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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

Before you bring in the demo crew, have a team of structural engineers help you find opportunities to save time, money and headaches. Your structural engineers may find that the existing bones present you with a lot of opportunities. Updating what you have is going to cost less, be more sustainable and come online faster.

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

BD+C

8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:22 Sustainability Stantec's Brett Lambert, Principal of Architecture and Passive House Certified Consultant, uses the Northland Newton Development project to guide designers with eight tips for designing multifamily passive house projects.

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Industrialized Construction Bridges the Gap Between Traditional and Future Building – Q&A with Salla Eckhardt

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As SVP of Commercial Markets, Salla uses her expertise to advance the use of technology in the commercial sector to transform the built environment.  Originally from Finland, Salla holds a master’s in architecture and structural engineering. Everything that is a physical output is intentional.

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Industrialized Construction Bridges the Gap Between Traditional and Future Building – Q&A with Salla Eckardt

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As SVP of Commercial Markets, Salla uses her expertise to advance the use of technology in the commercial sector to transform the built environment.  Originally from Finland, Salla holds a master’s in architecture and structural engineering. Everything that is a physical output is intentional.

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New Civil Engineering Technology 2022

CivilJungle

The device upgrades and promotes the sustainability of road innovation in construction. It delivers data information for urban, sustainability , energy, and, works design planning in conjunction with many smart cities Sea platforms such as City zenith. Civil Structures. Sustainable Building Materials. 3D Modelling.

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How to set up windows in concrete wall

Construction Cost Estimating

The work should be carried out in a perfect manner based on the relevant codes other than taking suggestions of a structural engineer so that the loads can be transmitted perfectly over the window throughout making opening, erection of lintels, and window installations. Sometimes, L-shaped steel beam may be applied as a lintel.

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Race to the Top

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

As founder and chairman of an enterprise known as Broad Sustainable Building, he specialized in manufacturing industrial air-conditioning units. Then the prefabricated unit is quickly slipped into the rising tower and secured into place. Two years ago, Zhang Yue was an obscure businessman in China’s Hunan province.