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Berkeley chief to become executive chair

The Construction Index

Rob Perrins, a chartered accountant, has been with Berkeley since 1994, joining the board as finance director in 2001. For Berkeley, build costs have remained stable over the course of the year,” he said. “The As founder Tony Pidgleys protégé, Perrins succeeded him as chief executive in 2009. Revenue of £2,486.5m

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Test for Compressive Strength of Brick | Water Absorption | Dimensions Test

CivilJungle

One of the oldest building material in construction line brick continues to be the most popular and leading construction material because of durable, being cheap, and easy to handle and work with. Clay bricks are used for building-up interior and exterior walls, partitions, piers, footings, and other load-bearing structures.

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New HTML Email Template language in MailChimp v4.3.

Construction Dive

There will be lots of hidden awesomeness, but the major new feature that our customers will notice right away is the ability to upload your own HTML email code, then save it as an editable template inside our app. I logged a support call last week about saving my own custom code as a template. I’m just a talking head.

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Rammed Earth for a Sustainable Future in Nepal

Natural Building

Narayan Acharya builds eco-friendly buildings in Nepal through his startup named Sustainable Future. His company has already constructed over 50 buildings. “We We use rammed earth technology to construct the buildings. But, we had to mix the cement in our construction as the building code of Nepal says so. “But,

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New Developments for 179D Energy Efficiency Tax Incentive

Viewpoint Construction Technology

In February of this year, Congress passed a budget that included a one-year extension of the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction, Section 179D , making it available to architects, engineers, and contractors for building projects completed in 2017. per square foot. How to Secure Your Deduction. Kevin Sullivan is P.E.,

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Why Homes in High-Wind Regions Need a Structural “Seat Belt”

Strong Tie

She joined the company in 2001 as a retail specialist, and she quickly became well versed in high-wind products since they made up the top 20 products in her region. It’s part of a building process known as “ continuous load path,” which connects the foundation to the framing to the roof.

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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) And The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Release New Guideline Standard For Building Collapse Mitigation

Bylt News

United States of America – In the United States, buildings are constructed to withstand the usual occurrence of rain, wind, snow, and earthquakes. The abnormal events of gas explosions, vehicle impacts, and uncontrolled building fires are not usually considered by architectures and engineers. The Alfred P. Don” Dusenberry, P.E.,