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Digging deep: Deep foundation design challenges

GCP Applied Technologies

Digging deep: Deep foundation design challenges. With space at a premium in many urban areas, developers are digging deeper foundations to increase the square footage of residential, commercial, and mixed-use building projects. In other cases, a deep foundation may be needed due to large design loads or poor soil at shallow depths.

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Digging Deeper Foundations = More Water Infiltration Challenges

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Digging Deeper Foundations = More Water Infiltration Challenges Phillip.fry@gc… Fri, 01/20/2023 - 15:21 How to mitigate the risk with proven below-grade waterproofing solutions GCP Applied Technologies January 20, 2023 Specifying proven below-ground waterproofing during the design phase is critical.

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Merit Office/Retail/Mixed-Use - The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

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Nashville’s $9-million, 18,500-sq-ft, two-story office building for the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is a 99% mass timber building that connects Middle Tennessee’s leading charities to funding and nonprofit support.

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Retail Construction: 3 Construction Cost-Savings Tips for De-malling a Shopping Mall

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For those familiar with Chicago retail construction , think back a couple of years to when the dated Orland Park Place interior mall underwent construction and turned itself inside out to became one of the area’s most successful outdoor shopping centers. The base structure – no need to pour a new foundation.

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Apartments outperform office, retail, industrial properties: NMHC research

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Apartments outperform other commercial real estate property types, on both a risk-adjusted and unadjusted basis, regardless of holding period, geographic region, metro size, and growth rate according to new research from the National Multifamily Housing Council Research Foundation. .

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Tony Mazzo: Masterminding the Complex 30-ft Lift of a Broadway Theater in New York City

ENR Construction

When the project team for TSX Broadway—a partial demolition and significant renovation and rebuild of a theater district tower in New York City—wanted to perform a truly challenging feat of engineering, it called in Tony Mazzo at Urban Foundation/Engineering.

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11 Advantages Of Fabric Buildings

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They’re advantageous for industrial, commercial, and retail uses too. Besides, they don’t need concrete for their foundation, which lets you save on high energy usage and costs that usually come with traditional construction. . Fabric buildings are beneficial for a number of purposes, such as agriculture and retail. Conclusion.