Concrete
All photos: Brenda Torrey, Friends of Flight 93
Paul Murdoch Architects designed the project.
At 150,000 square feet, Clam Outdoors’ new facility provided much-needed, unified space for manufacturing, storage and personnel.
Inpro’s Fireline 140 fire barrier and Owens Corning’s Foamglas cellular glass insulation are amon...
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Building Design+Construction readers and editors select their top building products for...
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The Heights & Areas Calculator, developed by the International Code Council, the American Wood Council, and WoodWorks, is based on provisions in the 2006 to 2015 editions of the International Building Code.
A free app that calculates the maximum allowable heights and areas for buildings of various occup...
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American Concrete Institute offers guidance on assessment, repair, rehab of existing concrete str...
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Photo: Christina Morillo via Pexels
ABC members increased training spending 45% from 2013, according to a new report.
Shear cracks riddle the exterior wall of this urban parking structure. Courtesy Hoffmann Architects
We may think of the building envelope as an inanimate object, but in reality its components can b...
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The challenge was to mirror the style of a historic place of worship while using modern technolog...
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Courtesy Penn Medicine
The pour created the foundation for the Foster + Partners-designed Pavilion on Penn Medicine’s Ca...
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Not only has the concrete stood the test of time, but it has actually become stronger.
With brownsites, the real trouble lies in the unseen: namely the hazardous substances, pollutants...
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Rendering courtesy C.F. Møller
C.F. Møller’s design was selected as the winner of a competition organized by Riksbyggen in Väste...
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Photo courtesy Bart van Hoek, Attika Architekten.
The emoji building is part of a larger mixed-use development built around a 150-year-old oak tree...
The concrete contains unique colors, aggregates, and textures.
Fabcon Precast worked with Hy-Vee to create a custom finish to help differentiate the stores and create a more premium feel to the stores.
Fabcon has worked closely with Hy-Vee’s architects and designers to produce a custom finish for t...
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Research provides evidence that schools throughout North America are moving toward greener and he...
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The American Institute of Steel Construction contends that the steel industry is a “world leader”...
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Photo Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo.
The project is currently under development by a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Buffalo.
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LA Fitness is just one of Fabcon’s repeat customers.
It’s difficult for other construction methods to match Fabcon’s speed, especially when weather is...
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The high energy-consuming material can be made more sustainably.
Photo Credit: Oregon Department Of Forestry, flickr Creative Commons
The campaign asserts that not enough is known about CLT in construction
Photo: Torre Reforma/Arup
Double-V hangers and irregularly spaced gaps allow the structure to bend.
Photo: Vimeo
The 3D concrete printing industry is expected to more than double in size within the next five ye...
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Shotcrete. Photo: Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons.
Includes information on application procedures, testing.
Photo: Washington State Dept of Transportation/Creative Commons.
New curing monitoring techniques included.
Photo: BEV Norton/Creative Commons
Bones and sea sponges are highly organized at the molecular level, while concrete consists of ran...
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