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Precast Concrete Lintels: The Ultimate Guide to Strength, Durability & Installation

UK Construction Blog

Key Takeaways Precast concrete lintels provide essential structural support above windows and doors, distributing weight evenly across surrounding walls whilst offering exceptional durability with lifespans exceeding 50 years. What Are Precast Concrete Lintels?

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Long-Term Maintenance Tips for Storm-Damaged Roofs

CCR Magazine

Research indicates that 70 percent of Florida homes had roofs that were ten years old or older when they faced destructive hurricane seasons in 2004-05. Buildings with roofs that are more than 20 years old receive claims that are between 50% to 100% more severe compared to those with recent roof installations. The good news?

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Lawful Development Certificates UK: Your Complete Guide to Planning Security

UK Construction Blog

LDCs don’t replace Building Regulations approval – you may need both to ensure your development is both lawfully permitted and safely constructed. Legal Status and Authority Lawful Development Certificates carry significant legal weight in the UK planning system.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability create credible construction cost estimate for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance (FSRM), and new build projects.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Planes and Wall Closure

Revit OpEd

Control Wall’s Material Return. A door or window family has the ability to control the return of materials (i.e. The exterior and interior materials can be controlled separately. A single door family is controlling the various conditions shown below. Builds and Updates. ► 2004. (2). Newer Post.

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Revit OpEd: Chameleon for Grasshopper and Revit

Revit OpEd

It offers a Curtain Grid Manager that controls both panels and grids now, offers a preview of the system as well as helping to distinguish between vertical and horizontal orientations. Builds and Updates. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership.

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A Giant That Is (Still) Creeping Through the Construction Industry: Digitization

Building Radar

In any case, this is certain: Digitization on the building site and in the offices for planning and administration must and will progress faster. Machine learning allows IT systems to improve themselves by independently “learning” from data using statistical methods. The idea of Building 4.0