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

ENR Construction

LACMA locked in its long-term debt cost in November 2020. The building can move 5 ft laterally in any direction thanks to a state-of-the-art seismic protection system with 56 base isolators. A custom glazing system features structural dampers, continuous 28-ft glass panels and extruded bronze mullions.

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The New American Home 2024: Modern Features, Timeless Comfort

The Pro Builder

It includes an owner’s bedroom on the opposite end of the rear elevation that fully embraces the valley, and walls of glass at the home’s entry and along the back of the house that showcase a through-view to the lights of Las Vegas and the mountain range beyond. Project specs: The New American Home 2024 Location: Ascaya , Henderson, Nev. “I

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Top trends in the construction industry 2020 How will the construction industry develop in 2020? We have studied and evaluated numerous sources – discover with us the most important trends and developments in the construction industry in 2020. ERP and CRM systems: How to make better use of data resources 3.

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Ready mix concrete life cycle

GCP Applied Technologies

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 19:28. March 03, 2020. Will we face a shortage of fly ash as regions shift away from coal-fired power plants? Fortunately, there are measures you can take to protect against these problems … more. Ready mix concrete life cycle. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies. How expensive will it be?

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

Stok

Coverage of fires blazing in unprecedented proportions in the Amazon forests of Brazil has ignited a discussion around the importance of government policies to drive widescale climate change mitigation. How to approach compliance. For example, LEED v4 refers to ASHRAE standard 90.1-2010 What to expect from future building energy codes.

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$80.5M Queens Borough Hall Garage: NYC’s First Design-Build

CCR Magazine

Other project team members included environmental, geotechnical and civil engineer Matrix New World Engineering; mechanical and electrical engineer Jaros, Baum & Bolles/Lightbox Studios; and plumbing, fire protection and fire alarm engineer JFK&M Consulting Group. Unistress Corporation fabricated the precast system.