Oregon’s Civic Park achieves structural and cost efficiency with pre-engineered steel system Oregon’s new Civic Park’s field house is built on a pre-engineered steel structure—meeting the cost requirements of the project’s tight budget and providing the needed structural resilience. The post Oregon’s Civic Park achieves structural and cost efficiency with pre-engineered steel system appeared first …
Sustainably built environments: specifying low-carbon concrete With buildings accounting for nearly 40 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), it is understandable why such an immense focus is being placed on them in the quest to achieve net-zero emission targets by 2050. The post Sustainably built …
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San Antonio mass timber building dramatically reduces emissions and energy use Architecture firm Lake Flato has designed a building in Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, to reduce its environmental impact and increase its energy efficiency through passive and active system strategies, such as the use of mass timber as the primary structural material, and the …
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Innovative firestopping solutions for building joints HotRod XL is a fire-rated wall mount deflection bead that provides 1- and 2-hour fire-ratings for both dynamic and static joints for fluted deck and concrete assemblies The post Innovative firestopping solutions for building joints appeared first on Construction Specifier. See Original Article Concrete association rewards safety, grants CIM …
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California college’s new building to feature a Jenga-like design Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has broken ground on Claremont Mckenna College’s Robert Day Sciences Center, which is designed in a stacked, Jenga-like format in an open, column-free layout. The post California college’s new building to feature a Jenga-like design appeared first on Construction Specifier. See Original …
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Meeting sustainability goals: designing and specifying architectural zinc roofing Zinc, a proven, natural construction material, is extremely long-lasting and requires minimal maintenance. Throughout its long lifetime, its dynamic aesthetic evolves as the zinc material’s patina is influenced by the project location’s unique climate and protects this ecologically friendly material for many generations. The post Meeting …
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