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2023 BALA Winners: The Best of the Best

The Pro Builder

A low-slung front façade includes a “concealed” garage and uses a combination of handmade bricks and traditional Japanese shou sugi ban siding, both of which also appear on select interior walls. The stair sits between a handmade brick wall and a wall of shou sugi ban siding like those on the exterior.

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TAT Revitalizes Derelict Office Building in Springfield, Mass.

CCR Magazine

Once a premier office building and later serving as a major regional hotel and theater, the historic structure sat vacant and derelict for three decades at a prominent location in downtown Springfield. s Court Square neighborhood and setting the stage for the city’s long-term economic growth.

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Renovate or Extend? How to Choose the Right Home Improvement for Your Budget & Needs

UK Construction Blog

This ranges from creating open-plan living areas by removing walls to converting underutilised spaces like lofts into functional rooms. Preservation of Character : Renovation allows you to maintain the historical significance and unique charm of your property.

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Renovating A Heritage Building

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A heritage building is any structure of sufficient age that it retains some historical value within the city. A heritage building doesn’t need to be 100 years old, but it should have some form of historical value. Buildings as recent as the 70s, 80s and 90s can have historical value and can be considered heritage.

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Creative water management

Construction Specifier

Water traces below an intermediate horizontal curtain wall framing member indicates past glazing leakage. Water leakage through the facade primarily occurred at horizontal bands of curtain walls, which consisted of two-sided structural silicone glazed (SSG) aluminum framed assemblies with insulating glazing units (IGUs).

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Failures: Beware of condensation in the attic

Construction Specifier

In typical residential construction, it has been common for decades to provide thermal protection at the top of the structure by insulating the top-floor ceiling. To meet energy code requirements, batt insulation is placed atop the gypsum board ceiling. If provided at all, the vapor barrier beneath the trusses is rarely airtight.

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Unlocking the Efficiency: How Soft Strip Demolition Streamlines Renovation Projects

UK Construction Blog

Key Takeaways Soft strip demolition is a careful process of removing non-structural elements from buildings, prepping for renovation or demolition while preserving structural integrity and allowing potential reuse of materials. The soft stripping does not stop at visible fixtures.