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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

The codes require FRTW to be tested for an additional 20-minute period, meaning the FRTW is challenged by fire for a total of 30 minutes: • During the first 10 minutes of the extended test, the distance of flame travel and rate at which the flame front advances are used to calculate the flame spread index (FSI). Type I: 111,484-m2 (1.2

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Grand Canyon hikes to the bottom: the natural wonder without the crowds

Construction Test

“Summer in Arizona, you said,” whines my travel companion. Jamie Lafferty travelled as a guest of Visit Arizona. American Airlines flies daily to Phoenix from Sydney and Melbourne via Los Angeles. The snow soon swaps to hail the size of peas, which rattles on our hoods like an intolerable upstairs neighbour.

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The Desert Comfort Idea Home: a True Desert Oasis

Pro Builder

But the Desert Comfort Idea Home , a high-performance, net-zero–energy custom home built in the Sonoran Desert north of Phoenix, the latest in a series of Idea Homes produced by Pro Builder , is very real … and it delivers all of the comforts a desert oasis promises.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. 1 home builder in terms of building permits and construction value and reaching the milestone, in 2019, of 20,000 homes sold (right). Photos: courtesy Ivory Homes.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

Business Facilities

All sites are within five miles of Interstate 80, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline travels east/west, which gives rail access to a bevy of manufacturers, agri-business and logistic companies alike. Highway 81, otherwise known as the Pan-American Expressway Corridor, allowing for travel in any direction.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Naval Air Facility in Goodyear, now known as Phoenix/Goodyear Airport, was designated as an MRZ. The business must obtain a direct-pay sales and use tax permit from the State of Arkansas. Expedited permitting; comprehensive plan amendments). In December 2002, the former U.S. ” For more information, please visit this link.

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