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Biotech firm’s new building is net-zero
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Designed by EwingCole, the 19,510-m2 (210,000-sf), elliptical shaped Unisphere houses clinical operations for pulmonary disease, heart failure, and organ transplantation as well as a virtual drug development lab.
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Hot-dip galvanizing for buildings and architecture
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While steel offers an effective and efficient framing system for the building envelope, the hot-dip galvanizing of both interior and exterior elements is one method to provide a durable and maintenance-free corrosion protection system for generations.
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Complex metal cladding encloses Olympic museum
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The museum’s unique exterior skin aptly echoes the intricate precision of purpose and combination of expertise required to succeed at the Olympic level. The façade will be covered in more than 9000 individual diamond-shaped anodized aluminum petals. These interlock to form a single, beveled surface with integrated drainage channels. Located in Colorado, the museum will open to the public next year.
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Modular wall system improves Pennsylvania’s underground walkway
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As the public moves through the paths and corridors, they are expected to face an episodic experience thanks to active and passive walls made to help connect them to the streets above and direct them to their location. The active wall includes a custom-engineered and fabricated glass block system that, with the static white and color changing lights, simulate movement and transparency.
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RE: CONCRETE REPAIR
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I am looking for some information on definitions of defective concrete surfaces - when to repair. Obvious defective areas are honeycombing. But smaller defective areas may also need work. The question for me is what definitions to include in the spec that constitute a requirement for a repair?
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Is a hole 1/2" in diameter or more than 1/8" deep need to be repaired like a client of mine wishes?
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SPEC CONTENT AND SPEC EDITING SOFTWARE
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Let's talk about how we edit our specs, especially (but not only) MasterSpec content. Unlike SpecLink content, which is only available with SpecLink software, MasterSpec can be edited with e-SPECS, ARCOM's MasterWorks macros and tools in Word, and ARCOM's own database-management software, which they're now calling SpecBuilder Desktop. In e-SPECS, one can subscribe to additional masters such as the VA master specs and SpecText. Both ecosystems (if you will) allow you to import text and manage it, and of course there's always editing with a word processor or using one's own macros.
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If more than one software, what drives your choice of which to use when?
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What do you like, dislike, wish… about your software methods?
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