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

UK Construction Blog

Each type offers unique characteristics suited to specific applications in masonry support systems. Their enhanced design accommodates heavier masonry loads, uniformly distributed timber floor loads, concrete floor weights, attic truss loads, and point loads from compound trusses or steel beams.

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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Enormous Complexity Under a Veil of Simplicity

ENR Construction

LACMA CEO Michael Govan first thought of working with Zumthor around 2006. These four buildings were taken down, but there wasn’t enough site area to get all the floor area on this portion. acre site, the museum features a single level exhibition floor that presents all art on the same level with no hierarchy. “I

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Managing moisture in construction: Effective strategies for durable roofing systems

Construction Specifier

By Chadwick Collins Photo and illustrations courtesy Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI) An often-overlooked issue during new construction or a commercial renovation project is the addition of unwanted moisture into the structure. Typically, water vapor or moisture movement—called diffusion—travels from warm humid (i.e.

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Revit OpEd: Finish and Cancel Inequity

Revit OpEd

He mentioned the inconsistency between the way some elements that are sketch based are finished and the way shape editing for floors and roofs finish. Floor, roof, stair or ramp Sketch Creation = Finish and Cancel. Floor or roof Shape Editing = Accidentally hitting the escape key and getting kicked out of it.

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Revit OpEd: Layer Function Setting

Revit OpEd

System families have a Function setting. Thats true for Walls, Floor, Roofs and Ceilings. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14). ► October 2006. (5). ► September 2006. (10). ► August 2006. (8). ► July 2006. (6).

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Revit OpEd: Wishlist - Families and Hide at Scales Coarser Than

Revit OpEd

It makes it easier to keep certain sections (details/wall sections) and elevations (interior) off of overall floor plan views for example. Related to this is the notion that there are representations that wed like to control for floor plan orientation and offer a different appear for the reflected ceiling plan (RCP) version.

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Revit OpEd: Two Minutes with Beams and Columns

Revit OpEd

Check out [link] Using this same functionality but in conjunction with slab/roof shape edit. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14). ► October 2006. (5). ► September 2006. (10). ► August 2006. (8). ► July 2006. (6).