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Key Elements in a Fluid-applied Barrier System Specification

Construction Specifier

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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What Is Pavement Marking | Types of Pavement Markings & Their Meanings

CivilJungle

Once you see yellow and white colour lines dividing travel lanes or marking the middle of the route, it means that traffic is moving in one way or both ways. The yellow line divides traffic travelling in opposite directions, while the white line divides traffic heading in the same direction. No passing zones. No-Passing Zones.

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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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When office-to-residential conversion works

BD+C

Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. This zoning provides opportunities to create a profitable development.”

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Managing Moisture in Walls

Pro Builder

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

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

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

PSMJ Resources

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.