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Covering it all: Investigating lightweight cladding

Construction Specifier

The multifamily building, Houston House, in East Village, New York, features lightwieght cladding by Sto Corp. With lightweight cladding alternatives such as resin-cast brick, construction stakeholders can achieve the look of masonry, but in a much lighter-weight solution that takes a fraction of the energy to fabricate.

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Inexpensive Natural Gas Boost Manufacturing Jobs, Economy In U.S. Metro Areas

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

” The report provides employment and sales growth from 2010 to 2012 for nine manufacturing industries including fabricated metals, machinery, and plastics that are energy intensive. increase in employment (2011-2012) in steel, iron, fabricated materials and machinery manufacturing in metro areas. within metro areas. percent.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

Houston, and Phoenix by 2024. . that includes a design center, coworking, and event space and also houses a Maker Playground with the opportunity to experience woodworking, 3D printing, metal fabrication, and other trade skills. Launched in 2020, Hub & Spoke is a mixed-use development in Fishers, Ind.,

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10 spaces that are no longer optional to create a great workplace

BD+C

Maker Spaces vary depending upon the industry, but can range from robotic labs like Intel’s Innovation Lab in Costa Rica to the Ion Prototyping Lab (IPL) in Houston, which is an open experimentation area for anyone with a great idea. They can be outfitted with 3D printers, fabrication equipment, or even small batch manufacturing tools.

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Security, sustainability among priorities at nation's largest engineering firms

BD+C

Major new developments at engineering and engineering/architecture firms in 2017-18: BURNS & MCDONNELL strengthened its direct-hire construction offering with the acquisition of two specialty contractors: AZCO, a full-service industrial constructor and pipe and metal fabricator based in Appleton, Wis.;

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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA

CivilJungle

It has headquartered in the energy corridor area of Houston Texas. The gorgon phase 2 Subsea manifolds fabrication project. It is a multinational engineering procurement construction and installation company. The company was founded in East Texas by Ralph Thomas McDermott. The company was founded in the year 1923.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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1000 pound thrust; and Investments into new local capabilities including design, fabrication, and remote hot fire test capabilities for “Green” propulsion systems. Austin, TX tops the list, followed by El Paso, McCallen and Houston. San Antonio appears in sixth place while Dallas grabbed eighth. “It

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