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| NBBJ acquires ESI Design |
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| Global architecture and design firm NBBJ has acquired experience design studio ESI Design. The partnership is the largest acquisition of an experience design studio by an architecture firm. |
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| Polished concrete: Not just shiny |
| Specifications |
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| The industry has not been able to standardize the language to describe durable, safe, and attractive polished concrete floors. During polished concrete’s infancy, specifiers, designers, and owners turned to contractor terms like grit to help them establish a baseline without fully appreciating the variety of solutions this word represents, and opened themselves up to undefinable benchmarks. |
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| The state of energy efficiency: IECC and the building enclosure |
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| Today, the path to energy code compliance can be nuanced and complicated, requiring knowledge not just of standards and materials, but a basic understanding of scientific concepts like the laws of thermo- and fluid-dynamics. Stricter requirements now bring designers into potential conflict with competing codes on issues like combustibility and structural stability. It is, of course, unlikely this trend will ever reverse itself. Instead, the requirements for energy performance will simply continue to become more stringent and paths to compliance will be more complicated.
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| Project News |
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| Missouri NOAA facility makes an impression with ‘lightning bolts’ in ceiling |
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| The main conference room in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Logistics & Reconditioning Center in Grandview, Missouri, creates a lasting impression with ‘lightning bolts’ in the ceiling. Working in collaboration with the ceiling manufacturer’s consultative design service, the design team at Burns & McDonnell created a ceiling featuring custom-sized metal ceiling panels installed diagonally across the room in a herringbone type of pattern. The result is a visual reminiscent of lightning bolts coming down from the sky. |
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| Inside CSI |
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| ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PACKING AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS |
| Does anyone know under which section I would include electrical equipment packaging and storage requirements? The closest title I see is 01 66 00: Product Storage and Handling Requirements. The content I have lists requirements for keeping out moisture by taking protective measures in the packaging, shipping, and storage of electrical equipment. |
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| MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENTS, EFFICIENCIES, AND LIMITATIONS |
| Master services agreements (MSA) are a convenient type of contract in which an owner or other entity contracts for services or work under an umbrella agreement—the MSA—that initially does not include scope, schedule, or compensation terms. The base MSA includes all the other basic contractual provisions. |
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