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AI fuels data center demand: Can precast concrete keep up?

Construction Specifier

Precast concrete is a desirable material for these buildings for a variety of reasons, whether used for walls, floors, and roof panels in a total precast structure or as an enclosure system. Goldman Sach found that one ChatGPT query needs 10 times as much electricity as a Google search.

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Feltham mobilises for Reading theatre works

The Construction Index

Seating can be removed to create a standing space for 300 people, and there will be a gallery with more seating on the first floor. Galliford Try advances its EV charging ambitions 21 hours Galliford Try is expanding its digital infrastructure portfolio with electric vehicle charging stations.

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Morgan Sindall to build Bishop Auckland leisure centre

The Construction Index

The new Bishop Auckland leisure centre will have a 25-metre, six-lane main pool and a 20-metre four-lane teaching pool with moveable floors, as well as a large gym, two exercise studios and an adventure play area for children. The new centre replaces Woodhouse Leisure Complex in Bishop Auckland, which dates back to the early 1970s.

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Off-Grid Monolithic Cob House

Natural Building

It has a 1-kilowatt solar power system and a backup generator for electricity, a propane radiant in-floor heating system and a Rumford fireplace for heat, and a constructed wetland for natural wastewater treatment. The Stoltz Bluff Eco-Retreat is a monolithic cob house that’s completely off-grid.

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How to Decrease Commercial Construction Costs by Reusing the Right Items

HardHatChat

When converting a grocery story into the new headquarters of Englewood Construction, many existing materials were reused, including this concrete floor, which received a face lift with a new stain. In the fall of 2010 we moved into our new, bigger, brighter and more energy efficient headquarters in downtown Lemont , Ill.,

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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

This ambitious project–owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT)–is intended to create a direct connection between Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and 6th of October City via a two-line rapid transit system. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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Revit OpEd: Measure Between Two References

Revit OpEd

Not much of a catch but there is no equivalent floor in this case. If there was a floor there Id just check the properties of the floor. you could sketch your own a floor around the perimeter pretty quickly. For my money, Id probably favor a floor. Steve - Have you considered mass floors? ► 2010.