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Fenestration and glazing: Seismic performance specification considerations

Construction Specifier

This has shifted the discussion from general safety to a building’s functionality, serviceability, and operation after an event and moved the attention from being on the structure to the building’s occupants. These include columns, joists, purlins, load-bearing walls, floor slabs, and foundations.

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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. At these increased heights, total precast concrete structures become even more attractive in terms of cost savings and impact on delivery.

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Team Erects 460-Ft.-Tall Tower on Tight Manhattan Site

ENR Construction

Image courtesy of The Moinian Group July 21, 2025 Set to open early next year, the Moinian Group aims to offer a new spin on development in New York City’s historic Financial District with ARIA 7 Platt—a 38-story combined residential and hotel structure. An outrigger and belt system occurs at the 24th floor.

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Profile – Drone Manager Nick Ross

Granger Construction

Under Nick’s direction, flights increased from 113 in 2023 to 215 in 2024, with billable hours increasing from 46% to 76% in that one year. Utilizing an in-house drone service over the traditional tripod scanning system led to significant time and cost savings, as well as safety benefits.

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The three Ps of prefabricated EIFS: Preparation, production, placement

Construction Specifier

Babaian Photos and illustrations courtesy Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) In its most general form, exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) consist of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation board coated with a reinforced polymer-modified cementitious base coat and a polymer-based finish coat. By Alex Ardelean, Elizabeth V.

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Scitech Awarded Construction Contract for New HRPD-X Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire

UK Construction Blog

This instrument is a key research tool in understanding materials and uses neutrons to study their structure. It excels at observing the subtle structural changes that can have a huge impact on physical properties. A fully removable interlocking concrete mezzanine floor within the Instrument Hall. Installation of a 6.3-tonne

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Coordination Is Pivotal to ASU West Tempe Projects

ENR Construction

The largest currently under construction, the seven-story housing, dining and academic structure for students of the Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts, is a public-private partnership between American Campus Communities (ACC) and ASU. The predominantly concrete structure sits atop rammed aggregate piers and spread footings.