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August 11,2010Apparently, even building information modeling is bigger in Texas. The Texas Facilities Commission announced last month that it is requiring a BIM model for all state design and construction projects. The agency oversees all real estate development for the Lone Star State, including state buildings and all state-run university systems.
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August 11,2010Two locations of an Austin, Texas, credit union are protected by a suite of security and fire-protection products including pull stations, a burglar/fire-alarm system, two-wire smoke detectors and a fire thermostat in the night drop safe.
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August 11,2010Mergers and acquisitions. Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer , a multidisciplined, Milwaukee-based engineering firm, has acquired Beer Gorski , a structural engineer in Chicago. Owners Paul Gorski, Howard Graff and John Dasoqi are now principals of the merged firm.Baltimore-based Hughes Associates Inc. has acquired an interest in Industrial Loss Control, a fire engineering company based in Milan, Italy.
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August 11,2010Thick polypropylene panels are molded with scallop or shingle shapes to lend old-world profiles to new-world projects requiring the appearance of wood siding. To enhance the illusion, a woodgrain pattern is added to the underside of the panels and between shingles, and seam overlap is meticulously avoided. Interlocking fingers ease installation.Georgia-Pacific. Circle 211
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August 11,2010Cast a thin brick façade into precast or tilt-up concrete panels by simply snapping plastic holders together on the panel surface, pouring concrete over the brick assembly and stripping the snaps from the face once the concrete is dry and the panel is erected.
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August 11,2010• New York-based architect Perkins Eastman has opened an office in Boston to accommodate increased business in the New England region. The new office will be headed by principal John R.A. Pears, RIBA, and associate principal Jana G. Silsby, AIA. Both recently joined Perkins Eastman from Steffian Bradley Architects, Boston.
