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Modular textile lightweight construction: The future of resilient and sustainable stadiums

Construction Specifier

If repairs or replacements are needed, the structure remains intact while only the fabric is replaced. By preserving the main structure and allowing for seamless fabric replacement, these solutions offer significant cost savings for future modifications. This enables a swift resolution for maintenance, color updates, or design changes.

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Bright ideas ahead: The skylight edge

Construction Specifier

Well-designed skylights can take maximum advantage of solar heat gain co-efficient (SHGC) in winter to reduce energy consumption, as well as reduce lighting heat load on cooling systems in summer. However, the very nature of a skylight—being a penetration through the roof—introduces a potential vulnerability: water leakage.

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Henley to lead Leeds mill restoration

The Construction Index

The goal is to future-proof the structure of the building while retaining its architectural character. Structural reinforcement will use bespoke stainless-steel components fabricated by HZS Stainless Steel , integrating seamlessly with original timber, masonry, and concrete to ensure the building’s long-term stability.

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Liquid vs Air: How Liquid Cooling Reduces AI Data Center Carbon Emissions

Stok

AI touches every corner of our lives—from streaming your favorite show, to suggesting that funny meme, to protecting your home via your security system. data center electricity use from less than 2% of the grid in 2018 to projections as high as 12% by 2028. Despite all these benefits, AI has one big problem: heat.

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Lack of clarity weighs on timber frame sector

The Construction Index

Muir Timber Systems recently secured a contract with SIM Building Group for 22 affordable homes at Whitehill Court in East Dunbartonshire A survey of more than 80 UK timber frame manufacturers that build homes and schools reveals “a sector with growing pressure on its shoulders and diminishing clarity about how to meet it”, according to its authors.

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Styrofoam’s Promise for Hurricane-Proof Homes

The Pro Builder

Vero Building Systems , a building materials manufacturing company, has begun production of its lightweight structural concrete insulated panels (SCIP). The SCIP system is composed of three main materials: steel, concrete, and expanded polystyrene (or, styrofoam). This is where the heart of the company lies.

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Waterproof tanking techniques

GCP Applied Technologies

Thu, 06/07/2018 - 15:10. June 07, 2018. Tanking – also referred to as below grade waterproofing – involves the application of a waterproofing barrier to the walls, the base slab and in some cases to the roof of the below grade structure. Are there resources to maintain the waterproofing system? Phillip.fry@gc….