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| AIA releases 3D office models for reducing risk of COVID-19 |
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| The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released strategies and 3D models of office spaces and retail stores that can help employers and businesses reopen more safely during the pandemic. |
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| UPCOMING DEMO-CASTS |
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| *Don’t miss it!* |
| Crash-Rated Bollards |
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| Reliance Foundry |
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| June 18 @ 1 PM ET |
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| Integral Concrete Waterproofing and Concrete Durability Admixtures |
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| Kryton International |
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| June 24 @ 1 PM ET |
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| Featured |
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| Treating distress and failure in historic terra-cotta façades |
| Failures |
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| It can be challenging to replace individual pieces of terra cotta in complicated wall assemblies without damaging or removing adjacent units. Given the challenges of piecemeal repairs, terra-cotta components should be considered as a long-term maintenance item with a finite life cycle. |
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| Building for infrastructure durability |
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When building infrastructure, there is often little, if any, ability to control the environment in which the roads, bridges, drainage culverts, or other public structures are built. Infrastructure must be made to fit the environment, which already exists to support a healthily functioning society. This leaves contractors and engineers with the job of constructing buildings that will last for many decades, in spite of exposure to harsh climate, soil, and water conditions. Engineering consultant companies are finding many advantages in following a ‘performance-based design’ approach incorporating migrating corrosion inhibitor technology.
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| PROJECT NEWS |
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| Fire-rated curtain wall supports Maine center’s green goals |
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| Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, aims to inspire students and faculty to work toward a greener tomorrow with the addition of its three-story, 2710-m2 (29,167-sf) Roux Center for the Environment. The center’s silicone-glazed, fire-rated steel curtain wall is one example where transparent lites of glass support daylighting and views of the tree-strewn town. |
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| Inside CSI |
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| MEET THE 2021 CSI BOARD: DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE GEORGE WADE BEVIER |
| The 2020 CSI Board Election results are in, and beginning in July the AEC industry will welcome a new board of talented, respected, and goal-driven members to keep driving the association into the future. Meet Director-at-Large George Wade Bevier, FCSI, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP, USGBC, CDT, and read about his goals for the board.
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| RETURNING TO WORK |
| I thought it might be interesting to hear from everyone on just how they are returning to work. What systems and procedures are being put in place to work to keep everyone safe. |
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