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How Winter Weather Can Hamper Productivity In Hazardous Working Zones

Constructonomics

Just as that little water pipe on the outside wall of a home can easily freeze when the temperature drops below zero, then it’s no surprise that the same can be said for similar pipework in construction zones – the only difference being that they’re larger pipes, more vital and the consequences can be more serious.

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Experts Say Relaxed Zoning Rules Will Boost Housing Supply

Pro Builder

Experts Say Relaxed Zoning Rules Will Boost Housing Supply. The most effective way to increase the supply of housing would be to relax zoning rules, according to results from Zillow’s Home Price Expectations Survey. More than half of the surveyed experts said relaxing zoning rules would increase housing supply. cbroderick.

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The mighty zone tool – poetry in BIM-ming

DebunkTheBIM

I’ve been besotted by ArchiCAD’s ‘zone tool’ lately. I had not always been a fan of it, early in my career, seriously disliked it even, mainly because of its ugly, big zone-stamp. Have grown out of that stage, thank’ goodness and amongst other more crucial things in life, I rediscovered the ‘zone tool’.

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Are Your Hotel General Contractors Checked In or Out?

HardHatChat

Englewood completed renovations to guests rooms and the main restaurant as well as created a fitness and wellness center above the main ball room of the famed Drake Hotel in Chicago. If they walk into a hotel lobby and see a construction zone, there is a good chance they will take their business elsewhere. percent in 2013.

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Welding 101: 6 Different Types

Construction Marketing

The current flows through the flux coated welding electrode—the coating makes sure the weld zone isn’t exposed to air while the rod is melting. What is welding? Welding is a kind of fabrication process that mainly uses high temperatures to melt different pieces of metal together, then allows them to cool and fuse. 6) Plasma arc welding.

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Should You Hire A Commercial General Contractor Who Works For a Competing Brand?

HardHatChat

If you worked for Auto Zone, you couldn’t do auto store renovations for Advanced Auto. For as long as I’ve been in the commercial construction business , which is 30 years, there have been two conflicting trains of thought about clients hiring a general contractor who also works for a competitor.

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Rethinking Housing to Rebuild America's Post-Pandemic Economy

Pro Builder

And now, as many sectors of the economy are reevaluated, rethinking housing should be a main priority, says the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

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