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Managing Moisture in Walls

Pro Builder

Managing Moisture in Walls. Building Envelope Solutions for Moisture ManagementBuilding Envelope Solutions for Moisture Management. Capillary action: When porous materials (wood, masonry, others) become saturated with moisture, the moisture will continue to travel through the material until it runs into an impenetrable barrier.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

Business Facilities

Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.

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Check Construction Vibration Impact Zone With Your Phone

Construction Equipment

The Travelers insurance company has introduced a new digital tool that can help contractors identify areas around a construction site that may be negatively affected by the ground vibrations caused by heavy equipment.

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How Permasteelisa Deploys Hands-free Construction Management

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Permasteelisa Group is a global leader in the engineering, project management, manufacturing, installation and after-sales service of advanced building facades, architectural envelopes, and interiors. . Travel times have been significantly reduced, keeping projects moving forward more efficiently.

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Airline business and first class pyjamas: Why travellers are obsessed with them

Construction Test

The comfort zone. Back in 2012 a pair of Aussie medicos travelling first class refused to fly aboard their Qantas flight from LA to Melbourne because the airline didn’t have their XL size. The post Airline business and first class pyjamas: Why travellers are obsessed with them appeared first on Construction Test Daily.

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Are Your Hotel General Contractors Checked In or Out?

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As the summer approaches and schools across the country will be taking an extended break, the busiest travel season of the year will begin. Smith Travel Research reports that U.S. Nationally, real spending on travel and tourism turned up in the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in 2013.

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Creating thoughtful tech workplace design

BD+C

We also realize that different departments within a tech company, and executives and managers, and staff within those departments, may have distinct needs and desires in mind. When we classify an organization by virtue of these work zones, we can produce a ratio of the spaces a client needs based on the data.

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