average, remodelers net 4.7%

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2020 Pro Builder Top 100 Products

Pro Builder

Subflooring / Huber Engineered Woods . AdvanTech subflooring uses high-density engineered wood to create strong, stiff panels. Subfloor Adhesive / Huber Engineered Woods. Roof and Wall System / Huber Engineered Woods. Structural Panel / Huber Engineered Woods. Advertisement. . Structural / Insulation / Housewrap.

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The 40 Best Construction Podcasts

Lets Build

Created by contractors, craftspeople and owners with social responsibility and sustainability in mind. A team of construction lawyers provides knowledge about different legal issues in the construction industry such as construction and engineering contracts, mechanics’ liens, insurance. Modular Podcasts. The lazy project manager.