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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox

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The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t economical. You’ll have an easier time with local jurisdictional construction and permit approvals. I’m sure you’re reading this headline and thinking one of the following: A. Well, it’s not like that.

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Managing Moisture in Walls

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Capillary action: When porous materials (wood, masonry, others) become saturated with moisture, the moisture will continue to travel through the material until it runs into an impenetrable barrier. Well-installed WRBs are important in all climate zones. . Such barriers are referred to as “capillary breaks.”

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June 26 or Bust

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The Port Authority of NY and NJ, which operates one of the nation’s busiest ports, is working non-stop to complete a project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to a height that will permit Post-Panamax vessels to travel under it. Gulf Coast more than two weeks faster than they would going east through the Suez Canal.

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How to Increase Fees when Clients Use Price for Selection

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Try some fixed-price tactics If you are quoting a fixed-price fee, try these scope modifications: • Have all project meetings at your office, thus eliminating local travel time. Include any travel time as an additional service. • If you prepare zoning permitting applications, do it as an additional service.

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Key Elements in a Fluid-applied Barrier System Specification

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This ultimately facilitates a degree of moisture transfer and promotes circulation and drying, which can come in handy in cold climates with “interior to exterior vapor drive,” such as climate zones 6, 7, and 8. Notes 1 See the “ IECC climate zone map.”

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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One advantage by using the barge is that containers can be loaded heavier than the 80,000- pound weight limit for trucks traveling between Stockton and Oakland via the highway system. Given that it’s a substantial distance from any coasts or borders, Hendricks County, Indiana might seem to be a surprising place for a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ).

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Open Borders

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They’ve become proponents of a regional tech zone spanning the border; they’ve even got a name for it: the Cascadia Innovation Corridor (a name derived from the Cascade mountain range that cuts through the U.S.-Canada Canada border). But the project’s price tag—an estimated $30 billion—has kept it on the drawing board.

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