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New Wall System Brings Peace of Mind to Massachusetts Homeowner

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New Wall System Brings Peace of Mind to Massachusetts Homeowner. When a homeowner began noticing water damage on the gables at the front of his Massachusetts house, they reached out to remodeler Yuk Slyvka, owner of Plum ProExteriors. kcichowicz. Fri, 11/12/2021 - 11:58. Case Study Image.

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Video: Solar-Powered Robot Constructs Big Buildings on Demand

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab has posted a video of its Digital Construction Platform (DCP) which is designed to fabricate large scale architectural forms on-site in real time.

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Specialty Construction Best Project - Anthony Gromley Sculpture Feabrication & Installation

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Fabricating a sculpture by British artist Antony Gormley for installation in a stairwell at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s mathematics building was no easy task for Summit Metal Fabricators (SMF).

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Float-In of MassDOT Span Sails, But Delay Dispute Lingers

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The Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation and a contracting team are in discussions regarding fabrication issues that caused a two-year delay in the completion of a key crossing. between Quincy and Weymouth.

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Selecting anchor clips for metal cladding

Construction Specifier

Figure 1: Coated aluminum fin assemblies mounted to a concrete parking structure in Southwest Boston, Massachusetts. Components that are fabricated from stock-pre-coated sections will have exposed, uncoated edges or metal-to-metal contact surfaces that could be unprotected. Proper material selection.

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Glass fiber textile

Construction Specifier

Glass fabric-clad walls have numerous performance characteristics which make them an improvement over bare drywall, and they are available in a broad range of engaging aesthetic options that go far beyond smooth. Walls and ceilings are finished and ready to paint faster. It has only recently emerged in the U.S.

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Are you a contractor, looking for work?

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So if you follow this blog at all, you know we are planning and designing a new home for ourselves to be built in southeastern Massachusetts (AKA the South Shore). We're still not sure what the foundation will be (we've looked closely at ICF's). One might call this a " hybrid " approach to prefabrication (don't miss a very good rebuttle ).