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A partnership of leading earthquake engineering researchers from top U.S. and Canadian...
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Proven 6-step approach to...
This course provides step-by-step prescriptive advice to architects, engineers, and contractors...
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SOM research project...
In a report released today, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill...
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7 tile trends for 2013:...
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A partnership of leading earthquake engineering researchers from top U.S. and Canadian...
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A partnership of leading earthquake engineering researchers from top U.S. and Canadian universities and design professionals from the steel industry have begun the final phase of a three-year project to increase the seismic safety of buildings that use lightweight cold-formed steel for their primary beams and columns.
John L. Knott Jr. has been named as the Health Product Declaration Collaborative’s (www.hpdcollaborative.org) first Executive Director following a national search. The Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) is a customer-led standards-setting organization committed to the continuous improvement of the building industry’s environmental and health performance, through transparency and innovation in the building product supply chain.
In a report released today, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill discussed the results of the Timber Tower Research Project: an examination of whether a viable 400-ft, 42-story building could be created with timber framing. The structural type could reduce the carbon footprint of tall buildings by up to 75%.
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